THE PUNJAB COPYING FEES ACT, 1936 
(V of 1936) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title, extent and commencement. 
2. Definition. 
3. Mode of recovery of fees. 
 
TEXT 
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THE PUNJAB COPYING FEES ACT, 1936 
(V of 1936) 
[4 December 1936] 
An 
Act 
to facilitate the recovery of fees payable for copies made or supplied of records in 
offices under the control of Revenue, Judicial and other officers of Government. 
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient t o facilitate the recovery of fees payable for 
copies made or supplied of records kept in offices under  the control of Revenue, 
Judicial and other officers of Government, in the Punjab, and whereas the previous 
sanction of the Governor -General, required und er sub-section (3) of section 80 -A of 
the Government of India Act, has been obtained, it is hereby enacted as follows:– 
1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Act may be called the 
Punjab Copying Fees Act, 1936. 
 (2) It extends to the Punjab. 
 (3) It shall come into force on such date
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 as the 
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[Provincial Government] 
may by notification appoint in this behalf. 
2. Definition.– In this Act “record” includes any portion of a record and any 
document, plan, map or other paper attached thereto or form ing part of the record of 
any suit or appeal, enquiry or trial or other proceeding in any court or office. 
3. Mode of recovery of fees .– When any copy of any record has been made at 
the request of any applicant or his agent and such applicant or his agent has refused 
to accept delivery of the same or when any copy has been supplied to any such 
applicant or his agent, and the fee or any portion of the fee leviable for the supply of 
such copy remains unpaid, the said fee or portion thereof may be recovered from the 
applicant as if it were an arrear of land revenue: 
 Provided that a pleader presenting such an ap plication on behalf of a client 
will not be held personally responsible where the application bears the signature or 
thumb-impression of such client. 
 
 
 
 
1This Act received the assent of the Governor on November 4, 1936; and by His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor General 
on November  24, 1936 , published in the Punjab Gazette , Part I, dated December  4, 1936. For Statement of Objects and 
Reasons, see Punj ab Gazette, 1936, Extraordinary, p p. 67-68; for Proceedings in Council, see Punjab Legislative Council 
Debates, Volume XXIX, pp. 180-182.  
2It came into force on January  2, 1937 vide Notification No. 6133 -A, dated December  19, 1936 , issued by the Punjab 
Government, Revenue Department, published in the Punjab Gazette, Part-I, December 25, 1936, p. 1584. 
3Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, (w.e.f. 
1.4.1937), published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with Table of General Adaptations.