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TypeBare Act JurisdictionKarnataka Government

Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957 Section 18

Instruments Executed out of India

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Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957 Section 18 is part of Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957 - Instruments Executed out of India. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) Every instrument chargeable with duty executed only out of India may be stamped within three months after it has been first received in the1[State of Karnataka.]

(2) Where any such instrument cannot, with reference to the description of stamp, prescribed therefor, by duly stamped by a private person, it may be taken within the said period of three months to the2[Deputy Commissioner] who shall stamp the same, in such manner as the Government may by rule prescribe, with a stamp of such value as the person taking such instrument may require and pay for.

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1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order, 1973 dated 11-1-1973.

2. Substituted by Act No. 29 of 1962, w.e.f. 1-10-1962 for the expression "Collector"

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What does Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957 Section 18 provide?

Section Section 18 of the Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957 (Instruments Executed out of India) is reproduced on this page as part of the Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957. 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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