Who must act and when
- Section 1 applies whenever an appeal is allowed by a Court of First Instance or by the Court of Land Registration.
- Section 1 covers appeals in civil, criminal, or registration matters, or special proceedings.
- Section 1 makes it the duty of the clerk of the appealed court to direct the stenographer(s) to attach a transcript to the appealed record.
- Section 1 requires the stenographer or stenographers to attach the transcript of stenographic notes taken during the trial.
Transcript for appealed cases
- Section 1 requires attachment of a transcript of stenographic notes taken during the trial when an appeal is allowed.
- Section 1 provides a cost-free requirement: stenographer(s) shall not charge anything for the transcription attached to the record of the case appealed.
Transcript for requesting persons (fees)
- Section 2 requires stenographers to give the requested transcript to every person requesting same upon payment.
- Section 2 imposes a per-word fee based on whether the request is made before or after the appeal is allowed.
- For requests made before the appeal is allowed, Section 2 charges thirty centavos for each hundred words.
- For requests made after the appeal is allowed, Section 2 charges fifteen centavos for each hundred words.
Costs, charges, and limits
- Section 1 prohibits any charge for transcription that is required to be attached to the record of the case appealed.
- Section 2 allows charges only for transcripts given to persons requesting them, and only at the rates stated per hundred words.
- The applicable fee rate in Section 2 turns on the timing relative to when the appeal is allowed by the proper courts.