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Under Section 33 of the Court Fees Act, 1870, filing or exhibition of a document in a Criminal Court…

Section 33 allows a document on which the proper fee has not been paid to be filed or exhibited in a Criminal Court whenever this is, "in the opinion of the presiding Judge,…

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Under Section 33 of the Court Fees Act, 1870, filing or exhibition of a document in a Criminal Court may be permitted where:

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Section 33 allows a document on which the proper fee has not been paid to be filed or exhibited in a Criminal Court whenever this is, "in the opinion of the presiding Judge, necessary to prevent a failure of justice". The decision is the judge's; registration, government permission or the accused's consent is not the test.

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