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Compendium on Acts and Rules

(b) Court-fees for certified copies will be charged both for the printed and written or typed

words and will be affixed to the copies.
(c) If the copies are made on printed forms and the" headings of the columns are in two
languages, the court-fee will be calculated on the number of words in one language

only.—If the forms are printed on both sides and one side only is used for, the copy, the
court-fees will be calculated on the number of words on one side only of the form.

Cancellation of 302. All stamps will be punched according to rule as soon as filed; but, in addition to the
stamps for
copying fees ordinary punching, stamps for copying fees will be marked "cancelled", in the presence
and payment
of remunera- of the Deputy Collector in charge, at the close of each month, and copyists or typists will
tion to be paid' one half of the total value of these stamps on bills, to which will be attached a
copyists.
certificate by the Deputy Collector in the following form: -"Certified that the total amount

realized by court-fee stamps on account of copying fees during the month is Rs.
and that stamps to this value have been marked 'cancelled' in my presence."

Certified 303. Authenticated copies of maps or plans even if they contain words are chargeable
copies of maps with a duty of one rupee under Article 24 of Schedule I of the Indian Stamp Act, II of
or plans.
1899 (as modified in Bengal), such duty being leviable in addition to, and irrespective of,

the cost of preparation of the maps or plans (vide rules 312-315 and 317). The stamp
duty payable under the above article for copies of maps or plans certified to be true

copies shall be denoted by means of a one rupee adhesive Court-fee stamp.
NOTE.—A thak statement should not be treated as part of the thak map whether it is

written or pasted on the same paper as the map or is separate and the authentication of

a copy of the thak statement should be charged for separately under Article 9 of
Schedule I of the Court-fees Act, 1870.

Maps available 304. Among the maps of the old surveys there are surveyors' village plans or revenue
to the public. survey maps, diara survey, thakbust and khasra maps, and amongst those of recent

cadastral surveys there are village cadastral maps consisting of one or more field

sheets. The village maps of the recent cadastral surveys are in future to be printed, and

the rules for supply and sale to the public are to be found in Appendix G.—Copies or
extracts of such maps or portions thereof may, however, be supplied to persons who
apply for the same, and Collectors are to encourage, in every legitimate way, the widest

distribution of copies of all kinds among parties interested.

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