17.8 All fees payable to the Registry under this Act in respect of any proceeding in respect of which this section applies shall be paid into the Consolidated Revenue Fund, except that where the Minister of Justice has entered into an arrangement whereby such fees are collected by an official of a provincial court, the fees so collected may be dealt with in accordance with the arrangement.

R.S., 1985, c. 51 (4th Supp.), s. 5.