Section 56: Fees payable to attorney
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56. Fees payable to attorney
(1) An attorney shall be entitled, for anything done by him under sections 20 to 62, to his fees and disbursements as allowed by the table of
costs applicable to attorneys in Court, provided that the total amount of the
fees to be paid to him shall not be more than 7 per cent, where the assets of
the succession do not exceed 500 rupees, and not more than 5 per cent,
where the assets exceed that amount.
(2) Where litigation arises out of the liquidation of the succession, the attorney shall be allowed his usual taxed costs in respect of that litigation.
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