Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
13. Razeenamah, Rufanamah, Soolunamah, or the like, that is to say:—
Any written application whereby, or according whereunto, a suit pending in a Court of Civil Judicature shall be adjusted, or be capable of adjustment, without an award of the presiding Judge or other Officer.
SPECIAL RULE FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF BOMBAY.
Suits cognizable before Collectors under the operation of Chapter VIII, Regulation XVII, 1827 of the Bombay Code (for the territories subordinate to Bombay, prescribing Rules for the assessment and realization of the Land Revenue, defining the relative rights in the Land and its produce of the Government and the subject, of the superior holder and the tenant; vesting the Collector with judicial powers in cases regarding land, and its rent and produce, and declaring the circumstances under which exemption from the payment of Land Revenue is to be enjoyed), as modified by Act XVI of 1838, shall be subject to the same rules in regard to Stamps as are in force for the Courts of Civil Judicature.
GENERAL RULE.—If the subject matter of any plaint, written statement, petition, or copy of a Decree or Order cannot be conveniently comprised within one Stamp Paper of the value prescribed by this Schedule, one or more additional pieces of paper may be used bearing a Stamp of the value required for Petitions. This Rule does not apply to copies of Judgments; any additional piece of paper required for such copies do not require to be stamped.
Office Supdt, Govt. Printing.—No. 4375 L. C.—25-4-71.—200.
| PROPER STAMPS. | |
| --- | --- |
| presented for the conduct of any case in any Court of Justice, or before any Revenue Authority—
When presented to the Sudder Court | Rupes. Anno. 2 0 |
| When presented to the Board of Revenue or other Chief Controlling Revenue Authority | 2 0 |
| When presented to a Commissioner of Revenue, or to a Commissioner of Customs, not being the Chief Controlling Revenue Authority | 1 0 |
| When presented to any Court, Civil or Criminal, other than the Sudder Court, or to any Collector or other Revenue Officer | 0 8 |
| EXEMPTIONS.
Mooktarnamahs executed by an Officer or Soldier of the Army.
No Stamp is required where Counsel is admitted in any case by any Criminal Court to appear on behalf of a prisoner without a written Mooktarnamah. | |
| 9. Petition of appeal not being from an Order rejecting a plaint, or from a Decree or Order having, by any law, the force of a Decree; and petition or application presented to any Civil Court, shall be written upon Stamp Paper of the following value, namely—
When presented to the Sudder Court | 2 0 |
| When presented to any Court below the Sudder Court | 0 8 |
| SPECIAL RULE FOR BENGAL.
Source: India Code