COURT-FEES (JHARKHAND AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017

Act No. 24 of 2018

31st May, 2018

Under the existing provision of Court Fee Act 1870, all fees chargeable under court fee act 1870 are collected by stamps. To make the stamps available the government has to get it printed incurring huge cost. Sometimes, the unavailability of a particular denomination of stamp causes inconvenience to the people. If a system of e-payment of court fee is developed, the people will get rid of the problem of unavailability of stamp and counterfeit stamps, black marketing of stamps. The government will also gain by saving the cost of printing of stamps. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Jharkhand in the Sixty Eight Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

S.1 Short title

• (i) This Act may be called, "The Court-Fees (Jharkhand Amendment) Act, 2017.
• (ii) It extends to the whole of the State of Jharkhand
• (iii) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette appoint.

S.2 Section 2

The section 25 of the Principal Act is substituted in the following manner:-

"25, Collection of fees by stamps or by e-payment:- All fees referred to in section-3 or chargeable under this Act shall be collected by stamps or by e-payment."