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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Indian Stamp Act, 1899 Section 12

CANCELLATION OF ADHESIVE STAMPS

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Indian Stamp Act, 1899 Section 12 is part of Indian Stamp Act, 1899 - CANCELLATION OF ADHESIVE STAMPS. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) (a) Whoever affixes any adhesive stamp to any instrument chargeable with duty which has been executed by any person shall, when affixing such stamp, cancel the same so that it cannot be used again; and (b) Whoever executes any instrument on any paper bearing an adhesive stamp shall at the time of execution, unless such stamp has been already cancelled in manner aforesaid, cancel the same so that it cannot be used again.

(2) Any instrument bearing an adhesive stamp which has not been cancelled so that it cannot be used again, shall, so far as such stamp is concerned, be deemed to be unstamped.

(3) The person required by sub-section (1) to cancel an adhesive stamp may cancel it by writing on or across the stamp his name or initials or the name or initials of his firm with the true date of his so writing, or in any other effectual manner.

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What does Indian Stamp Act, 1899 Section 12 provide?

Section Section 12 of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (CANCELLATION OF ADHESIVE STAMPS) is reproduced on this page as part of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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