Act Number: 37

Act Name: The Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2007

Year: 2007

Enactment Date: 2007-09-19

Long Title: An Act to make provisions for the development and regulation of warehouses, negotiability of warehouse receipts, establishment of a Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Department: Department of Food and Public Distribution

Section 55: Amendment of Act 2 of 1899.
    After section 8B of the Stamp Act, 1899, the following section shall be inserted, namely:--
         "8C. Negotiable warehouse receipts not liable to stamp duty.--Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, negotiable warehouse receipts shall not be liable to stamp duty."
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