When the document applied for belongs to a year previous to the current calendar year, a search fee in Court-fee stamp according to the subjoined scale must be affixed to the application:-(A)When the document belongs to any year prior to the current calendar year, but is not more than ten years old -(a)When the applicant gives the number and date of the document required-(i)for the document applied for, or if more than one document is applied for, for each document included in the same application except those specified in sub-clause (ii) - Re. 1;(ii)for every document other than the first included in the same application and connected with the same subject-fifty naya paise.(b)When the applicant does not know to which year a document belongs -(i)for the document applied for, or if the application is for more than one document, for each document included in the same application except those specified in sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) for the first year of search - Re. 1 for every year other than the first year - Fifty naya paise.(ii)for every document other than the first, included in the same application and connected with the same subject and belonging to the same year-fifty naya paise.(B)When the document is more than ten years old-(a)When the applicant gives the number and date of the document required-(i)for the document applied for, or if the application is for more than one document, for each document included in the same application, except those specified in sub-clause (ii)-Rs. 2;(ii)for every document other than the first included in the same application and connected with the same subject-Re. 1.(b)When the applicant does not know to which year a document belongs-(i)for the document applied for, or if the application is for more than one document, for each document included in the same application except those specified in sub-clause (ii)-for the first year of search Rs. 2 for every year other than the first year-Re. 1.(ii)for every document other than the first, included in the same application and connected with the same subject and belonging to the same year-Re. 1.Notes. - 1. Only one search fee need be paid for all papers filed together and forming a single record.
