Section 22 — Suit for account of money lent.

22. Suit for account of money lent.- (1) A debtor may sue for an 

account of a loan. 

 (2) In such suit, the court shall allow only such interest as may be 

permissible under this Act. It shall after taking necessary accounts, declare the 

account which is still payable by the plaintiff to the defendant and shall on the 

application of the defendant, if the money is payable, pass a decree in favour 

of the defendant: 

 Provided that the court shall determine the value of the service 

rendered in lieu of interest in the prescribed manner. 

 (3) Notwithstanding anything in the Himachal Pradesh Court Fees 

Act, 1968, the court fee payable on a plaint in a suit under sub-section (1) 

shall be that prescribed by schedule and the fee payable on an application 

under sub-section (2) shall be the amount, if any, by which the fee payable on 

a plaint in suit for the recovery of the amount declared under that sub-section 

exceeds, the fee already paid by the plaintiff on the plaint.