The Sale of Stamp Duty, without Commission Fees or Lines, has Commenced

“On the first day of the sale of stamp duty in courts, nearly 3,000 stamps were sold and an amount of close to 170,000 dinars in duty was charged”, stated the Justice Minister – Nikola Selakovic.

“The sale of stamp duty in denominations from 10 to 5,000 dinars commenced yesterday”, stated Selakovic, emphasising that in that way the citizens would not only be freed from paying the commissions to the banks and post offices when paying court fees, but it would also save them time and having to queue for counters.

After touring the building, which accommodates the litigation department of the First Basic Court in Belgrade, together with the Director of public company “Posta Srbije” [Post Serbia] – Milan Krkobabic and the acting President of the First Basic Court – Natalija Bobot, Selakovic pointed out that the use of stamp duty was one of the ways of rationalising the work of judicial organs.

“It is a rationalisation benefiting the [litigating] parties, attorneys, people with the need to settle their affairs before a court of law; and in this way, they will save time and money”, stated Selakovic.

He announced that the Ministry of Justice would continue to try to maximally rationalise the operation of the judiciary and eliminate the smallest reason for discontent which- as he put it- “can sometimes be enough to make one’s day, job and good part of life miserable”.

“This is a move which demonstrates that the judiciary, the public prosecutor’s offices, the ministries and even public companies do not exist for their own sakes and those of their employees, but also for the citizens since their activities and attention revolve around citizens”, stressed the Justice Minister.

The Director of PC “Posta Srbije” [Post Serbia] – Milan Krkobabic said that there would be one post office in each of the judicial buildings in Serbia, in order to ensure the purchase and the use of stamp duty, without commissions. He added that there were 201 post offices for 260 courts considering that there were certain buildings accommodating several courts.

Fees in the amount of up to 5,000 dinars shall be paid in court stamps, made in denominations of 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1,000, 2,000 and 5,000 dinars, whereas fees over 5,000 dinars shall be paid in cash.