Court fees Act defines fees on document filed, etc. in mufassil courts or in public Office under:

As per Indian Court fees Act, 1870 S. 6. Fees on documents filed, etc., in Mofussil Courts or in public offices.— Except in the Courts hereinbefore mentioned, no document of any of the kinds specified as chargeable in the First or Second Schedule to this Act annexed shall be filed, exhibited or recorded in any Court of Justice, or shall be received or furnished by any public officer, unless in respect of such document there be paid a fee of an amount not less than that indicated by either of the said Schedules as the proper fee for such document.