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 74: Powers to make rules relating to sale of stamps.
    The 1[State Government] 2*** may make rules for regulating
        (a) the supply and sale of stamps an stamped papers,
        (b) the persons by whom alone such sale is to be conducted, and
        (c) the duties and remuneration of such persons:
    Provided that such rules shall not restrict the sale of 3[ten naye paise or five naya paise] adhesive stamps.
Notes:
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "collecting Government."
2. The words Subject to the "Control of the G.G. in C" omitted by the A.O.1937.
3. Subs. by Act 19 of 1958 s. 10, for "one anna or half an anna" (w.e.f. 1-10-1958).
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