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Hence the Bill. (Obtained from LA Bill 3 of 1996.) XVII Amending Act 15 of 1998.— It is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka Court Fees and Suit Valuation Act, 1958 in the light of observations made by the Hon'ble High Court in its Order dated 7th December 1995 in MFA Nos. 2805/95 to 2807/95 to provide for payment of court fees on the memorandum of Appeals files by the beneficiaries also. 10 Hence the Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A dated 17-3-1998 as No. 301.) XVIII Amending Act 12 of 2000.— Article 6 of schedule 1 to the Karnataka Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1958 provides for levy of fees on the probate of letters and administration at the rate of five percent where the amount or value is upto rupees three lakhs and ten percent on the part of the amount or value in excess of three lakhs without any upper limit. Representations have been received requesting to reduce the Court Fees as the present rates are on higher side and causing hardship. After examining the representation, it is considered necessary to reduce the rate from five percent to three percent and ten percent to five percent with an upper limit of thirty thousand rupees. Hence the Bill. (Obtained from L.A. Bill No. 15 of 2000.) XIX Amending Act 10 of 2003.—In order to give effect to the proposals made in the Budget Speech for the year 2002-2003, it is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1958, to dispense with the use of stamps and stamp papers and to start using impressed stamps. Hence the Bill. (SAMVYASHAE 16 SHASANA 2003) XX Amending Act 09 of 2015.- It is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1958 (Karnataka Act 16 of 1958) to provide for the refund of seventy five percent of court fee to the parties, if the suit is settled under Section 89 of the code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and by agreement of parties, any suit is dismissed, compromised or appeal is disposed of before the comencement of hearing of such appeal and avoid the ambiguity flowing from use of the words "all fees". Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No. 62 of 2014, File No. Samvyashae 36 Shasana 2014] [entry 3 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] 11 1[KARNATAKA]1 ACT No. 16 OF 1958. (First published in the 1[Karnataka Gazette]1 on the Twenty-sixth day of May, 1958.) THE 1[KARNATAKA]1 COURT-FEES AND SUITS VALUATION ACT, 1958. (Received the assent of the President on the Twenty-third day of May, 1958.) (As Amended by Karnataka Acts 24 of 1958, 10 of 1964, 27 of 1966, 11 of 1969, 3 & 12 of 1973, 80 of 1976, 21 of 1979, 13 of 1981, 13 of 1982, 16 of 1984, 2 of 1985, 5 of 1989, 2 of 1993, 7 of 1996, 15 of 1998, 12 of 2000, 10 of 2003 and 09 of 2015.) An Act to amend and consolidate the laws relating to court-fees and valuation of suits in the 1[State of Karnataka]1. WHEREAS it is necessary and expedient to amend and consolidate the laws relating to court-fees and valuation of suits in the 1[State of Karnataka]1; BE it enacted by the 1[Karnataka State]1 Legislature in the Ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-