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sufficient

of the Governor authority for such instructions if

any

is needed.

I

With regard to fees & —

any cannot find that there is

those taken in

legal authority for the Probate jurisdiction. The power to fix probates fees vested in the -Chief Justice by Ordinances 7 of 1860 (Section 143), 9 of 1870 (Section 10), and 10 of 1886 (Section 5) do not appear to have been ever exercised. The table in present user is mainly,

mainly found. Rules of Court of 1847 made

ed upon

under an

Ordinance of 1845 which

1873.

was itself repealed in 18

Those saken in the general Jurisdiction / Original and Jummary) are also not satisfactorily ascertained. Section 24 of the Supreme

Court Reconstitution Ordinance (N: 12.

of 1873 confers a power.

the Chilf

Justice

Justice to make rules for the purpose

from time to time, but no such rules were ever made and Section

94 of the Civil Procedure Code pro- Mr Nicolle

vides as hourted out. that mutt, o

by.

new scale shall have

as to the

been provided all questions amount of fees shall be referred to

who is empowered to

the

Registrav

determine the same on taxation.

either with or without reference to

the eye

existing

though

scale.

This looks on

paper as

the amount of fees depended

entirely upon the Registrar, but of

course in practice a fixed scale has always

-

been followed and duly

public and the

advertised to the public

legal profession. This scale probably originated in 18.

in 1847 like that for - Probate and it has been added to

and altered from time to time by

executive

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