Section 19. Exemption of certain documents

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[3] [by a member of any of the Armed Forces of the Union] not in civil employment. 4* * * * * (iii) Written statements called for by the Court after the first hearing of a suit. 5* * * * * (v) Plaints in suits tried by[6] village Munsifs in the Presidency of Fort St. George. (vi) Plaints and processes in suits before District Panchayats in the same residency. (vii) Plaints in suits before Collectors under Madras Regulation 12 of 1816. (viii) Probate of a will, letters of administration,[7] [and, save as regards debts and securities a certificate under Bombay Regulation 8 of 1827], where the amount or value of the 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 land-revenue, or to a Board of Revenue, or a Commissioner of Revenue, relating to matters connected with the 1. See now the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act 5 of 1908).