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1. Section 17 of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Refund of fees
b. Multifarious suits
c. Valuation of appeals
d. Written examinations of complainants
2. Under Section 17, where a suit embraces two or more distinct subjects, the plaint or memorandum of appeal shall be chargeable with:
a. The highest single fee applicable
b. Half of the aggregate fees
c. The aggregate amount of the fees applicable separately to each subject
d. Such fee as fixed by the Court
3. Section 17 applies where a suit embraces:
a. Multiple parties only
b. Two or more distinct subjects
c. Multiple causes of action of same nature only
d. Civil and criminal relief together
4. The latter part of Section 17 saves the power conferred by:
a. Code of Criminal Procedure, section 9
b. Specific Relief Act, section 9
c. Code of Civil Procedure, section 9
d. Evidence Act, section 9
5. Section 18 of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Fees in criminal appeals
b. Written examinations of complainants
c. Fees in revision petitions
d. Refund of criminal court-fees
6. Under Section 18, when the first or only examination of a complainant is reduced to writing, the complainant shall pay:
a. Four annas
b. One rupee
c. Eight annas
d. Two rupees
7. Section 19 of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Levy of ad valorem fees
b. Exemption of certain documents
c. Refund of court-fees
d. Valuation of suits
8. Under Section 19, nothing contained in the Act shall render certain documents:
a. Invalid
b. Void
c. Chargeable with any fee
d. Executory
9. A power-of-attorney to institute or defend a suit is exempt when executed by:
a. Any Government servant
b. A member of any of the Armed Forces of the Union not in civil employment
c. Any police officer
d. Any public servant
10. Under Section 19, written statements called for by the Court are exempt when called for:
a. Before institution of suit
b. Before framing of issues
c. After the first hearing of a suit
d. After decree
11. Plaints in suits tried by village Munsifs in the Presidency of Fort St. George are:
a. Chargeable with reduced fee
b. Chargeable with ad valorem fee
c. Exempt from fee
d. Subject to Collector’s discretion
12. Plaints and processes in suits before District Panchayats in the same Presidency are:
a. Chargeable under second schedule
b. Exempt from fee
c. Chargeable only on appeal
d. Liable to half fee
13. Plaints in suits before Collectors under Madras Regulation 12 of 1816 are:
a. Exempt from fee
b. Liable to fixed fee
c. Chargeable only upon decree
d. Liable to half court-fee
14. Probate of a will or letters of administration are exempt where the amount or value of property does not exceed:
a. Five hundred rupees
b. Two thousand rupees
c. One thousand rupees
d. Ten thousand rupees
15. Under Section 19(viii), the exemption regarding certificate under Bombay Regulation 8 of 1827 does not apply as regards:
a. Immovable property
b. Debts and securities
c. Agricultural land
d. Testamentary succession
16. An application to a Collector relating to settlement of land-revenue is exempt if presented:
a. After final confirmation of settlement
b. Before institution of civil proceedings
c. Previous to the final confirmation of such settlement
d. Within limitation period
17. Application relating to a supply for irrigation of water belonging to Government is:
a. Chargeable with fee
b. Exempt from fee
c. Chargeable only before appellate authority
d. Subject to discretion of Collector
18. Application for leave to extend cultivation or relinquish land is exempt when presented to:
a. Civil Court
b. Revenue Tribunal
c. Officer of land-revenue
d. District Panchayat
19. Under Section 19(xi), the land must be held:
a. Under permanent settlement
b. Under direct engagement with Government
c. Under lease from municipality
d. Under occupancy tenancy
20. Application for service of notice of relinquishment of land or enhancement of rent is:
a. Liable to ad valorem fee
b. Exempt from fee
c. Chargeable under first schedule
d. Chargeable under second schedule
21. Written authority to an agent to distrain is:
a. Exempt from fee
b. Chargeable with nominal fee
c. Chargeable under second schedule
d. Liable to registration fee only
22. The first application for summons of a witness to give evidence or produce a document is:
a. Exempt from fee
b. Liable to ad valorem fee
c. Chargeable only in criminal cases
d. Chargeable only after first hearing
23. Under Section 19(xiv), the exemption does not include:
a. Production of document
b. Filing of exhibit
c. Affidavit made for the immediate purpose of being produced in Court
d. Summons to witness
24. Bail-bonds in criminal cases and recognizances are:
a. Chargeable with fixed fee
b. Exempt from fee
c. Chargeable only before Sessions Court
d. Liable to stamp duty only
25. Petition or information respecting an offence presented before a police-officer is:
a. Exempt from fee
b. Chargeable under second schedule
c. Liable to ad valorem fee
d. Exempt only in cognizable offences
26. Petition by a prisoner or person in duress or under restraint of any Court or its officers is:
a. Chargeable under first schedule
b. Exempt from fee
c. Liable to half fee
d. Exempt only upon judicial order
27. Complaint of a public servant as defined in the Indian Penal Code is:
a. Exempt from fee
b. Liable to ad valorem fee
c. Chargeable only in criminal Courts
d. Exempt only with Government sanction
28. Application for permission to cut timber in Government forests is:
a. Liable to market-value fee
b. Chargeable under first schedule
c. Exempt from fee
d. Chargeable only before Forest Tribunal
29. Application for payment of money due by Government to the applicant is:
a. Chargeable with court-fee
b. Exempt from fee
c. Chargeable only above prescribed amount
d. Liable to stamp duty only
30. Petition of appeal against chaukidari assessment under Act No. 20 of 1856 is:
a. Exempt from fee
b. Liable to fixed fee
c. Chargeable under first schedule
d. Chargeable only before appellate authority
31. Applications for compensation under any law relating to acquisition of property for public purposes are:
a. Chargeable with ad valorem fee
b. Chargeable under second schedule
c. Exempt from fee
d. Exempt only before Collector
32. Petitions presented to the Special Commissioner appointed under Bengal Act No. 2 of 1869 are:
a. Chargeable under first schedule
b. Exempt from fee
c. Liable to nominal fee
d. Chargeable only on appeal
33. Section 19A of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Refund of fee on appeals
b. Relief where too high a court-fee has been paid
c. Exemption of certain documents
d. Valuation of immovable property
34. Section 19A applies where a person applying for probate or letters of administration has:
a. Underestimated the property
b. Failed to pay court-fee
c. Estimated the property to be of greater value than afterwards proved
d. Omitted part of the property intentionally
35. Under Section 19A, the application for relief must be made within:
a. Thirty days after grant
b. Ninety days after valuation
c. One year after probate
d. Six months after the true value of the property has been ascertained
36. Under Section 19A, the probate or letters must be produced before:
a. The District Judge
b. The Collector
c. The Chief Controlling Revenue-authority for the local area
d. The High Court
37. The applicant under Section 19A must deliver to the Authority:
a. Certified copy of decree only
b. A particular inventory and valuation of the property verified by affidavit or affirmation
c. Revenue records only
d. Succession certificate only
38. The power under Section 19A may be exercised if the Authority is satisfied that:
a. The applicant acted bona fide
b. Property was undervalued
c. Greater fee was paid on the probate or letters than the law required
d. The valuation was approved by Court
39. Under Section 19A, the Authority may cancel the stamp on the probate or letters:
a. In every case
b. Only with sanction of the Court
c. If such stamp has not already been cancelled
d. Only after appeal
40. Under Section 19A, the Authority may make allowance for the difference between stamps:
a. Only by repayment in money
b. Only by issue of fresh probate
c. As in the case of spoiled stamps, or repay the same in money, at his discretion
d. Only through civil suit
41. Section 19B of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Refund of fee on appeals
b. Relief where debts due from a deceased person have been paid out of his estate
c. Valuation of estate for probate
d. Exemption from probate fee
42. Under Section 19B, relief may be granted where an executor or administrator has:
a. Recovered possession of estate
b. Distributed estate among heirs
c. Paid debts due from the deceased
d. Obtained succession certificate
43. Under Section 19B, the deduction of debts from the estate must reduce the estate to such sum as would have occasioned:
a. No court-fee
b. Equal court-fee
c. Greater court-fee
d. Less court-fee on the probate or letters of administration
44. The Authority under Section 19B may return:
a. Entire court-fee paid
b. Difference in court-fee
c. Double the excess fee
d. Interest on court-fee
45. The difference under Section 19B must be claimed within:
a. One year after probate
b. Six months after valuation
c. Three years after the date of probate or letters
d. Five years after administration
46. Under the proviso to Section 19B, further time may be allowed where:
a. The executor was absent from India
b. Debts due from the deceased have not been ascertained and paid by reason of legal proceedings
c. The estate includes immovable property
d. Probate was granted conditionally
47. Under Section 19B, the Authority may allow such further time for making the claim as may appear:
a. Necessary under Government rules
b. Proper to the executor
c. Reasonable under the circumstances
d. Fit in the opinion of the Collector only
48. Section 19C of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Relief where debts are paid from estate
b. Relief in case of several grants
c. Refund of excess valuation fee
d. Exemption of probate proceedings
49. Under Section 19C, where a grant of probate or letters of administration is made in respect of the whole property belonging to an estate and full fee has been paid:
a. Half fee shall be payable on subsequent grants
b. No further grant can be made
c. No fee shall be chargeable on a like subsequent grant relating to the same estate
d. Refund shall be granted automatically
50. Under Section 19C, the exemption from further fee applies when:
a. A like grant is made in respect of the whole or any part of the same property belonging to the same estate
b. Fresh valuation is conducted
c. Property is transferred to another estate
d. Administration is revoked
51. Under Section 19C, the earlier grant must relate to:
a. Movable property only
b. Part of the estate only
c. Whole of the property belonging to an estate
d. Agricultural property exclusively
52. Where a grant has been made in respect of any property forming part of an estate, the amount of fees actually paid shall be:
a. Refunded in entirety
b. Deducted when a like grant is made in respect of property belonging to the same estate
c. Ignored for future grants
d. Added to subsequent court-fee
53. Under the second paragraph of Section 19C, the subsequent grant must relate to property:
a. Situated outside the State
b. Identical with or including the property to which the former grant relates
c. Acquired after death of the deceased
d. Excluded from the original grant
54. Section 19D of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Relief in case of several grants
b. Probates declared valid as to trust-property though not covered by court-fee
c. Refund of probate fee
d. Exemption of trust property from probate
55. Under Section 19D, the probate of a will or letters of administration shall be deemed:
a. Void for trust-property
b. Invalid unless additional fee is paid
c. Valid and available by executors or administrators
d. Operative only regarding movable property
56. Section 19D applies to property whereof the deceased was possessed or entitled:
a. Absolutely only
b. As mortgagee only
c. Either wholly or partially as a trustee
d. Solely as owner
57. Under Section 19D, the probate or letters may be used for:
a. Assessment of land revenue only
b. Recovering, transferring or assigning property
c. Partition proceedings only
d. Criminal prosecution only
58. The property covered under Section 19D may be:
a. Movable property only
b. Immovable property only
c. Agricultural property only
d. Movable or immovable property
59. Under Section 19D, validity of probate or letters is unaffected notwithstanding:
a. The will is unregistered
b. The executor has not entered possession
c. The amount or value of such property is not included in the estate in respect of which court-fee was paid
d. The estate includes trust obligations
60. Section 19E of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Relief where too high a court-fee has been paid
b. Provision for case where too low a court-fee has been paid on probates, etc.
c. Exemption of probate proceedings
d. Refund of excess probate fee
61. Section 19E applies where a person applying for probate or letters of administration has:
a. Overvalued the estate
b. Failed to file valuation affidavit
c. Estimated the estate to be of less value than afterwards proved
d. Omitted movable property only
62. Under Section 19E, the authority empowered to act is:
a. District Judge
b. Collector
c. Chief Controlling Revenue-authority for the local area
d. Board of Revenue
63. Under Section 19E, the value of the estate must be verified by:
a. Revenue certificate
b. Affidavit or affirmation
c. Report of commissioner
d. Registered valuation deed
64. If probate or letters are produced within one year from the date of grant, the further penalty shall be:
a. Double the proper court-fee
b. Five times the proper court-fee
c. Ten times the proper court-fee
d. Twenty times the proper court-fee
65. If probate or letters are produced after one year from the date of grant, the further penalty shall be:
a. Five times the proper court-fee
b. Ten times the proper court-fee
c. Fifteen times the proper court-fee
d. Twenty times the proper court-fee
66. Under Section 19E, the penalty is imposed:
a. After deducting the court-fee originally paid
b. Without any deduction of the court-fee originally paid
c. Only after appellate order
d. Subject to Court’s decree
67. Under the proviso to Section 19E, the Authority may remit the penalty if satisfied that the lower fee was paid:
a. Due to intentional suppression
b. To delay payment of proper fee
c. In consequence of mistake or lack of knowledge and without intention of fraud
d. Due to negligence of counsel
68. Under the proviso to Section 19E, the application must be made within:
a. Thirty days after probate
b. Six months after ascertainment of the true value and discovery of deficient fee
c. One year after grant
d. Three years after administration
69. Where the proviso to Section 19E applies, the Authority may cause the probate or letters to be duly stamped on payment only of:
a. Penalty amount
b. Double the deficient fee
c. The sum wanting to make up the fee which should have been at first paid
d. Half the proper court-fee
70. Section 19F of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Refund of excess probate fee
b. Security by administrator before letters are stamped under section 19E
c. Penalty for under-payment of court-fee
d. Exemption from probate fee
71. Under Section 19F, before letters of administration are duly stamped under Section 19E, the administrator must:
a. File a fresh probate petition
b. Obtain sanction from Collector
c. Give such security as ought by law to have been given
d. Deposit double the deficient fee
72. The security under Section 19F is to be given to:
a. The Chief Controlling Revenue-authority
b. The Collector
c. The Board of Revenue
d. The Court by which the letters of administration have been granted
73. Under Section 19F, the required security is the security which ought to have been given if:
a. Probate had been refused
b. The estate had no liabilities
c. The full value of the estate had been ascertained at the time of grant
d. Additional property had been acquired later
74. Section 19G of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Cancellation of probate
b. Executors not paying full court-fee within six months after discovery of under-payment
c. Refund of probate fee
d. Appeals against valuation
75. Under Section 19G, the executor or administrator must apply to the Authority and pay deficient fee within:
a. Thirty days
b. Three months
c. Six months after discovery of the mistake or unknown effects
d. One year after grant
76. Under Section 19G, where the executor or administrator fails to pay the deficient court-fee within the prescribed time, he shall forfeit:
a. Five hundred rupees only
b. One thousand rupees and a further sum at the rate of ten percent on the deficient amount
c. Double the deficient court-fee only
d. Ten thousand rupees
77. Under Section 19G, the further sum payable is calculated at the rate of:
a. Five percent
b. Eight percent
c. Ten percent
d. Twenty percent
78. Section 19H of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Refund of probate fee
b. Notice of applications for probate or letters of administration to Revenue-authorities, and procedure thereon
c. Appeals regarding probate valuation
d. Security by administrators
79. Where an application for probate or letters of administration is made to any Court other than a High Court, notice shall be given to:
a. The Board of Revenue
b. The Chief Controlling Revenue-authority
c. The Collector
d. The District Judge
80. Where an application for probate or letters of administration is made to a High Court, notice shall be given to:
a. The Collector
b. The Chief Controlling Revenue-authority for the local area in which the High Court is situated
c. The State Government
d. The District Magistrate
81. Under Section 19H(3), the Collector may inspect the record of any case:
a. Only with leave of the Court
b. At any time
c. Only after grant of probate
d. Only upon complaint
82. Under Section 19H(3), if the Collector is of opinion that the petitioner has under-estimated the value of the property, he may:
a. Reject the probate application
b. Amend the valuation himself
c. Require the petitioner to amend the valuation
d. Revoke the probate
83. The Collector under Section 19H(3) may require the attendance of the petitioner:
a. Personally only
b. By advocate only
c. Either in person or by agent
d. Through written interrogatories only
84. Under Section 19H(4), if the petitioner does not amend the valuation to the satisfaction of the Collector, the Collector may:
a. Impose penalty directly
b. Move the Court to hold an inquiry into the true value of the property
c. Cancel the application
d. Refer the matter to the High Court
85. Under the proviso to Section 19H(4), no such motion shall be made after:
a. Three months from grant
b. One year from death of deceased
c. Six months from the date of exhibition of the inventory
d. Thirty days from filing of valuation
86. Under Section 19H(5), the Court shall record a finding as to:
a. Marketability of the property
b. Title of the petitioner
c. The true value at which the property should have been estimated
d. Validity of the will
87. Under Section 19H(5), the Collector shall be deemed to be:
a. A witness
b. A party to the inquiry
c. An amicus curiae
d. A revisional authority
88. For the purposes of inquiry under Section 19H(6), the Court may examine the petitioner:
a. Without oath only
b. On oath, whether in person or by commission
c. Through affidavit only
d. Only before the Collector
89. Under Section 19H(6), the report and evidence taken by the authorized person:
a. Shall not be admissible
b. Shall be evidence in the proceeding
c. Shall require fresh proof
d. Shall bind the Court absolutely
90. The Court may record a finding in accordance with the report unless:
a. The Collector objects
b. The petitioner withdraws the application
c. It is satisfied that the report is erroneous
d. Probate has already been granted
91. Under Section 19H(7), the finding of the Court recorded under sub-section (5) shall be:
a. Tentative
b. Appealable
c. Final
d. Subject to revision by Collector
92. The finality under Section 19H(7) shall not bar:
a. Appeal before High Court
b. Revision by District Court
c. Entertainment and disposal by the Chief Controlling Revenue-authority of any application under section 19E
d. Institution of civil suit
93. Under Section 19H(8), rules for the guidance of Collectors may be made by:
a. The High Court
b. The Central Government
c. The Board of Revenue
d. The State Government
94. Section 19I of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Recovery of penalties
b. Payment of court-fees in respect of probates and letters of administration
c. Exemption from probate fees
d. Refund of excess fee
95. Under Section 19I(1), no order entitling the petitioner to grant of probate or letters of administration shall be made until:
a. Security is furnished
b. Notice is served on heirs
c. The petitioner has filed a valuation of the property in the prescribed form
d. Probate duty is remitted
96. The valuation under Section 19I(1) shall be in the form set forth in:
a. First Schedule
b. Second Schedule
c. Third Schedule
d. Fourth Schedule
97. Under Section 19I(1), the Court must be satisfied that the fee mentioned in No. 11 of the first schedule:
a. Has been remitted
b. Has been paid on such valuation
c. Has been secured by bond
d. Has been deposited conditionally
98. Under Section 19I(2), the grant of probate or letters of administration shall not be delayed by reason of:
a. Appeal against valuation
b. Objection by heirs
c. Motion made by the Collector under section 19H(4)
d. Non-production of inventory
99. Section 19J of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Exemption of probate proceedings
b. Recovery of penalties, etc.
c. Refund of excess valuation fee
d. Appeals regarding probate valuation
100. Under Section 19J(1), any excess fee payable on inquiry under section 19H(6), and any penalty or forfeiture under section 19G may be recovered:
a. As a civil decree
b. As if it were an arrear of land-revenue
c. Through execution proceedings only
d. By attachment before judgment
101. Recovery under Section 19J(1) may be made on the certificate of:
a. The District Judge
b. The Collector
c. The Chief Controlling Revenue-authority
d. The Board of Revenue
102. Under Section 19J(2), the Chief Controlling Revenue-authority may remit:
a. Only court-fee
b. Only penalties under section 19G
c. Whole or any part of penalties or forfeitures specified therein
d. Only interest on deficient fee
103. Section 19K provides that sections 6 and 28 shall not apply to:
a. Suits for accounts
b. Appeals from decrees
c. Probates or letters of administration
d. Revenue proceedings
104. Section 20 of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Refund of process fees
b. Rules as to cost of processes
c. Valuation of process fees
d. Exemption from process fees
105. Under Section 20, rules regarding cost of processes shall be made by:
a. The State Government
b. The Collector
c. The High Court
d. The Board of Revenue
106. Under Section 20(i), the rules relate to fees chargeable for serving and executing processes issued by:
a. Supreme Court only
b. High Court in its appellate jurisdiction and other Civil and Revenue Courts within its local limits
c. Criminal Courts only
d. Revenue authorities exclusively
107. Section 20(ii) relates to fees chargeable for serving and executing processes issued by:
a. Civil Courts
b. Revenue Courts
c. Criminal Courts
d. Administrative tribunals
108. Under Section 20(ii), the rules apply in cases of offences:
a. For which police-officers may arrest without warrant
b. Punishable with death only
c. Other than offences for which police-officers may arrest without a warrant
d. Triable exclusively by Sessions Court
109. Section 20(iii) relates to remuneration of:
a. Judicial officers
b. Advocates and pleaders
c. Peons and other persons employed by leave of a Court in service or execution of processes
d. Police officers executing warrants
110. Under Section 20, the High Court may:
a. Amend the Act
b. Alter and add to the rules from time to time
c. Abolish process fees
d. Delegate rule-making to District Courts
111. Rules made under Section 20 shall have the force of law after:
a. Approval by Parliament
b. Publication in newspapers
c. Confirmation by the State Government and publication in the Official Gazette
d. Approval by the Collector
112. Until rules under Section 20 are made and published:
a. No fees shall be levied
b. Existing fees leviable for serving and executing processes shall continue to be levied
c. Fees shall be determined by Courts individually
d. Only Criminal Court fees shall continue
113. Existing fees leviable for serving and executing processes until publication of rules shall be deemed to be:
a. Administrative charges
b. Revenue dues
c. Fees leviable under this Act
d. Temporary levies
114. Section 21 of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Number of peons in Revenue Courts
b. Tables of process fees
c. Fees in appellate courts
d. Execution of criminal processes
115. Under Section 21, the table showing fees chargeable for service and execution shall be in:
a. English language only
b. Vernacular language only
c. English and Vernacular languages
d. Such language as prescribed by State Government
116. The table of process fees under Section 21 shall be exposed to view in:
a. Office of the Collector only
b. A conspicuous part of each Court
c. The High Court exclusively
d. Every police station
117. Section 22 of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Number of peons in district and subordinate Courts
b. Fees payable to peons
c. Process fees in Revenue Courts
d. Service of criminal summons
118. Under Section 22, the number of peons necessary for service and execution of processes shall be fixed by:
a. The State Government
b. The High Court
c. Every District Judge and every Magistrate of a district
d. The Collector
119. Under Section 22, the power to alter the number of peons may be exercised:
a. Once annually only
b. From time to time
c. Only with prior sanction of High Court
d. Only in emergency
120. The powers under Section 22 are subject to rules made by:
a. The Collector
b. The High Court and approved by the State Government
c. The Board of Revenue
d. The Central Government
121. Under Section 22, a Court of Small Causes established under Act No. 11 of 1865 shall be deemed subordinate to:
a. The High Court
b. The Magistrate’s Court
c. The Court of the District Judge
d. The Revenue Court
122. Section 23 of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Tables of process fees
b. Number of peons in Revenue Courts
c. Fees in criminal processes
d. Appointment of court staff
123. Under Section 23, rules regarding number of peons in Revenue Courts shall be framed by:
a. The High Court
b. The Collector
c. The Chief Controlling Revenue-authority
d. The District Judge
124. Under Section 23, every officer performing the functions of a Collector may:
a. Abolish process fees
b. Fix and alter the number of peons necessary for service and execution of processes
c. Delegate all powers to subordinate officers
d. Appoint judicial officers
125. Section 24 relating to process served under this Chapter has been:
a. Amended
b. Re-enacted
c. Repealed
d. Substituted
126. Section 24 was repealed by:
a. The Adaptation of Laws Order, 1937
b. The Repealing and Amending Act, 1891
c. The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
d. The General Clauses Act, 1897
127. Section 25 of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Refund of fees
b. Collection of fees by stamps
c. Computation of process fees
d. Exemption from court-fees
128. Under Section 25, all fees referred to in section 3 or chargeable under the Act shall be collected:
a. In cash
b. By treasury challan
c. By stamps
d. By postal order
129. Section 25 applies to:
a. Fees referred to in section 3 only
b. Fees chargeable under the Act only
c. Fees referred to in section 3 or chargeable under the Act
d. Criminal fines only
130. Section 26 of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Cancellation of stamps
b. Stamps to be impressed or adhesive
c. Refund of spoiled stamps
d. Collection of fees in cash
131. Under Section 26, the stamps used to denote fees chargeable under the Act may be:
a. Adhesive only
b. Impressed only
c. Impressed, adhesive, or partly impressed and partly adhesive
d. Judicial labels only
132. The form in which stamps are to be used under Section 26 may be directed by:
a. The High Court
b. The Collector
c. The appropriate Government
d. The Board of Revenue
133. Directions regarding impressed or adhesive stamps under Section 26 shall be issued:
a. By executive order
b. By circular
c. By notification in the Official Gazette
d. By judicial order
134. Under Section 26, the appropriate Government may direct the nature of stamps:
a. Once and for all
b. From time to time
c. Every financial year only
d. Only with approval of High Court
135. Section 27 of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Collection of fees by stamps
b. Rules for supply, number, renewal and keeping accounts of stamps
c. Cancellation of stamps
d. Refund of spoiled stamps
136. Under Section 27, rules regarding stamps may be made by:
a. The High Court
b. The Collector
c. The appropriate Government
d. The Board of Revenue
137. Under Section 27(a), rules may regulate:
a. Cancellation of stamps
b. Supply of stamps to be used under the Act
c. Printing of stamps only
d. Refund of court-fees
138. Under Section 27(b), rules may regulate:
a. The value of land
b. The number of stamps to be used for denoting any fee chargeable under the Act
c. The number of courts
d. The amount of penalties
139. Under Section 27(c), rules may regulate:
a. Exchange of revenue stamps
b. Renewal of damaged or spoiled stamps
c. Seizure of counterfeit stamps
d. Manufacture of adhesive stamps
140. Under Section 27(d), rules may regulate:
a. Inspection of treasury records
b. Audit of court accounts
c. Keeping accounts of all stamps used under the Act
d. Maintenance of judicial registers
141. Under the proviso to Section 27, rules relating to stamps used under section 3 in a High Court shall be made:
a. By the High Court alone
b. With the concurrence of the Chief Justice of such Court
c. With approval of the Collector
d. With sanction of Parliament
142. Rules made under Section 27 shall have the force of law after:
a. Approval by the High Court
b. Publication in the Official Gazette
c. Certification by the Collector
d. Approval by the Legislature
143. Section 28 of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Renewal of spoiled stamps
b. Stamping documents inadvertently received
c. Refund of excess fee
d. Cancellation of stamps
144. Under Section 28, a document which ought to bear a stamp under the Act shall be of:
a. Partial validity
b. Presumed validity
c. No validity unless and until properly stamped
d. Validity subject to Court’s discretion
145. Under Section 28, the defect relates to documents:
a. Incorrectly verified
b. Not properly stamped
c. Not registered
d. Not signed by parties
146. The proviso under Section 28 applies where a document is received, filed or used:
a. Fraudulently
b. Without registration
c. Through mistake or inadvertence without being properly stamped
d. Without jurisdiction
147. Under Section 28, the authority competent to order stamping of such document includes:
a. The presiding Judge or head of the office
b. The Collector only
c. The State Government
d. The Registrar alone
148. In the case of a High Court, the power under Section 28 may be exercised by:
a. Registrar General only
b. Chief Justice only
c. Any Judge of such Court
d. The taxing officer only
149. Once a document is stamped in accordance with the order under Section 28:
a. Only the document becomes valid
b. The document and every proceeding relative thereto become as valid as if properly stamped in the first instance
c. Fresh proceedings are required
d. Validation applies prospectively only
150. Section 29 of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Cancellation of stamps
b. Amended document
c. Renewal of spoiled stamps
d. Collection of fees
151. Under Section 29, a fresh stamp is not necessary where the document is amended:
a. To change the nature of transaction
b. To include additional claims
c. Merely to correct a mistake and make it conform to the original intention of the parties
d. To alter consideration amount
152. The exemption from fresh stamp under Section 29 applies when amendment is made:
a. Fraudulently
b. To introduce a new claim
c. To change parties substantially
d. Merely to correct a mistake
153. Section 30 of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Stamping documents inadvertently received
b. Cancellation of stamp
c. Refund of spoiled stamps
d. Deficient court-fee
154. Under Section 30, no document requiring a stamp under the Act shall be filed or acted upon until:
a. It is registered
b. It is verified by affidavit
c. The stamp has been cancelled
d. It is certified by the Collector
155. The cancellation under Section 30 shall be effected by:
a. The presiding Judge personally
b. Such officer as the Court or head of the office may appoint
c. The Collector only
d. Any advocate filing the document
156. Under Section 30, cancellation of stamp shall be effected by:
a. Signing across the stamp
b. Punching out the figure-head so as to leave the amount designated on the stamp untouched
c. Tearing the entire stamp
d. Marking the stamp with ink only
157. Under Section 30, the part removed by punching shall be:
a. Preserved in record
b. Returned to the party
c. Sent to treasury
d. Burnt or otherwise destroyed
158. Section 31 of the Court-fees Act, 1870 dealt with:
a. Sale of stamps
b. Power to reduce fees
c. Repayment of fees paid on applications to Criminal Courts
d. Cancellation of stamps
159. Section 31 was repealed by:
a. The Repealing and Amending Act, 1891
b. The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1923
c. The General Clauses Act, 1897
d. The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
160. Section 32 relating to amendment of Act 8 of 1859 and Act 9 of 1869 was repealed by:
a. The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1923
b. The Adaptation of Laws Order, 1937
c. The Repealing and Amending Act, 1891
d. The Indian Stamp Act, 1899
161. Section 33 of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Sale of stamps
b. Admission in criminal cases of documents for which proper fee has not been paid
c. Cancellation of deficient court-fee
d. Repayment of fees in criminal cases
162. Under Section 33, filing or exhibition of a document in a Criminal Court may be permitted where:
a. The document is duly registered
b. The Government grants permission
c. The presiding Judge considers it necessary to prevent a failure of justice
d. The accused consents
163. Under Section 33, nothing contained in which sections shall prohibit filing or exhibition of such document?
a. Sections 3 and 25
b. Sections 9 and 10
c. Sections 20 and 21
d. Sections 4 and 6
164. Section 34 of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Recovery of penalties
b. Sale of stamps
c. Cancellation of stamps
d. Exemption from court-fees
165. Under Section 34(1), rules regulating sale of stamps may be made by:
a. The High Court
b. The Collector
c. The appropriate Government
d. The Board of Revenue
166. Rules under Section 34 may regulate:
a. Jurisdiction of Courts
b. Persons by whom alone sale of stamps is to be conducted
c. Assessment of land revenue
d. Procedure for execution of decrees
167. Rules made under Section 34 shall have the force of law after:
a. Approval by Legislature
b. Publication in the Official Gazette
c. Certification by the Collector
d. Approval by High Court
168. Under Section 34(3), a person appointed to sell stamps who disobeys any rule made under this section may be punished with imprisonment extending to:
a. Three months
b. Six months
c. One year
d. Two years
169. Under Section 34(3), the fine for unauthorized sale or breach of rules may extend to:
a. One hundred rupees
b. Two hundred rupees
c. Five hundred rupees
d. One thousand rupees
170. A person not appointed to sell stamps who sells or offers for sale any stamp shall be punished:
a. With fine only
b. With imprisonment only
c. With imprisonment or fine or with both
d. With cancellation of licence only
171. Section 35 of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Cancellation of stamps
b. Power to reduce or remit fees
c. Recovery of deficient fees
d. Admission of unstamped documents
172. Under Section 35, the appropriate Government may reduce or remit fees:
a. By executive order only
b. By notification in the Official Gazette
c. By circular of the Collector
d. By order of the High Court
173. The power under Section 35 extends to fees mentioned in:
a. First schedule only
b. Second schedule only
c. First and second schedules
d. Third schedule only
174. Under Section 35, reduction or remission may apply:
a. Only to the whole territory
b. Only to civil courts
c. In the whole or any part of the territories under its administration
d. Only to criminal proceedings
175. Under Section 35, the appropriate Government may:
a. Amend the schedules
b. Cancel or vary such order
c. Abolish court-fees permanently
d. Delegate judicial powers
176. Section 36 of the Court-fees Act, 1870 deals with:
a. Refund of fees to court officers
b. Saving of fees to certain officers of High Courts
c. Remission of High Court fees
d. Collection of process fees
177. Under Section 36, nothing in Chapters II and V of the Act applies to:
a. All fees payable in High Courts
b. Fees payable to advocates
c. Commission payable to the Accountant General of the High Court at Fort William and certain fees of High Court officers
d. Process fees in appellate jurisdiction
178. The commission specifically saved under Section 36 is payable to:
a. Registrar of the High Court
b. Accountant General of the High Court at Fort William
c. Taxing Officer of the High Court
d. Chief Justice of the High Court
179. Under Section 36, the saving also applies to fees which any officer of a High Court is allowed to receive:
a. In place of salary
b. As pension
c. In addition to a fixed salary
d. By way of judicial allowance
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