Section 17 of the Court-Fees Act, 1870 – Multifarious suits

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Section 17: Multifarious suits

Where a suit embraces two or more distinct subjects, the plaint or memorandum of appeal shall be chargeable with the aggregate amount of the fees to which the plaints or memoranda of appeal in suits embracing separately each of such subjects would be liable under this Act. Nothing in the former part of this section shall be deemed to affect the power conferred by the 1Code of Civil Procedure, section 9.

Source: official text of The Court-Fees Act, 1870 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Court-Fees Act, 1870.

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