The following instruments may be stamped with adhesive stamps, namely:-
(a) instruments chargeable 1 [with a duty not exceeding ten naye paise], except parts of bills of exchange payable otherwise than on demand and drawn in sets;
(b) bills of exchange 2 *** and promissory notes drawn or made out of 3 [India];
(c) entry as an advocate, vakil or attorney on the roll of a High Court;
(d) notarial acts; and
(e) transfers by endorsement of shares in any incorporated company or other body corporate.
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1. Substituted by Act 19 of 1958, Section 2, for "With the duty of one anna or half an anna" w. e. f. 1-10-1958.
2. The word "cheques" omitted by Act 5 of 1927. Section 5.
3. Substituted by Act 43 of 1955, Section 2, for "the States" w. e. f. 1-4-1956.