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Section 18. Computation of taxed fees.
The Gujarat Pleaders Act, 1920
Act no. 17 of 19201920In forceGujarat (State Act)
18. (1) Where costs are awarded to a party in any proceeding, the amount of the pleaders’ fee to be taxed in the bill of costs as recoverable by such party, if represented by a pleader, from his adversary, shall be computed in accordance with the rules in Schedule III unless such fee has been settled under the provisions of section 1[3 of the Legal Practitioners (Fees) Act, 1926] for a lesser amount in which case no more than such lesser amount shall be recoverable. (2) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) of this section or in section 20 shall apply to fees payable to pleaders in the Court of Small Causes of Bombay.