137Fees

### 137 Fees > *\[Section 137 Substituted by No. 19 of 1965, s. 4 \]* > > > (1)  *\[Section 137 Subsection (1) amended by No. 55 of 1984, s. 3 \]**\[Section 137 Subsection (1) amended by No. 45 of 1986, s. 29 \]*Fees shall not be received or demanded from – > > > > > > (a) a public officer; or > > > > > > > (b) subject to [subsection (1A)](#GS137@Gs1A@EN) , a duly appointed officer of a statutory public body or board – > > > > in respect of proceedings under this Act instituted by him in the execution of his duty. > > > (1A)  *\[Section 137 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 55 of 1984, s. 3 \]* [Subsection (1)](#GS137@Gs1@EN) does not apply to a duly appointed officer of a municipality in respect of proceedings under this Act instituted by him pursuant to [Part VII of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1982-057#HPVII@EN) [Local Government (Highways) Act 1982](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1982-057) where a composition has been made to the corporation of the municipality under [section 100 (1) of that Act](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1982-057#GS100@Gs1@EN) . > > > (2)  A person who is summarily convicted or against whom an order is made upon the complaint of a person exempted from payment of fees by this section shall pay the amount of the prescribed fees that would otherwise have been payable in respect of the proceedings if all documents used therein had been prepared by the clerk of petty sessions, and that amount shall for purposes of recovery be deemed to be costs ordered under [section 77](#GS77@EN) . > > > (3)  Fees under [subsection (2)](#GS137@Gs2@EN) that relate to the preparation of documents that were prepared not by the clerk of petty sessions but by the complainant shall when recovered be paid over to the complainant. > > > (4)  *\[Section 137 Subsection (4) omitted by No. 71 of 1993, s. 10 \]*.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .