Act Number: 10

Act Name: The Bengal Rent Act, 1859

Year: 1859

Enactment Date: 1859-04-29

Long Title: An Act to amend the law relating to the recovery of Rent in the Presidency of Fort Willian in Bengal.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 37: Statement of claim to be written on stamped paper.
    In suits for the recovery of arrears of rent or of money in the hands of an agent, the statement of claim shall be written on paper bearing a stamp of one-fourth the value prescribed for suits instituted in the Civil Court. In all other Suits the statement shall be written on paper bearing a stamp of the value of eight annas.
    No stamp duty to be required for filing documents, &c.— No stamp shall be required respect of the production or filing of any document, or the summoning of any witness, or of any application for the execution of any order or judgment passed in a suit under this Act.
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