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The Pondicherry Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1972 Complete Act

State: Pondicherry

Year: 1972

.....II. 21. Fees to be computed to the nearest multiple of five paise. " In the determination and computation of the amount of fee payable under this Act, any fraction of five paise less than two and a half paise shall be disregarded and any fraction of five paise equal to, or exceeding, two and a half paise shall be regarded as five paise. 22. Suits for money. " In a suit money (including a suit for damages or compensation, or arrears of maintenance, of annuities, or of other sums payable periodically), fee shall be computed on the amount claimed. 23. Suits for maintenance and annuities. - In the suits herein after maintained, fee shall be computed as follows :- (a) in a suit for maintenance, on the amount claimed to be payable for one year; (b) in a suit for enhancement or reduction of maintenance, on the amount by which the annual maintenance is sought to be enhanced or reduced; (c) in a suit for annuities or other sums payable periodically, on five times the amount claimed to be payable for one year: Provided that, where the annuity is payable for less than five years, the fee shall be computed on the aggregate of the sums payable: Provided further that a suit.....