Section 20
Collection Of Court Fee In Cash
(1) In collecting and giving the court fee on a case chargeable with the court fee, it shall be collected and given in cash.
(2) After collecting the court fee pursuant to Sub-section (1), the court shall credit the same to its cash book, duly prepare a receipt thereof in duplicate, give one copy receipt to the litigant paying the court fee and retain the other copy of receipt in the concerned case-file.
(3) After examining a suit or complaint or appeal chargeable with the court fee and upon finding it to be capable of being file, the concerned official shall get it to be signed and mention on the top of the deed that such-and-such court fee has been collected and clearly mention that so much has been collected out of so much as required where court fee has not been collected at all or full court fee has not been collected originally, and duly sign the same.
(4) The Registrar of the Supreme Court or other officer designated by him35 or her and the chief officer of any other court shall on daily basis examine, or cause to be examined, whether such court fee as leviable on a case chargeable with the court fee has been collected properly or not and where the income of collected court fee has been maintained or recorded or not, and indicate the proof of examination. No case may be entered on the diary unless and until examination is made whether the court fee is credited to the revenue book and proof thereof is indicated.
(5) It shall be the duty of the Supreme Court to examine, or cause to be examined, each year the matters including whether the sub-ordinate courts have collected such court fee as required to be collected and income of collected court fee has been credited to income or not.
(6) Where a case has been filed without collecting the court fee leviable pursuant to this Act or the security fee and judgment on it has also been made and the court fee could not be recovered from the litigant, then
legal action shall be taken against the employee who have collected less or more court fee for that loss in relation to the court fee not recovered.
(7) The court inspecting authority shall examine and inquire whether the court fee has been collected in full and the court fee has been credited in accordance with this Act or not, and if appears in order, the authority shall indicate the same, and if it appears that the court fee has not been collected in full or the court fee required to be credited has not been credited, the authority shall take required action against those who fail to do so, in accordance with the prevailing law; and after an appeal, compliant is made on a case chargeable with the court fee and the case-file is submitted to the appeal hearing court, that court shall also examine the above-mentioned matters. If some defects or irregularities are found, the appeal hearing authority who makes examination of courts shall set down the matter found and date and sign the same and submit that matter to the Supreme Court.
(8) In relation to the cases filed prior to the commencement of this Act, the then prevailing law shall apply, and the court fee as referred to in this Act shall not be levied on such cases.
(2) After collecting the court fee pursuant to Sub-section (1), the court shall credit the same to its cash book, duly prepare a receipt thereof in duplicate, give one copy receipt to the litigant paying the court fee and retain the other copy of receipt in the concerned case-file.
(3) After examining a suit or complaint or appeal chargeable with the court fee and upon finding it to be capable of being file, the concerned official shall get it to be signed and mention on the top of the deed that such-and-such court fee has been collected and clearly mention that so much has been collected out of so much as required where court fee has not been collected at all or full court fee has not been collected originally, and duly sign the same.
(4) The Registrar of the Supreme Court or other officer designated by him35 or her and the chief officer of any other court shall on daily basis examine, or cause to be examined, whether such court fee as leviable on a case chargeable with the court fee has been collected properly or not and where the income of collected court fee has been maintained or recorded or not, and indicate the proof of examination. No case may be entered on the diary unless and until examination is made whether the court fee is credited to the revenue book and proof thereof is indicated.
(5) It shall be the duty of the Supreme Court to examine, or cause to be examined, each year the matters including whether the sub-ordinate courts have collected such court fee as required to be collected and income of collected court fee has been credited to income or not.
(6) Where a case has been filed without collecting the court fee leviable pursuant to this Act or the security fee and judgment on it has also been made and the court fee could not be recovered from the litigant, then
legal action shall be taken against the employee who have collected less or more court fee for that loss in relation to the court fee not recovered.
(7) The court inspecting authority shall examine and inquire whether the court fee has been collected in full and the court fee has been credited in accordance with this Act or not, and if appears in order, the authority shall indicate the same, and if it appears that the court fee has not been collected in full or the court fee required to be credited has not been credited, the authority shall take required action against those who fail to do so, in accordance with the prevailing law; and after an appeal, compliant is made on a case chargeable with the court fee and the case-file is submitted to the appeal hearing court, that court shall also examine the above-mentioned matters. If some defects or irregularities are found, the appeal hearing authority who makes examination of courts shall set down the matter found and date and sign the same and submit that matter to the Supreme Court.
(8) In relation to the cases filed prior to the commencement of this Act, the then prevailing law shall apply, and the court fee as referred to in this Act shall not be levied on such cases.