Section 19. Exemption of certain documents.
Nothing contained in this Act shall render the
following documents chargeable with any fee:-
(i) Power-of-attorney to institute or defend a suit when executed by an officer, warrantofficer,
non-commissioned officer or private of [34][the Pakistan Army] not in civil
employment.
(ii) [Rep. by the Amending Act, 1891 (XII of 1891)].
(iii) Written statements called for by the Court after the first hearing of a suit.
(iv) [Rep. by the Cantonments Act, 1889 (XIII of 1889)].
(v) [Rep. by A.O., 1949, Sch].
(vi) [Rep. ibid.].
(vii) [Rep. ibid.].
(viii) Probate of a will, letters of administration, [35][and, save as regards debts and
securities, a certificate under Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827], where the amount or
value of property in respect of which the probate or letters or certificate shall be
granted does not exceed one thousand rupees.
(ix) Application or petition to a Collector or other officer making a settlement of landrevenue,
or to a Board of Revenue, or a Commissioner of Revenue, relating to
matters connected with the assessment of land or the ascertainment of rights
thereto or interests therein, if presented previous to the final confirmation of such
settlement.
(x) Application relating to a supply for irrigation of water belonging to Government.
(xi) Application for leave to extend cultivation, or to relinquish land, when presented
to an officer of land-revenue by a person holding, under direct engagement with
Government, land of which the revenue is settled, but not permanently.
(xii) Application for service of notice of relinquishment of land or of enhancement of
rent.
(xiii) Written authority to an agent to distrain.
(xiv) First application (other than a petition containing criminal charge or information)
for the summons of a witness or other person to attend either to give evidence or to
produce a document or in respect of the production or filing of an exhibit not being
an affidavit made for the immediate purpose of being produced in Court.
(xv) Bail-bonds in criminal cases, recognizances to prosecute or give evidence, and
recognizances for personal appearance or otherwise.
(xvi) [Omitted by A.O., 1949, Sch].
(xvii) Petition by a prisoner, or other person in duress or under restraint of any Court or
its officers.
(xviii) Complaint of a public servant (as defined in the Pakistan Penal Code)[36], a
municipal officer, or an officer or servant of a Railway Company.
(xix) Application for permission to cut timber in Government forests, or, otherwise
relating to such forests.
(xx) Application for the payment of money due by government to the applicant.
(xxi) Petition of appeal against the chaukidari assessment under [37]Act No. XX of 1856,
or against any municipal tax.
(xxii) Application for compensation under any law for the time being in force relating
to the [38]acquisition of property for public purposes.
(xxiii) [Omitted by A.O., 1949, Schedule].
(xxiv) [39][Petition under the Christian Marriage Act, 1872, (XV of 1872), sections 45
and 46].
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