Act Number: 7

Act Name: The Court-Fees Act, 1870

Year: 1870

Enactment Date: 1870-03-11

Long Title:

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Justice

Section 19J: Recovery of penalties, etc.
    1[19J. Recovery of penalties, etc.-- (1) Any excess fee found to be payable on any inquiry held under section 19H, sub-section (6), and any penalty or forfeiture under section 19G, may, on the certificate of the Chief Controlling Revenue-authority, be recovered from the executor or administrator as if it were an arrear of land-revenue by any Collector 2***.
(2) The Chief Controlling Revenue-authority may remit the whole or any part of any such penalty or forfeiture as aforesaid, or any part of any penalty under section 19E or of any court-fee under section 19E in excess of the full court-fee which ought to have been paid.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 11 of 1899, s 2.
2. The words "in any part of British India" rep by the A.O. 1948.
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