New Zealand Gazette – 1876 – No. 19

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✨ District Court Fee Schedules

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

provided that any fees are to be charged in accord-
ance with the fees charged and paid in any proceed-
ings in the District Court, the fees hereunder shall
be deemed to be referred to in such Act or Regula-
tion; and doth also hereby, with the like advice and
consent, direct and appoint that the fees so fixed in
the said Schedules shall from the first day of April
next be the fees to be taken in respect of proceedings
in any District Court as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE A.
The fees on Probate or Administration, shall be the fees pay-
able from time to time in that behalf in the Supreme Court..

SCHEDULE B.
Appeals under "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," and other Acts
giving appeal to District Court.

Notice stating ground of appeal ... ... ... £ s. d.
Summons to show cause, including seal... ... 1 0 0
Summons to witness ... ... ... 0 5 0
Swearing or filing affidavit ... ... ... 0 2 0
Hearing ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 0 0
Order on Appeal ... ... ... ... ... 2 0 0
Fees to be charged on highest scale in Schedule D, if case
reheard before District Court.

SCHEDULE C.
Appeals under "The Appeals from Justices Act, 1867."

Entering case for rehearing ... ... ... £ s. d.
Amendment of grounds of Appeal under clause 19 ... 0 10 0
Hearing ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 0 0
Swearing witnesses exceeding three, each ... ... 0 2 0
Order on Appeal ... ... ... ... ... 2 0 0

SCHEDULE D.

SCHEDULE D—continued.

Item	In cases under £100. (£ s. d.)	In cases of or exceeding £100. (£ s. d.)
Filing plaint ... ... ...	0 5 0	0 8 0
Certified copy of plaint note ... ... ...	0 1 0	0 1 0
Issuing summons or other proceeding to judg- ment ... ... ...	0 5 0	0 6 0
Filing written statement of defence... ... ...	0 4 0	0 6 0
Filing agreement, or minutes of agreement, be- tween plaintiff and defendant, as to the amount of debt or claim to be recovered, with the conditions of payment... ... ...	0 5 0	0 10 0
Hearing ... ... ... ... ... ...	0 6 0	0 10 0
Adjournment of hearing, when made on the ap- plication of a plaintiff or defendant ... ...	0 4 0	0 5 0
Entering up judgment or decree ... ... ...	0 5 0	0 10 0
Issuing writ of execution against the goods ... ...	0 3 0	0 5 0
Issuing writ of execution or warrant of com- mitment against the person ... ... ...	0 3 0	0 5 0
Issuing writ in the nature of a scire facias ... ...	0 3 0	0 5 0
Issuing warrant to bailiff to deliver possession to a plaintiff of premises recovered ... ...	0 6 0	0 10 0
For executing any writ of execution against the goods or person, also for executing warrant of possession of land, if within two miles of the Court House ... ... ...	0 6 0	0 10 0
For every extra mile one way ... ... ...	0 1 0	0 1 0
On payment of money into Court, ... ... ...	0 3 0	0 5 0
For every summons to show cause, including any interpleader summons to the party making claim to the goods, whether before or after judgment, and filing same, if re- quired ... ... ...	0 2 0	4 0
Filing notice of grounds of appeal ... ...	0 5 0	10 0
Issuing certificate of payment by any execution debtor of debt and costs before his discharge	0 2 0	4 0
Filing copy of rule nisi, or of any summons for a certiorari, or a writ of prohibition from the Supreme Court ... ... ...	0 5 0	10 0
Filing decision or order of the Supreme Court	0 5 0	10 0
Filing order of the Supreme Court, with the issue in any cause directed by such Court to be tried in the District Court ... ... ...	0 10 0	1 0 0
Certificate to Registrar of Supreme Court of the result of such trial ... ... ...	0 5 0	10 0
Transmitting certified copy of proceedings (where an officer of the District Court is plaintiff in his own Court) from such Court to the Clerk of any adjoining or other Dis- trict Court ... ... ...	0 5 0	10 0
Warrant for bringing prisoner up to give evi- dence ... ... ...	0 2 0	4 0
Serving or executing any writ of arrest, injunc- tion, writ of attachment, or any summons, order, warrant, precept, writ, or other pro- cess not hereinbefore provided for, if within two miles of Court House ... ... ...	0 3 0	6 0
For every extra mile one way ... ... ...	0 1 0	1 0
For every application on or in relation to or arising out of any plaint not being a hearing	0 3 0	6 0
For all proceedings, or acts, matters, or things on or about the ap- plying for, obtaining, ordering, or issuing an injunction or writ of arrest not herein expressly provided for—the same fees as chargeable in the Supreme Court.
And the following fees irrespective of the sum involved:—
Affixing the seal of the Court to any document, unless otherwise provided for ... ... ...	0 5 0
Affixing the seal of the Clerk of the Court to any document, unless otherwise provided for ... ... ...	0 3 0
Filing any document, unless otherwise provided for ... ... ...	0 3 0
Summons to witness, including seal ... ... ...	0 2 0
Payment for the jury ... ... ... ... ...	2 0 0
Swearing witness, exceeding three witnesses on either side	0 2 0
For serving summons or other proceeding to judgment, and serving any summons to a witness, if within two miles of the Court House	0 3 0
For every extra mile one way ... ... ...	0 1 0
For every search ... ... ... ... ...	0 1 0
Discontinuance ... ... ... ... ...	0 5 0
Entering award of arbitrators or umpire as judgment in the cause	0 1 0	0
Writ of arrest ... ... ... ... ... ...	1 0 0
Writ of injunction ... ... ... ... ...	1 0 0
Writ of attachment ... ... ... ... ...	1 0 0
Swearing or filing any affidavit ... ... ...	0 2 0
Bailiff's poundage on sum levied or received or for which the body is taken in execution, for every pound ... ... ...	0 1 0
For keeping possession, per diem ... ... ...	0 0 10
For drawing any document, not otherwise provided for, at the request of the party, per folio (but in case any fee payable pur- suant to this item involve a fraction of a shilling, an entire shilling shall be payable, instead of the fractional part) ...	0 1 6
Copy of any document or proceeding, for every two folios or frac- tional part thereof ... ... ...	0 1 0
Appointment for taxation ... ... ... ...	0 1 0
Taxation ... ... ... ... ... ...	0 5 0
Ditto in addition, for each hour or fraction of an hour occupied	0 5 0
Order of Court or Judge's order, including seal, except where otherwise provided for ... ... ...	0 6 0
Hearing any petition, application, or motion, in or out of Court, not otherwise provided ... ... ...	0 5 0
Notice of motion, application, or petition, where necessary ...	0 2 0
Summons to attend before Judge or Clerk, where not otherwise provided, including seal ... ... ...	0 3 0
For Auctioneer's commission on sale of goods taken in execution	5 per cent.
For advertising sale—the actual cost.