First Schedule · Order 33 · Rule 10
Costs where indigent person succeeds
10. Costs where indigent person succeeds.—Where the plaintiff succeeds in the suit, the Court shall calculate the amount of court-fees which would have been paid by the plaintiff if he had not been permitted to sue as [an indigent person]; such amount shall be recoverable by the [State Government] from any party ordered by the decree to pay the same and shall be a first charge, on the subject-matter of the suit.
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