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SUPREME COURT ORDINANCE.

(Chapter 4).

SUPREME COURT FEES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) RULES, 1963.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Supreme Court Ordinance, the Rules Committee hereby makes the following

1. These rules may be cited as the Supreme Court Fees (Amend- Citation. ment) (No. 2) Rules. 1963.

2 Rule 3 of the Supreme Court Fees Rules, 1955 (hereinafter Amendment referred to as the principal rules) is amended by-

(a) being re-numbered as paragraph (1) thereof; and (b) the insertion of the following new paragraph--

"(2) The Registrar may reduce, remit or defer payment of any fee specified in the First, Second, Third or Fourth Schedule as he may think fit in any particular case and shall in every case where he exercises this power endorse on the relevant document a note of such reduction, remission or defer- ment aud the reason therefor.".

A The First Schedule to the principal rules is amended-

of rule 3. (G.NA. 135/55).

Amendment of First

(0) by the deletion of items 8 and 9 and the substitution therefor Schedule.

of the following—

"B. Amending any document filed (including sealing) 6,00

9. Certificate of non-appearance or that no defence

has been filed

(b) by the deletion of item 13;

4.00":

(c) by the deletion of item 38 and the substitution therefor of the

following-

"38. Attendance of an expert witness (whether a

Government official or not) to give any evidence in the court when called as an expert witness--Such fee as shall be assessed by the judge or the Registrar as being reasonable in the circumstances. and including such sum as the judge or the Registrar shall think fit as a qualified fee, such fee in the case of a Government official to be paid in cash to the Registrar.