1. Short title.—
This Act may be called the Court Fees’ Act, 1870.
Extent of Act. – It extends to the whole of India except [(Note: Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No.2) Order, 1956, for “Part B States”) the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States].
Commencement of Act. – And it shall come into force on the first day of April, 1870.