Chapter 35 – Fees Ordinance
What is this act about?
This law is about charging fees for licenses, permits, and other services provided by government offices or departments. It allows a Minister to set and change these fees.
Who it applies to: Individuals or entities requiring licenses, permits, or other acts or services from government offices or departments; Ministers responsible for government departments and the Minister responsible for finance.
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What does this act regulate?
- The prescription and variation of fees for government services.
- The effective date and parliamentary review of fee regulations.
- The right of an officer to refuse service until the fee is paid.
- The method for recovering unpaid fees.
- The option to pay fees using postage stamps.
- The reduction or remission of fees in cases of hardship.
Who does this act apply to?
- Individuals or entities requiring licenses, permits, or other acts or services from government offices or departments.
- Ministers responsible for government departments and the Minister responsible for finance.
- Officers in charge of public offices or departments.
What are the key points?
- A Minister can set and change fees for licenses, permits, or any other act or service in their department.
- Fee regulations take effect upon publication and must be laid before the House of Representatives.
- All fee-setting powers require the concurrence of the Minister responsible for finance.
- An officer can decline to provide a service until the required fee is paid.
- Fees can be reduced or waived by the competent Minister, with the finance Minister's concurrence, if payment would cause hardship.
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FEES
CHAPTER 35
FEES ORDINANCE To provide for the levying of fees for licenses, permits and other acts or services in government offices or departments. (26th June, 1905)* Enacted by ORDINANCE X of 1905 as amended by Ordinances: II of 1906 and XXVIII of 1939; Emergency Ordinance XV of I958; Ordinance XXV of 1962; Act XI of 1963; Legal Notice 46 of 1965; and Acts: XVII of 1967 and VI of 1986.
Art. 1
This Ordinance may be cited as the Fees Ordinance.
Art. 2
Short title.
Power of Minister to fix fees.
Amended by:
XV. l958.3;
XXV. 1962.3;
XI. 1963.2;
L.N. 46 of 1965;
XVII. 1967.2.
Art. 3
The officer in charge of any public office or department, required to do any act or service for which a fee is chargeable under this Ordinance, may decline to do such act or service until the fee is paid.
Officer may decline to do act or service required until fee is paid.
Art. 4
The fees prescribed by any such regulation shall, unless otherwise provided, be recoverable in the manner laid down in the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure, for the recovery of sums due to a government department, on the demand or on behalf of the officer to whom the fee is payable.
Proceedings for recovery of fees.
Art. 5
The competent Minister with the concurrence of the Minister responsible for finance may by regulations direct that the payment of all or any of the fees referred to in article 2, or of any of the fees leviable under any other law in force, shall be denoted by means of postage stamps in such manner as may be provided in such regulations.
Payment of fees by means of stamps.
Amended by:
II. l906.l;
XV. 1958.3;
XXV. 1962.3;
XI. 1963.3;
VI. 1986.2. *See Proclamation No. X of 1905.
Power of Minister to reduce or remit fees in certain cases.
Added by:
XXVIII. 1939.2.
Amended by:
XV. 1958.3;
XXV. 1962.3;
XI.1963.5.
FEES
Art. 6
It shall be lawful for the competent Minister with the concurrence of the Minister responsible for finance to reduce or remit any fee to which this Ordinance refers when he is satisfied that the payment of such fee would cause hardship to the person by whom the fee is payable.