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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Indian Stamp Act, 1899 Section 1

Short Title, Extent and Commencement

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Indian Stamp Act, 1899 Section 1 is part of Indian Stamp Act, 1899 - Short Title, Extent and Commencement. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) This Act may be called the Indian Stamp Act, 1899.

1(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir:

Provided that it shall not apply to2[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States] (excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir)3[and the territories specified in sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956] except to the extent to whic the provisions of this Act relate to rates of stamp-duty in respect of the documents specified in Entry 91 of List I in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution.

(3) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1899.

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1. Substituted by Act 43 of 1955, Section 3, for the former sub-section w.e.f. 1-4-1956.

2. Substituted by the A.O. (No.2) 1956, for "Part B States".

3. Added by A.P. Act XIX of 1959.

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