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).