Act Number: 2

Act Name: The Indian Stamp Act, 1899

Year: 1899

Enactment Date: 1899-01-27

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Stamps,

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Revenue

Section 41: Instruments unduly stamped by accident.
    If any instrument chargeable with duty and not duly stamped, not being an instrument chargeable 1[with a duty not exceeding ten naye paise] only or a bill of exchange or promissory note, is produced by any person of his own motion before the Collector within one year from the date of its execution or first execution, and such person brings to the notice of the Collector the fact that such instrument is not duly stamped and offers to pay to the Collector the amount of the proper duty, or the amount required to make up the same, and the Collector is satisfied that the omission to duly stamp such instrument has been occasioned by accident, mistake or urgent necessity, he may, instead of proceeding under sections 33 and 40, receive such amount and proceed as next herein after prescribed.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 19 of 1958, s. 6 for "with a duty of one anna or half an anna" (w.e.f. 1-10-1958).
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