(A 22)
SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.
Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority under which levied.
FEES OF Court :—
ORDER AS TO THE FEES AND PERCENTAGES TO BE
TAKEN IN THE SUPREME COURT.
1.—This Order may be cited as The Supreme Court Fees Order, 1903. It shall come into force on the 1st day of June, 1903, and shall apply to all cansES and matters commenced ou and after the said day, and to all proceedings taken on and after the said day in all causes and matters theu pending. 2.-The fees and percentages contained or referred to in the several Schedules hereto are fixed and appointed to be and shall be taken in the Supreme Court in the various jurisdictions to which the said Schedules respectively relate; and the said fees and percentages shall, except in so far as the said Schedules provide for a payment in cash, be taken by stamps either impressed or adhesive as the Governor may from time to time direct.
3.—All Orders and Rules of Court heretofore male for the purpose of fixing fees or percentages in the Supreme Court are hereby annulled, but this Order shall not apply to or affect existing fees or percentages directed to be taken or paid by any Ordinance.
4.—A folio comprises 72 words, each figure being counted as a word.
Schedule 1.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
Writs of Summons, Subpœnas and Appearance.
Sealing every Writ of Summons for commencement of a Cause (except a con- current, renewed or amended Writ) and scaling a Writ of Injunction, Certiorari, Mandamus or Habeas Corpus,
Interpleader Summons,.........
Sealing a concurrent, renewed or amended Writ of Summons,.
.$ 5.00
5,00
1.50
Sealing a Subpœna,
3.00
Sealing a Subpœna for each Witness in addition to the first,
0,50
Entering an Appearance for cach Defendant,....
1.50
Certificate of Non-Appearance,
1.50
Writs of Execution, &c.
Sealing a Warrant for arrest of a Defendant, or for arrest and detention of a
Ship or for Attachment of Property before Judgment........................
15.00
Sealing & Writ of Execution or Writ of Possession..........
15.00
Order for Release of Defendant from Custody,
1.00
Sealing a Prohibitory Order,
3.00
Each Copy, Prohibitory Order,
1.50
Foreign Attachment.
Sealing a Writ of Foreign Attachment,
15,00
Settling Bond,
4.00
Filing same,
2.00
Certificate of Dissolution of Foreign Attaclimeut or Satisfaction of the Judg
ment,
5.00
Registrar's Order for seizure of Property,
5.00
Pleadings, Issues, References, ¿fc.
Filing any Pleading and Sealing Copy,
6.00
Filing any amended Pleading and Sealing Copy,
3.00
Filing any Petition of Right or Special Case,
10.00
Filing any issue,
15.00
Filing any Agreement under Section 239 of Code,
15.00
Order of Reference of Accounts, &c.,
10.00
Filing same,
1.50
Order of Roference to Arbitration,
5,00
Filing same.
1.50
Application to file award in Court when arbitration has been without the inter-
vention of the Court,..
7.50
Taking Evidence, Affidavits, se.
Administering any Oath or taking any Declaration in the Registry,
Filing any Affidavit or Declaration,
Administering any Oath or taking any Declaration outside the Registry,
(other than Oath or Declaration of Debtor in Gaol),
1.00
1.00
10.00
Marking every Exhibit,
0,50
For every Witness examined de bene esse by the Judge, Registrar or other
Officer in the Court House including Oath,
10.00
For every Witness examined de bene esse by the Judge, Registrar or other
Officer, outside the Court House, including Oath................ Attendance of any Government Official to produce or prove in the Supreme
Court any record or document,..
20.00
5.00
The Supreme
Court
Fees Order, 1908.
(Vide
Government
Notification No. 256 of 24th April, 1903.)