State Act

THE KARNATAKA COURT-FEE AND SUITS VALUATION ACT, 1958.

77. Power of High Court to make rules.- (1) The High Court may make rules to provide for or regulate all or any of the following matters, namely:— (a) the fees payable for serving and executing processes issued by the High Court 1[x x x]1 and by the civil and criminal courts subordinate thereto; (b) the remuneration of persons employed by the courts mentioned in clause (a) in the service or execution of processes; (c) the fixing by District and Sessions Judges and District Magistrates of the number of process-servers necessary to be employed for the service and execution of processes issued from their respective courts and the courts subordinate thereto; (d) the display in each court of a table in the English and in the local language or languages showing the fees payable for the service and execution of processes. (2) All rules made under sub-section (1) shall be subject to confirmation by the State Government and on such confirmation shall be published in the official Gazette and shall thereupon have the force of law.