COURT FEES
SCHEDULE III. PROBATE JURISDICTION
Filing Petition for Probate or Letters of Administration
Grants of Probate or Letters of Administration (other than grants under Ordinance 10 of 1886)- If the Personal Estate is sworn under the value of
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$1.00
2500 1,000
1.00 1 50
88,000 10.00
$16,000 26 00
$45,000 40.00
7,000 12.00
18,000 23.00
1,500
2.00
8,000 14 00
20,000 30.00
2,000 2.50
9,000
17.00
25,000 32.00
3,000 4.00 4,000 6.00
10,000 20.00
30,000 34 00
15,000 22.00
35,000 36 00
5,000 8.00
14,000 24.00
40,000 38 00
50,000 42.00 60,000 44.00 70,000 46.00 80,000 4900 90 000 49.00 100,000 50.00
$120,000 55 00 140,000 60.00 160,000 65.00
$150,00) 159.00 400,000 120.00 500,000 140.00
180,000 70.00
600,000 160,00
200,000 75,00 230,000 85.00 300,000 95.00
800,000 180.00
1,000,000 200.00
And $20 for every additional $100,000 or fractional part of $100,000,
Double or cessate Probate or Letters of Administration de bonis non or cessate and duplicate and triplicate Probates of
Administration when the Personal Estate is under $3,000—The same Fee as on a first grant under the same sum, When the Personal Estate is of the sum of $3,000 and over
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Probate of a Codicil or Letters of Administration with a Codicil annexed being a Codicil to a Will already proved-Same
Fee as on a duplicate or triplicate Probate or Letters of Administration with the Will annexed, Exemplification of a Probate or Letters of Administration in addition to the fees for engrossing Engrossing Wills and other Documents per Folio
Commission of Appraisement
Every Search
Caveat, each
Warning to Caveat
Removing Cavent
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5.00
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5.00
0,25
0,50
1.00
1.00
2.00
1.00
0.50
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.25
1.00
2.00
10.00-
10.00
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Service of Warning
Bettling Administrator's Bond and filing
Making alteration in grant pursuant to Order
Every Citation
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Settling Citation or Abstract of Citation for Advertisement, per Folio
Filing Inventory
Writ of Attachment
Writ of Sequestration
Writ of Bi Fo
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100
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Commission of Official Administrator including Appraisement if necessary 5 per cent. of the gross value of the Estate
(to be deducted therefrom).
Any other Matter or Proceeding not herein specified-The same Fee as is charged in the Original Jurisdiction in respect
of a similar mintter or Proceeding.
Proceedings to obtain Letters of Administration under Ordinance 10 of 1886 –
Where the Estate does not exceed $100
Where the Estate exceeds $100-$1 and the further sum of twenty cents for every $50 or part of $50 by which the
value exceeds $100.
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SCHEDULE IV.
BANKRUPTCY
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In addition to the Fees mentioned in the Scale contained in Schedule B of the Bankruptcy Ordinance 1891–—
In any Matter or Procceding not mentioned in the said last-mentioned Scale, the same Fee as is provided for a similar Matter or Proceeding in the Original Jurisdiction.
...Note.—A folio comprises 72 words, each figure þcing counted as a word.
SUMMARY JURISDICTION
RULES MADE BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE, UNDER SECTION 24 OF THE SUPREME COURT
ORDINANCE, 1873 (No. 21 of 1873), for the tAXING OF COSTS IN THE
SUMMARY JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT
1. In the following Rules the expression "exceeding" and "not exceeding" refer in the case of a Plaintiff to the amount recovered and in the case of a Defendant to the amount claimed.
2. In actions or proceedings other than those for the recovery of money and in actions where claims for the recovery of money are joined with other claims, the Judge, having regard to the value and nature of the subject matter of the action or proceeding, shall direct under which of the scales hereinafter set forth the costs (if any) shall be taxed.
3. Notwithstanding anything in these Rules to the contrary, the Judge, if of opinion that the action involved a novel or difficult point of law, or that the question litigated was of importance to some class or body of persons, or of general or public interest, may award costs under Scale III to the Plaintiff on any amount recovered however small, or to the Defendant who successfully defends an action brought for any amount however small; and in actions other than those for the recovery of a debt or liquidated demand in money the Judge, if he shall think that the preparation or conduct of the case has involved unusual trouble or difficulty, or for other good cause shown, may, in awarding costs, direct that they shall be taxed on any scale higher than that hereinafter wade applicable.
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