Order 12 — Fees
Rule 1 Schedule of Fees.
(1) Save as hereinafter provided, the fees prescribed in the Third Schedule hereto shall be charged in respect of the matters which they are respectively assigned and shall be paid to the Registry of the lower court or of the Court as the case may be.
(2) The President shall, from time to time, issue an amended Schedule of fees as the President deems fit.
Rule 2 Exemption from Fees for Government.
No fee shall be payable in respect of any matter where such fee would be payable by the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria or of a State or Local Government or any Government Department:
Provided that when any person is ordered to pay the costs of the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria or of a State or Local Government or any Government Department in any case, all fees which would have been payable but for the provisions of this Rule, shall be taken as having been paid and shall be recoverable from such person.
Rule 3 Exemption from Fees for Indigent Persons.
The lower court or the Court may, on account of the want of means of any party (although such party may not have been formally permitted to proceed as an indigent person under Order 13) or for other sufficient reason, dispense, if it seems fit, with payment of any fees if the circumstances of the case so require:
Provided that if such party succeeds in any appeal which results in an order for payment to him of any costs, the Court may order that such fees shall be a first charge on any moneys recovered or to be recovered under such order.