Section 8. Deposit when excluded in computing court fees.

Where the amount of the deposit belonging to the estate of a deceased depositor does not exceed 1[the prescribed limit such amount shall be excluded in computing the fee chargeable, under the Court-fees Act, 1870 (7 of 1870), on the probate, or letters of administration, or certificate (if any), granted in respect of his property2: Provided that the person claiming such probate or letters or certificate shall exhibit to the Court authorised to grant the same a certificate of the amount of the deposit in any Government Savings Bank belonging to the estate of the deceased. Such certificate shall be signed by the 3[Authority Officer] of such Bank, and the Court shall receive it as evidence of the said amount.