LawgistThe Court-Fees Act
19-IPayment of court-fees in respect of probates and letters of administratio
1 [19-I. Payment of court-fees in respect of probates and letters of administration.—(1) No order entitling the petitioner to the grant of probate or letters of administration shall be made upon an application for such grant until the petitioner has filed in the Court a valuation of the property in the form set forth in the third schedule, and the Court is satisfied that the fee mentioned in No. 11 of the first schedule has been paid on such valuation.
(2) The grant of probate or letters of administration shall not be delayed by reason of any motion made by the Collector under section 19H, sub-section (4).]
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1. Ins. by Act 11 of 1899, s 2.
PROBATES, LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION AND CERTIFICATES OF ADMINISTRATION
- 19A Relief where too high a court-fee has been paid
- 19B Relief where debts due from a deceased person have been paid out of his estate
- 19C Relief in case of several grants
- 19D Probates declared valid as to trust-property though not covered by court-fee
- 19E Provision for case where too low a court-fee has been paid on probates, etc
- 19F Administrator to give proper security before letters stamped under section
- 19G Executors, etc., not paying full court-fee on probates, etc., within six months after discovery of underpayment
- 19H Notice of applications for probate or letters of administration to be given to Revenueauthorities, and procedure thereon
- 19-I Payment of court-fees in respect of probates and letters of administratio
- 19J Recovery of penalties, etc
- 19K Sections 6 and 28 not to apply to probates or letters of administration
