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In. pursuance of clause (3) of article 348 of the Constitution of India, the followingtranslation in English of the Bombay Court- fees (Amendment) Ordiriance, 2011 (Mah.Ord. XVI of 2Q11), is hereby published under the' authority of the -Oovernor.

By order and in the mime of the Governor of "Maharashtra,

II. B. PATI<3L,Secretary to Government,

Law and Judiciary Department.

[Translation in English of the Bombay Couri-fees (Amendment) Ordinance, 2011(Mah, Ord. XVI of 2011) published under the authority of the Governor 1.

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LAWAND JUDICIARY DEPARTID:NTMantralaya, Mumbai 100 032, dated the 8th June 2011.

MAtIAltASUTHA ORDINANCE No~ XVI OF 2011.

AN ORDINANCEfurther to amend t-heB"ombayCourt-fees Act, 1959.

WITgl{l\:ASboth Houses of the State Legislature are not in session;

A~D WBJ':REAS the Governor of'Maharashtra is satisfied thatcircumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate

Born. action further to amend the BombayCourt-feesAct, 1.959,forthe purposesxxx:7r hereinafter appearing; .1959.

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of 195H. tho words "from the C911~~t:;t()ror ,by,.)Vf\tof e-pavdcnl, 111 the manner 'as prescribed by rulc~;;'sh:~lit~6~ub's{i.t:~ted. • I '

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An}ODclin-1¥tt,of .,.3:. In'sec..ti,OI.l!1)S,ofthe,.,p.·.I.'PU!.·,cipaL~'\ct;i'for the !"VQfds.~,!fi"ml),•.·;tlitQ:~~~IJ\.\\!tor';'section III of .' IHom. XXXVI tntm~l')rds·ti:f·r;~rp.)he~Gol~c~qLorFQ~;;cwaYi,cpfC-;PflYI1}ePit".¥D"t,\;I%,manner

of lU59. as pl;e~cl"ibedbyr~}e~,';shall be ~{ibstitut~d: J ..... ,. , .AmendD1on.,.}(if 4: ).~~~e.ct~;hf1oCth9,.prilwJ:pal}\.ct"r4~Ji~GJ,.9;~d~.i~;fr~rn.the.~,C6lJecto...;·~section l7 of . . '--" - ., , -". -,:~-,.): .-_'_-'~-'--< '. -, •••• ' .... -','_' ~. tj. ", '.- ;' -, ~" .

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6, In section 39 of the principal Act,,.-·(1) in clause (c), the word "and" shall be deleted;(2) after clause (d), the following clause shalllbe added, namely :-._

"(e) thG manner of pa~11ent of Court-fee and refund thereof bye_paymb.nt:;i,,'cnl ".',{. n !. f: ..;y 't.' < '.~ "I',;i J' ,;, ~ - . -~, IJ ! :: . j :,' - ,. • ,:.- '

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"Provided that, whetc' 6oill1WM is pu-id by (Jpayment, the ofIicercompe~!;l~v,b};sap"9cl'f't~P1P'$I:tHHY~li'V)rthG~c~,?,i~c.ne~~.f)ifJ,hepaY1ucntand after satl>sfymg 11lmselfthat the court-fee fS paid; shall lock the

, entry in,the'camputttr!l-nd;makeaniendorscmel tmnci¢r,\;Ii,§ s,ignatureap t.l:~edpeuJ!leJl~that tl;lC court-fi:)e'is paid ~nd ~h~};):ltr:Y:isJocked,".

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Under the existing provisions of the Bombay Court-fees Ad, 1959(Hom. XXXVI of 1959), all f(JOS chargeable are collected by way of"

. impressed and adhesive stamps. puc to spurt in litigations, there isincrease in demand ofcourt-fee stamps. Sometimes it is difficult to caterthe need of litigants and supply requisite court-fee stamps as per theirdemand. In the present system, court-fee' is paid by physical cour-t-feestamp papers. However, there is no mechanism involved to cheekgenuineness of these court-fee stamp papers. In the recent past, it isrevealed that some people are indulging into systematic: racket ofpreparing and circulating fake stamp papers resulting into huge loss ofrevenue. The Government considers it expedient 1,0 devise a system to. overcome these problems. These problems can be resolved by usc ofadvanced technology, such as introduction of a system providing lorpayment through a-payment or payment through Spcured Bank andTreasury Receipt (SBTR) in addition to the prevailing system ofpaymentof court-fees through court-fee stamps.

2. As both Houses of the State Legislature arc not in sessionand the Governor of Maharashtra is satisfied that circumstancesexist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action furtherto amend the Bombay Court-fees Act, 1959, for the purposes aforesaid,this Ordinance is promulgated. .

Mumbai,Dated the 8th June 2011.

K SA.'\KAHA..'ARA YA..'\A.;.'\,Governor of Maharashtra,

By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra,

VIJAYACHLlYA,Principal Secretary and

Remembrancer of Legal Affairs to Government.

O:-i BEHALF OF GOVE:RX~lE:-iT PR:STlXG. S'!'AT10~EHY A!\"D PU1LICATIOX, P!lIXTED A:-in PCBLISH,:n BYSHRI PARSHl'M.\i Jt\(}A:-iXATH G()SAVI, PRl)"ED AT GOVEflXMElI., CIlXTltAL PRESS, ·21-A.N.e)')'A.!!St:Il.HASH !WAD, CHARX!ROAD, ~!t:.MBAJ {CO 001 AND PUiil.[SHED AT D!HE:C~'OMTE OF"GOVERNMENT PRI;I;'l'lNG, S1'Al'ION&:RY AND PlJBLICAT(()N,:rl-A, Xf..'TAJI StJBHASB ROAD. CP.,ARNI ROAD, ~ru~tBAj 400 OO~.EDITOR: SHIn PAHSHI'RA).1 JAGAXNATH GOSAVr.