Section 23: Responsibility of attorneys
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23. Responsibility of attorneys
(1) The attorney in charge of a case before the Supreme Court shall be
personally responsible for the payment to the Master and Registrar of any
fee which may be due in respect of the services of a Court Usher in connection with the proceedings in the case.
(2) Any attorney who refuses or fails to pay the fee on presentation of a
claim for it by the Registrar in a manner to be prescribed by rules made under
this Act, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine
not exceeding 1,000 rupees.