SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL (FEES) RULES
- CHAPTER 338B

SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL (FEES) RULES - LONG TITLE  
Empowering section VerDate:30/06/1997



(Cap 338, section 36)

[26 February 1988]

(L.N. 43 of 1988)



SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL (FEES) RULES - RULE 1
Citation VerDate:30/06/1997



These rules may be cited as the Small Claims Tribunal (Fees) Rules.
(Enacted 1988)



SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL (FEES) RULES - RULE 2
Fees VerDate:30/06/1997



The fees specified in the Schedule shall be payable in respect of all 
proceedings taken in the tribunal.
(Enacted 1988)



SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL (FEES) RULES - RULE 3
Payment of fees VerDate:30/06/1997



Save as otherwise provided in the Schedule, the fees specified therein 
shall be payable either by adhesive stamps or by causing the relevant 
document to be franked with the amount of the fee.
(Enacted 1988)



SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL (FEES) RULES - RULE 4
Power of registrar VerDate:30/06/1997



The registrar may reduce, remit or defer payment of any fee specified in 
the Schedule as he may think fit in any particular case and shall, if he 
exercises this power, endorse on the relevant document a note of the 
reduction, remission or deferment and of the reasons therefor.
(Enacted 1988)



SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL (FEES) RULES - SCHEDULE  
SCHEDULE VerDate:12/01/2001




[rule 2]

		FEES
		
Item	Particular	Fee
		$
		
	Filing of Claim and Summons
		
1.	Filing of claim-
	where the claim does not exceed $3000 
...............................................
	where the claim exceeds $3000 but does not exceed $17000 ................
	where the claim exceeds $17000 but does not exceed $33000 ...............
	where the claim exceeds $33000 but does not exceed $50000  (28 of 1999 s. 
18) 
...........................................................................
.............	
		20
		40
		70
		
		120
2.	Summons and copy including service, each witness 
.............................	33
3.	Application for review 
........................................................................	61
4.	Application for leave to appeal 
............................................................	61
		
		Copies, Certification, Searches
		
5.	Copy of any document (including written award or order) made in the 
registry of the tribunal and certifying the same, per page 
.......................	
		5.5
6.	Photostatic copy of document made in the registry of the tribunal and 
certification-
	(a) for each page or portion of a page 
..............................................
	(b) for each page or portion of a page exceeding in size 210 mm x 297 mm 
...........................................................................
...............	
		
		5.5
		
		such additional fee as the registrar may fix
7.	Translation of any document made in the registry and certificate, per 
page 
...........................................................................
......................	
		in the discretion of the registrar
8.	Certifying translation made elsewhere, per page 
..................................	20
9.	Every search in the registry of the tribunal for each register, file or 
document 
...........................................................................
...............	
		18
		
		Bailiff's Expenses
		
10.	Watchman's fee per diem (to be paid in cash) 
......................................	83
11.	Transportation or conveyance expenses and overtime, according to 
distance and time (to be paid in cash) 
..................................................	
		actual expenditure plus 20% being administrative charges
		
		Taking Evidence
		
12.	Attendance of any Government official to produce or prove in the 
tribunal any record or document called by any party other than the 
Government  (25 of 1998 s. 2) 
............................................................	
		
		61
13.	Attendance of any Government official to give any other evidence in the 
tribunal-
	(a) when called as an expert 
............................................................
	
	
	(b) when not called as an expert, per hour or portion of an hour of 
attendance 
...........................................................................
.....	
		
		in the discretion of the registrar
		
		61
14.	Filing any affidavit or declaration (other than affidavit or 
declaration of a bailiff of Court) (including administering any oath or 
taking any declaration in the registry)  (L.N. 315 of 1992) 
.....................................	
		
		121
15.	(Repealed L.N. 315 of 1992)
		
		Miscellaneous
		
16.	Filing any notice or document in the tribunal not hereinbefore referred 
to (other than a notice or document expressing an intention not to proceed 
with a claim or a defence) 
.................................................................	
		
		55
17.	Sealing any document in connection with proceedings in the tribunal not 
hereinbefore referred to 
.....................................................................	
		55
18.	Any other matter or proceeding not hereinbefore referred to and for 
which no fee has been specified herein 
...............................................	
		such fee as the registrar may fix
(L.N. 111 of 1991; L.N. 315 of 1992; L.N. 87 of 1994; L.N. 340 of 2000; 
L.N. 28 of 2001)