The Committee on Judicial Policy recognized the draft law on amendments to article 5 of the Law “On Court Fee” re setting limitations for exempting some state authorities from payment of court fee as contradicting to the provisions of the Constitution of Ukraine

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
31 October 2013, 09:32

The bill (Reg. No. 2352a) is aimed at regulating legal relations with the participation of the Ministry of Finance, local financial authorities, the State Treasury Service, the State Financial Inspection and their territorial authorities, as well as income and levy authorities by determining for them separate categories of cases when they are exempt from paying court fee.   

According to the Committee members, exempting state executive authorities from paying court fee will lead to a decrease in respective revenues to a special State Budget fund and, as a result, to a decrease in funding judicial authorities which contradicts article 130 of the Constitution of Ukraine.