Section 85: Exemption from payment of fees

DISTRICT AND INTERMEDIATE COURTS (CRIMINAL JURISDICTION) ACT, No · PART III: SUMMARY JURISDICTION

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85. Exemption from payment of fees A Magistrate may, on the ground of poverty or for other reasonable cause, exempt any person from the payment in whole or in part of any fee payable in any criminal proceedings entered before him.

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