The Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998

Act 14 of 1999

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Security, Market Value, Mortgage Deed, Policy of Insurance, Power of
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THE RAJASTHAN STAMP ACT, 1998

[Act No. 14 of 1999]*
[Received the assent of the President on 24th day of March, 1999]
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to stamps in the
State of Rajasthan.. Be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature
in the Forty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows-_____________________________________
* This Act come into force w.e.f. 27.5.2004 vide notification No.
F2 (3) FD Tax Div /98-11 dated 27.05.2004 (Received the assent
of the President on 24th day of March, 1999)
Chapter : 1 - Preliminary
1 - Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998.
(2) It extends to whole of the State of Rajasthan.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State
Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2 - Definitions
In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or
context,
(i) "air rights" shall mean rights to construct upper floors for
sale and use, independent of the existing building;
1"(ia) 'association' means any association of person,
exchange broker, or any other organisation or body of

persons, whether incorporated or not, and regulating or

controlling or conducting business of the sale or purchase
of, or other transaction relating to, any goods or
marketable securities".
(ii) "Banker" means an association, a company or a person
who accepts, for the purpose of lending or investment,
deposits of money from the public, repayable on demand or
otherwise, and withdrawal by cheque, draft, order or
otherwise within the territories of India;
(iii) "bill of exchange" means a bill of exchange as defined
by the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Act No. 26 of 1881)
and 'includes also a hundi, and any other document entitling
or purporting to entitle any person, whether named therein or
not to payment by any other person of, or to draw upon any
other person for, any sum of money;
(iv) "bill of exchange payable on demand" includes,-(a) an order for the payment of any sum of money by a bill
of exchange or promissory note, or for the delivery of any
bill of exchange or promissory note in satisfaction of any
sum of money, or for the payment of any sum of money
out of any particular fund which may or may not be
available, or upon any condition or contingency which may
or may not be performed or happen,
(b) an order for the payment of any sum of money weekly,
monthly or at any other stated period, and

(c) a letter of credit, that is to say, any instrument, by

which one person authorises another to give credit to the
person in whose favour it is drawn;
(v) "bill of lading" includes a "through bill of lading", but
does not include a mate's receipt;
(vi) "bond" includes, (a) any instrument whereby a person obliges himself to
pay money to another, on condition that the obligation
shall be void if a specified act is performed, or is not
performed, as the case may be;
(b) any instrument attested and not payable to order or
bearer, whereby a person obliges himself to pay money to
another; and
(c) any instrument attested, whereby a person obliges
himself to deliver grain or other agricultural produce to
another;
Explanation--For the purpose of this clause "attested"
means attested by one or more witnesses each of
whom has seen the executant sign or affix his mark to
the instrument or has seen some other person sign the
instrument in the presence and by the direction of the
executant, or has received from the executant a
personal acknowledgment of such signature or mark or
of the signature of such other person, and in which each
of whom has signed the instrument in the presence of
the executant; but it shall not be necessary that more

than one of such witnesses shall have been present at

the same time, and no particular form of attestation
shall be necessary.
(vii) "chargeable" means, as applied to an instrument,
executed or first executed after the commencement of this Act,
chargeable under this Act, and, as applied to any other
instrument, chargeable under the law in force in India when such
instrument was executed or; where several persons executed
the instrument at different times, first executed;
(viii) "cheque" means a bill of exchange, drawn on a
specified banker, and not expressed to be payable otherwise
than on demand;
2 (viii-A) "Chief Controlling Revenue Authority" means
Rajasthan Tax Board Constituted under section 90 of the
Rajasthan Sales Tax Act 1994 (Act No. 22 of 1995);"
(ix) "clearance list" means a list of transactions relating to
contract; required to be submitted to the clearing house of an
association ii accordance with the rules or bye-laws of the
association :
Provided that no instrument shall, for the purposes of this
Act, be deemed to be a clearance list unless it contains the
following declaration signed by the person dealing in such
transaction or on his behalf by a properly constituted
attorney, namely-"I/We hereby solemnly declare that the above list
contains a complete and true statement of my/our

transactions including crossed out transactions and

transactions required to be submitted to the clearing
house in accordance with the rules/bye-laws of the
association. I/We further declare that no transaction for
which an exemption is claimed under Article 5 or Article
36 in Schedule to the Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998, as
the case may be, is omitted."
Explanation--Transaction for the purpose of this clause
shall include both sale and purchase.
(x) "Collector" includes any officer whom the State
Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,
appoint in this behalf;
(xi) "conveyance" includes,-(i) a conveyance on sale,
(ii) every instrument,
(iii) every decree or final order of any civil court,
(iv) eveMerge Record #ry order made by the High Court
under section 394 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956)
in respect of amalgamation of the companies,
(v) sale of air rights,
(vi) sale/consent related to below surface rights, by which
property, whether movable or immovable, or any estate or
interest in any property is transferred to, or vested in, any

other person, intervivos, and which is not otherwise

specifically provided for by the Schedule;
(xii) "duly stamped" as applied to an instrument, means
that the instrument bears an adhesive or impressed stamp of
not less than the proper Amount and that such stamp has
been affixed or used in accordance with law for the time being
in force in the state;
(xiii) "executed" and "execution" used with reference to
instruments, mean "signed" and "signature";
3"Explanation--The terms "signed" and "signature" also
include attribution of electronic record as per section 11 of
the Information Technology Act, 2000."
(xiv) "Government security" means a Government security
as defined in the Public Debt Act, 1944 (Act. No. 18 of 1944);
(xv) "immovable property" includes land, benefits to arise
out of land and things attached to the earth, or permanently
fastened to any thing attached to the earth, but shall not
include standing timber, growing crops or grass;
(xvi) "impressed stamp" includes,-(a) labels affixed and impressed by the proper officer, and
(b) stamps embossed or engraved on stamped paper;
(xviii) "Inspector General of Stamps" means the Inspector
General, Registration & Stamps appointed by the State
Government;

(xix) "instrument" includes every document by which any

right or , liability is, or purports to be, created, transferred,
limited, extended, extinguished, or recorded;
4"Explanation--The term "document" also includes any
electronic record as defined in clause (t) of sub section (1)
of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000".
(xx) "instrument of partition" means any instrument
whereby co-owners of any property divide, or agree to divide
such property in severalty, and includes,(i) a final order for effecting a partition passed by any
revenue authority or any civil court,
(ii) an award by an arbitrator directing a partition, and
(iii) when any partition is effected without executing any
such instrument, any instrument or instruments signed by
the co-owners and recording, whether by way of
declaration of such partition or otherwise, the terms of
such partition amongst the co-owners;
(xxi) lease means a lease as defined in Section 105 of the
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (Act. No. 4 of 1882), a lease of
immoveable property or moveable property or of both, and
includes also;
(a) a patta,

(b) a kabuliyat, or other undertaking in writing, not

being a counterpart of a "lease", to cultivate, occupy, or
pay or deliver rent for, immovable property,
(c) any instrument, by which tolls of any description are
let,
(d) any writing on an application for a lease intended to
signify that the application is granted,
(e) any agreement to lease,
(f) a declaratory decree or final order of any Civil Court
in respect of lease:
Provided that, where subsequently an instrument of
lease is executed in pursuance of such decree or order,
the stamp duty if any, already paid and recovered on
such decree or order shall be adjusted towards the total
duty leviable on such instrument;
(xxii) marketable security means security of such a
description as to be capable of being sold in any stock market
in India or outside;
(xxiii) "market value" in relation to any property, which is
the subject matter of an instrument, means the price which
such property would have fetched if sold in open market on
the date of execution of such instrument, or the consideration
stated in the instrument, which ever is higher;

(xxiv) "mortgage deed" includes every instrument, whereby,

for the purpose of securing money advanced, or to be
advanced, by way of loan, or an existing or future debt, or
the performance of any engagement, one person transfers, or
creates, to, or in favour of, another, a right over or in respect
of specified property;
(xxv) "movable property" includes standing timber, growing
crops and grass, fruit upon and Juice in trees, and property of
every other description, except immovable property;
(xxvi) "paper" includes vellum parchment or any other
material on which an instrument may be written;
(xxvii) "policy of insurance" includes,-(a) any instrument by which one person, in consideration
of a premium, engages to indemnify another against loss,
damage or liability arising from an unknown or contingent
event,
(b) a life policy and any policy insuring any person against
accident or sickness, and any other personal insurance;
(xxviii) "policy of group insurance" means any instrument
covering, not less than fifty or such smaller number as the
Central Government may approve, either generally or with
reference to any particular case, by which an insurer, in
consideration of a premium paid by an employer or by an
employer and his employees jointly, engages to cover with or
without medical examination and for the sole benefit of
persons other than the employer, the lives of all the

employees or of any class of them, determined by conditions

pertaining to the employment, for amounts of insurance
based upon a plan which precludes individual selection;
(xxix) "policy of sea-insurance" or "sea-policy",-(a) means any insurance made upon any ship or vessel
(whether for marine or inland navigation), or upon the
machinery, tackle or furniture of any ship or vessel, or
upon any goods, merchandise or property of any
description whatever on board of any ship or vessel, or
upon the freight of, or any other interest which may be
lawfully insured in, or relating to, any ship or vessel, and
(b) includes any insurance of goods, merchandise or
property for any transit which includes, not only a sea risk
within the meaning of clause (a), but also any other risk
incidental to the transit insured from the commencement
of the transit to the ultimate destination covered by the
insurance,
Explanation--Where any person in consideration of any
sum of money paid or to be paid for additional freight or
otherwise, agrees to take upon himself any risk
attending goods, merchandise or property of any
description whatever while on board of any ship or
vessel, or engages to indemnify the owner of any such
goods, merchandise or property from any risk, loss or
damage, such agreement or engagement shall be
deemed to be a contract for sea-insurance;

(xxx) "power of Attorney" includes any instrument, (not

chargeable with a fee under the law relating to court fees for
the time being in force) empowering a specified person to act
for and in the name of the person executing it and includes an
instrument by which a person, not being a person who is legal
practitioner, is authorized to appear on behalf of any party in
any proceeding before any Court, Tribunal or Authority;
(xxxi) "promissory note" means a promissory note as
defined by the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Act No. 26
of 1881); it also includes a note promising the payment of
any sum of money out of any particular fund which may or
may not be available, or upon any condition or contingency
which may or may not be performed or happen;
(xxxii) "public officer" means a public officer as defined in
clause (17) of section 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
(Act No. 5 of 1908);
(xxxiii) "receipt" includes any note, memorandum or
writing,-(a) whereby any money, or any bill of exchange, cheque or
promissory note is acknowledged to have been received,
or
(b) whereby any other movable property is acknowledged
to have been received in satisfaction of a debt, or
(c) whereby any debt or demand, or any part of a debt or
demand, is acknowledged to have been satisfied or
discharged, or

(d) which signifies or imports any such acknowledgment,

and whether the same is or is not signed with the name of
any person,
(xxxiv) "settlement" means any non-testamentary
disposition, in writing, of movable or immoveable property
made,-(a) in consideration of marriage,
(b) for the purpose of distributing property of the settler
among his family or those for whom he desires to provide,
or for the purpose of providing for some person dependent
on him, or
(c) for any religious or charitable purpose, and includes an
agreement in writing to make such a disposition and,
where any such disposition has not been made in writing,
any instrument recording, whether by way of declaration of
trust or otherwise, the terms of any such/disposition;
(xxxv) "soldier" includes any person below the rank of noncommissioned officer who is enrolled under the Army Act,
1950 (Act No. 46 of 1950); and
5(xxxvi) "Stamp" means any mark, seal or endorsement by
any agency or person duly authorized by the Inspector
General of Stamps, and includes an adhesive or impressed
stamp, for the purposes of duty chargeable under this Act."
6"(xxxvi) 'stock exchange' means any body of individuals,
whether incorporated or not, constituted for the purpose of

assisting, regulating or controlling the business of buying,

selling or dealing in securities".
__________________________
1. Inserted by the Raj Finance Act 2006 w.e.f. 8.CHAPTER
II2006
2. Inserted by the Finance Act 2005 w.e.f. 24.3.2005
3. Inserted by the Raj Finance Act 2006 w.e.f. 8.3.2006
4. Inserted by Raj Finance Act 2006 w.e.f. 8.3.2006
5. Inserted by the Raj Finance Act 2006 w.e.f. 24.3.2005
6.. Inserted by the Raj Finance Act 2006 8.3.2006
Chapter : 2 - Stamp Duties
A--Of the liability of Instruments to Duty
3 - Instrument chargeable with duty
Subject to the provisions of this Act and the exemptions
contained in the Schedule, the following instruments shall be
chargeable with duty of the amount indicated in the Schedule as
the proper duty therefor respectively, that is to say,-(a) every instrument mentioned in that Schedule, which, not
having been previously executed by any person, is executed
in the State on or after the date of commencement of this
Act;

(b) every instrument mentioned in that Schedule, which, not

having been previously executed by any person, is executed
out of the State on or after the said date, relates to any
property situate, or to any matter or thing done or to be done
in the State and is received in the State :
Provided that no duty shall be chargeable in respect of,-(i) any instrument executed by or on behalf of, or in
favour of, the Government in cases where, but for this
exemption, the Government would be liable to pay the
duty chargeable in respect of such instrument;
(ii) any instrument for the sale, transfer or other
disposition, either absolutely or by way of mortgage or
otherwise, of any ship or vessel, or any part, interest,
share or property of or in any ship or vessel registered
under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (Act No. 44 of
1958), as amended by subsequent Acts.
4 - Payment of stamp duty in cash
(1) Where the State Government or the Collector under
instructions of the State Government by order published in the
Official Gazette declare that adhesive or impressed stamps of
any denomination are not in stock for sale in sufficient quantity;
then not withstanding anything contained in this Act or the rules
made there under and during the period the said order remains
in force,--

(i) any instrument chargeable with the stamp duty under this
Act may be executed on an unstamped paper;
(ii) the stamp duty chargeable on such instrument under this
Act may be paid to or collected by any Government treasury
in cash and a receipt or challan therefor shall be duly given by
the officer receiving
(iii) the officer in-charge of the Government treasury shall, as
soon as may be after the stamp duty chargeable on any such
instrument under this Act has been received in cash, make on
the instrument for which the stamp duty has been paid in
cash, the following endorsement, after due verification that
the stamp duty had been paid in cash for such instrument,
and after cancelling such receipt or challan so that it can not
be issued again, namely-'Stamp duty of Rs..........................paid in cash, vide
receipt/challan No..........................dated....................
(iv) the instrument endorsed under clause (iii) shall be
deemed to be duly stamped under this Act and may be used
or acted upon as such to all intents and for all purposes.
Explanation.--For the purposes of sub-section (1)
"Government Treasury" includes a Government SubTreasury and any other place as the State Government
may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this
behalf.
(2) An order made under sub-section (1) shall remain in force
for such time as may be specified therein :

Provided that the State Government or the Collector under

the instructions of the State Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, from time to time,
extend the period of such order for such further time as
may be considered necessary for making stock of adhesive
or impressed stamps available for sale.
(3) The State Government may, by order in the Official Gazette,
direct that the power exercisable by it or by the Collector or by
the officer-in-charge of a Government Treasury under this
section may be exercised by such other officer as may be
specified in the order.
(4) Nothing contained in this section shall apply to the payment
of stamp duty chargeable on the instruments specified in entry
91 of list I of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.
(5) An order under this section may be made for the whole or
any part of the State.
(6) Nothing contained in this section shall, during the period an
order under this section remains in force, render invalid any
stamp which may be used in accordance with the other
provisions of this Act.
5 - Several instruments used in single transaction of sale,
mortgage or settlement
(1) Where, in case of any of sale, mortgage or settlement,
several instruments are employed for completing the
transaction, only the principal instrument shall be chargeable

with the duty prescribed for it in the Schedule and each of the
other instruments shall be exempt from duty.
(2) The parties may determine for themselves which of the
instruments so employed shall, for the purposes of sub-section
(1), be deemed to be the principal instrument:
Provided that the duty chargeable on the instrument so
determined shall be the highest duty which would be
chargeable in respect any of the said instruments employed.
6 - Instrument relating to several distinct matters
Any instrument comprising or relating to several distinct
matters, shall be chargeable with the aggregate amount of the
duties with which separate instruments, each comprising or
relating to one of such matters would be chargeable under this
Act.
7 - Instruments coming within several descriptions in the
Schedule
Subject to the provisions of the last preceding section, an
instrument so framed as to come within two or more of the
descriptions in the Schedule, shall, where the duties chargeable
thereunder are different, be chargeable only with the highest of
such duties.
8 - Payment of duty on copies, counterparts or duplicates when
that duty has not been paid on the principal or original
document

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 5 or section 7

or in any other law for the time being in force, the duty
chargeable on any of the several instruments employed for
completing a transaction of sale, mortgage or settlement other
than a principal instrument or on a counterpart, duplicate or
copy of any instrument shall, if the principal or original
instrument would, when received in the State of Rajasthan have
been chargeable under this Act, with a higher rate of duty be the
duty with which the principal or original instrument would have
been chargeable under section 20 unless it is proved that the
duty chargeable under this Act has been paid-(a) on the principal or original instrument, as the case may
be, or
(b) in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 39 or in any
other law for the time being in force, no instrument, counterpart,
duplicate or copy chargeable with duty under this section shall
be received in evidence as properly stamped unless the duty
chargeable under this section has been paid thereon :
Provided that a court before which any instrument,
counterpart, duplicate or copy is produced, shall permit the
duty chargeable under this section to be paid thereon and
may then receive it in evidence.
9 - Power to reduce, remit or compound duties

(1) The Government, if satisfied that it is necessary to do so in

the public interest, may by rule or order published in Official
Gazette, reduce or remit, whether prospectively or
retrospectively, in the whole or any part of the territories under
its administration, the duties with which any instruments or any
particular class of instruments, or any of the instruments
belonging to such class, or any instruments when executed by or
in favour of any particular class of persons, or by or in favour of
any member of such class are chargeable.
(2) The Inspector General of Stamps may by order provide for
the composition or consolidation of duties in the case of receipt,
policy of Insurance and issues by any incorporated company or
other body corporate or of transfers where there is a single
transferee, whether incorporate or not, of debentures, bonds or
other marketable securities.
Explanation--In sub-section (1) of section 9, the expression
"the Government" means,-(a) in relation to stamp duty in respect of bills of
exchange, cheques, promissory notes, bills of lading,
letters of credit, policies of insurance, transfer of shares,
debentures, proxies and receipts chargeable to stamp duty
under the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (Act No. 2 of 1899) the
Central Government.
(b) save as aforesaid, the State Government.
1

[9.A Power to reduce or remit Penalty or Interest - The

State Government, it Satisfied that it is necessary to do so in

the public interest, may by notification published in the official

Gazette, reduce or remit, the penalty or interest or both imposed
or chargeable under this Act."
_______________________________
1. Interest by the Raj. Ordinance No. 5 of 2004 w.e.f. 27.5.2004
B-Of stamps and mode of using them
10 - Duties how to be paid
(1) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, all duties
with which any instruments are chargeable shall be paid, and
such payment shall be indicated on such instruments by means
of stamps,-(a) according to the provisions herein contained, or
(b) When no such provision is applicable thereto, as the State
Government may, by rule, direct.
(2) The rules made under sub-section (1) may, among other
matters, regulate,-(a) in the case of each kind of instrument the description of
stamps which may be used;
(b) in the case of instruments stamped with impressed
stamps, the number of stamps which may be used; and
(c) in the case of bills of exchange or promissory notes, the
size of the paper on which they are written.

(3) The Inspector General of Stamps may, subject to such

conditions as he may deem fit to impose, authorize use of
franking machine or any other machine specified by the State
Government, for making impressions on instruments chargeable
with duties to indicate payment of duties payable on such
instruments.
(4) (i) Where the Inspector General of Stamps or the
Superintendent of Stamps when authorized by the Inspector
General of Stamps in this behalf, is satisfied that having regard
to the extent of instruments executed and the duty chargeable
thereon, it is necessary in public interest to authorize any
person, body or organization to such use of franking machine or
any other machine, he may, by order in writing authorize such
person, body or organization; and
(ii) Every such authorization shall be subject to such
conditions, if any, as the Inspector General of Stamps may,
by any general or special order, specify in this behalf.
(5) The procedure to regulate the use of franking machine or
any other machine as so authorized shall be such as the
Inspector General of Stamps may, by order determine.
(6) An impression made under sub-sections (3) (4) and (5), on
any instrument, shall have the same effect as if duty of an
amount equal to the amount indicated in the impression has
been paid, in respect of such instrument by means of stamps,
under sub-section (1).
11 - Use of adhesive stamps

The following instruments may be stamped with adhesive

stamps, namely,-(a) instruments chargeable with a duty not exceeding twenty
paise except parts of bills of exchange payable otherwise than
on demand and drawn in sets;
(b) bills of exchange drawn or made out of India and
promissory notes so drawn or made;
(c) entry as an advocate on the roll of a High Court,
(d) notarial acts; and
(e) transfers by endorsement of shares in any incorporated
company or other body corporate.
12 - Cancellation of adhesive stamps
(1) (a) Whoever affixes any adhesive stamp to any instrument
chargeable with duty which has been executed by any person
shall, when affixing such stamp, cancel the same so that it
cannot be used again;
(b) Whoever executes any instrument on any paper bearing
an adhesive stamp shall, at the time of execution, unless such
stamps have been already cancelled in the manner aforesaid,
cancel the same so that it cannot be used again.
(2) Any instrument bearing an adhesive stamp which has not
been cancelled so that it cannot be used again, shall, so far as
such stamp is concerned, be deemed to be unstamped.

(3) The person required by sub-section (1) to cancel an adhesive

stamp may cancel it by writing on or across the stamp his name
or initials or the name or initials of his firm with the true date of
his so writing, or in any other effectual manner.
13 - Instruments stamped with impressed stamps how to be
written
Every instrument written upon paper stamped with an impressed
stamp shall be written in such manner that the stamp may
appear on the face of the instrument and cannot be used for or
applied to any other instrument.
Explanation 1--Where two or more sheets of paper stamped
with impressed stamps are used to make up the amount of
duty chargeable in respect of any instrument, either a portion
of such instrument shall be written on each sheet so used, or
the sheet on which no such portion is written shall be signed
by the executant or one of the executants, with an
endorsement indicating that the sheet is attached to another
sheet on which the instrument is written.
Explanation 2--Where a single sheet of paper, not being
paper bearing an impressed hundi-stamp, is insufficient to
admit the entire instrument being written on the side of the
paper which bears the stamp so much plain paper may be
sub-joint thereto as may be necessary for completing the
writing of such instrument, provided that in every such case,
a substantial part of the instrument is written on the sheet
which bears the stamp before any part is written on the plain
papers sub-joined.

14 - Only one instrument to be on same stamp

No second instrument chargeable with duty shall be written upon
a piece of stamped paper upon which an instrument chargeable
with duty has already been written:
Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent any
endorsement which is duly stamped or is not chargeable with
duty being made upon any instrument for the purpose of
transferring any right created or evidenced thereby, or of
acknowledging the receipt of any money or goods the
payment or delivery of which is secured thereby.
15 - Instrument written contrary to section 13 or 14 deemed
unstamped
Every instrument written in contravention of section 13 or
section 14 shall be deemed to be not duly stamped.
16 - Denoting duty
Where duty with which an instrument is chargeable, or its
exemption from duty, depends in any manner upon the duty
actually paid in respect of another instrument, the payment of
such last mentioned duty shall, if application is made in writing
to the Collector for the purpose, and on production of both the
instruments, be denoted upon such first mentioned instrument,
by endorsement under the hand of the Collector or in such other
manner, if any, as the State Government may by the rule
prescribe.
C. Of the time of stamping instrument

17 - Instruments executed in the State

All instruments chargeable with duty and executed by any
person in the State shall be stamped before or at the time of
execution or immediately thereafter on the next working day
following the day of execution.
18 - Instruments other than bills and notes executed out of
State
(1) Every instrument chargeable with duty executed out of the
State and not being a bill of exchange, or promissory note, may
be stamped within three months after it has been first received
in the State.
(2) Where any such instrument cannot, with reference to the
description of stamp prescribed therefor, be duly stamped by a
private person, it may be taken within the said period of three
months to the Collector, who shall stamp the same, in such
manner as the State Government may by rule prescribe, with a
stamp of such value as the person so taking such instrument
may require and pay for.
19 - Bills and notes drawn out of India
The first holder in the State of any bill of exchange, payable
otherwise than on demand or promissory note drawn or made
out of India shall, before he presents the same for acceptance or
payment, or endorses, transfers or otherwise negotiates the
same in the State, affix thereto the proper stamp and cancel the
same:

Provided that -(a) if, at the time any such bill of exchange or note comes
into the hands of any holder thereof in the State, the
proper adhesive stamp is affixed thereto and cancelled in
the manner prescribed under section 12 and such holder
has no reasons to believe that such stamp was affixed or
cancelled otherwise than by the person and at the time
required by this Act, such stamp shall, so far as relates to
such holder, be deemed to have been duly affixed and
cancelled;
(b) nothing contained in this proviso shall relieve any
person from any penalty incurred by him for omitting to
affix or cancel a stamp.
20 - Payment of duty on certain instrument liable to increased
duty in the State of Rajasthan
When any instrument has become chargeable in any part of
India other than the State of Rajasthan with duty under the
Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (Act No. 2 of 1899) or under any other
law for the time being in force in such part and thereafter
becomes chargeable with a higher rate of duty in the State of
Rajasthan under this Act,(i) the amount of duty chargeable on such instrument shall be
the amount chargeable on it under this Act less the amount of
duty, if any, already paid on it in India; and
(ii) in addition to the stamps, if any, already affixed thereto,
such instrument shall be stamped with the stamp necessary

for the payment of the amount of duty chargeable on it under

clause (i) in the same manner and at the same time and by
the same person as though such instrument were an
instrument received in this State for the first time, when it
became chargeable with the higher duty.
21 - Payment of difference of duty on copies of instruments
registered out of the State
(1) Where any instrument is registered in any part of India other
than the State of Rajasthan and such instrument relates, wholly
or partly to any property situate in the State of Rajasthan, the
copy of such instrument shall, when received in the State of
Rajasthan under the Registration Act, 1908 (Act No. 16 of 1908),
be liable to be charged with the difference of duty as on the
original instrument.
(2) The difference of duty shall be calculated having regard to,
the extent of property situated in the State of Rajas than and the
proportionate consideration or market value of such extent of
property.
(3) The party liable to pay duty on the original instrument shall
upon receipt of notice from the registering officer, pay the
difference of duty within the time allowed by such registering
officer.
(4) Where deficiency in duty paid is noticed from the copy of any
instrument, the Collector may suo moto or on a reference from
any court or any registering officer, require the production of the
original instrument before him within the period specified by him

for the purpose of satisfying himself as to the adequacy of the

duty paid thereon, and the instrument so produced before the
Collector, shall be deemed to have produced or come before him
in the performance of his functions and the provisions of sections
35 and 51 shall, mutatis mutandis apply.
(5) In case the original instrument is not produced within the
period specified by the Collector, he may require the payment of
deficit duty, if any, together with penalty under section 44 on
the copy of the instrument, within such time as may be
prescribed.
D. Of Valuation for duty
22 - Conversion of amount expressed in foreign currencies
(1) Where an instrument is chargeable with ad valorem duty in
respect of any money expressed in any currency other than that
of India, such duty shall be calculated on the value of such
money in the currency of India according to the current rate of
exchange on the day of the date of the instrument.
(2) The rate of exchange for conversion of British or any foreign
currency into the currency of India, as may be prescribed by the
Central Government, under sub-section (2) of section 20 of the
Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (Act No. 2 of 1899), for the purposes of
calculating stamp duty, shall be deemed to be the current rate of
exchange for the purposes of sub-section (1).
23 - Stock and marketable securities how to be valued

Where an instrument is chargeable with ad valorem duty in

respect of any stock or of any marketable or other security, such
duty shall be calculated on the value of such stock or security
according to the average price or the value thereof on the day of
the date of the instrument.
24 - Effect of statement of rate of exchange or average price
Where an instrument contains a statement of current rate of
exchange, or average price, as the case may require, and is
stamped in accordance with such statement, it shall, so far as
regards the subject matter of such statement, be presumed,
until the contrary is proved, to be duly stamped.

25 - Instruments reserving interest

Where interest is expressly made payable by the terms of an
instrument, such instrument shall not be chargeable with duty
higher than that with which it would have been chargeable had
no mention of interest been made therein.
26 - Certain instruments connected with mortgages of
marketable securities to be chargeable as agreements
(1) Where an instrument (not being promissory note or bill of
exchange),(a) is given upon the occasion of the deposit of any
marketable security by way of security for money advanced

or to be advanced by way of loan, or for an existing or future

debt, or
(b) makes redeemable or qualifies a duly stamped transfer,
intended as a security, of any marketable security, it shall be
chargeable with duty as if it were an agreement or
memorandum of an agreement chargeable with duty under
Article 5 (c) of the Schedule.
(2) A release or discharge of any such instrument shall only be
chargeable with the like duty.
27 - How transfer in consideration of debt, or, subject to future
payment, etc., to be charged
Where any property is transferred to any person in
consideration, wholly or in part, of any debt due to him, or
subject either certainly or contingently to the payment or
transfer of any money or stock, whether being or constituting a
charge or encumbrance upon the property or not, such debt,
money or stock is to be deemed the whole or part, as the case
may be, of the consideration in respect where of the transfer is
chargeable with ad valorem duty:
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to any such
certificate of sale as is mentioned in Article 17 of the
Schedule.
Explanation--In the case of a sale of property subject to a
mortgage or other encumbrance, any unpaid mortgage
money or money charged together with the interest, if any,

due on the same, shall be deemed to be part of the

consideration for the sale:
Provided that, where property subject to a mortgage is
transferred to the mortgagee, he shall be entitled to
deduct from the duty payable on the transfer the amount
of any duty already paid in respect of the mortgage.
28 - Valuation in case of annuity, etc.
Where an instrument is executed to secure the payment of an
annuity or other sum payable periodically, or where the
consideration for a conveyance is an annuity or other sum
payable periodically, the amount secured by such instrument or
the consideration for such conveyance, as the case may be,
shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be, (a) where the sum is payable for the definite period so that
the total amount to be paid can be previously ascertained
such total amount;
(b) where the sum is payable in perpetuity or for an indefinite
time not terminable with any life in being at the date of such
instrument or conveyance, the total amount which, according
to the terms of such instrument or conveyance, will or may be
payable during the period of twenty years calculated from the
date on which the first payment becomes due; and
(c) where the sum is payable for an indefinite time terminable
with any life in being at the date of such instrument or
conveyance the maximum amount which will or may be

payable as aforesaid during the period of twelve years

calculated from the date on which the first payment becomes
due.
29 - Stamp duty where value of subject matter is indeterminate
Where the amount or value of the subject matter of any
instrument chargeable with ad valorem duty, cannot be, or, in
the case of an instrument executed before the commencement
of this Act, could not have been, ascertained at the date of its
execution or first execution, nothing shall be claimable under
such instrument more than the highest amount or value for
which, if stated in an instrument of the same description, the
stamp actually used would, at the date of such execution, have
been sufficient:
Provided that, in the case of the lease of a mine in which
royalty or a share of the produce is received as the rent or
part of the rent, it shall be sufficient to have estimated such
royalty or the value of such share, for the purpose of stamp
duty,(a) when the lease has been granted by or on behalf of the
Government, at such amount or value as the Collector
may, having regard to all the circumstances of the case,
have estimated as likely to be payable by way of royalty or
share to the Government under the lease, or
(b) when the lease has been granted by any other person,
at twenty thousand rupees a year; and the whole amount

of such royalty or share, whatever it may be, shall be

claimable under such lease:
Provided further that, where proceedings have been
taken in respect of an instrument under section 35 or
45, the amount certified by the Collector shall be
deemed to be the stamp actually used at the date of
execution.
30 - Facts affecting duty to be set forth in instruments
(1) The consideration, if any, and all other facts and
circumstances affecting the chargeability of any instrument with
duty, or the amount of the duty with which it is chargeable, shall
be fully and truly set forth therein.
(2) In the case of instruments relating to immovable property
chargeable with an ad valorem duty on the market value of the
property, the instrument shall fully and truly set forth the land
revenue in the case of revenue paying land, the annual rental or
gross assets, if any, in the case of other immovable property,
the local rates, municipal or other taxes, if any, to which such
property may be subject, and any other particulars which may
be prescribed by rules made under this Act.

31 - Direction as to duty in case of certain conveyances

(1) Where any property has been contracted to be sold for one
consideration for the whole, and is conveyed to the purchaser in
separate parts by different instruments, the consideration shall
be apportioned in such manner as the parties think fit, provided

that a distinct consideration for each separate part is set forth in

the conveyance relating thereto and such conveyance shall be
chargeable with ad valorem duty in respect of such distinct
consideration.
(2) Where property contracted to be purchased for one
consideration for the whole, by two or more persons jointly, or
by any person for himself and others, or wholly for others, is
conveyed in parts by separate instruments to the persons by or
for whom the same was purchased, for distinct parts of the
consideration, the conveyance of each separate part shall be
chargeable with ad valorem duty in respect of the distinct part of
the consideration therein specified.
(3) Where a person, having contracted for the purchase of any
property but not having obtained a conveyance thereof, contract
to sell the same to any other person and the property is in
consequence conveyed immediately to the sub-purchaser, the
conveyance shall be chargeable with ad valorem duty in respect
of the consideration for the sale by the original purchaser to the
sub-purchaser.
(4) Where a person, having contracted for the purchase of any
property but not having obtained a conveyance thereof,
contracts to sell the whole, or any part thereof, to any other
person or persons and the property is in consequence conveyed
by the original seller to different person in parts, the conveyance
of each part sold to a sub-purchaser shall be chargeable with ad
valorem duty in respect only of the consideration paid by such
sub-purchaser, without, regard to the amount or value of the
original consideration; and the conveyance of the residue, if any,

of such property to the original purchaser shall be chargeable

with ad valorem duty in respect only of the excess of the original
consideration over the aggregate of the considerations paid by
the sub- purchasers:
Provided that the duty on such last-mentioned conveyance
shall in no case be less than ten rupees.
(5) Where a sub-purchaser takes an actual conveyance of the
interest of the person immediately selling to him, which is
chargeable with ad valorem duty in respect of the consideration
paid by him and is duly stamped accordingly, any conveyance to
be after-wards made to him of the same property by the original
seller shall be chargeable with a duty equal to that which would
be chargeable on a conveyance for the consideration obtained by
such original seller, or, where such duty would exceed fifty
rupees, with a duty of fifty rupees.
Explanation--For the purpose of this section, the consideration
with respect to an instrument shall, where it relates to
chargeability of ad valorem duty, be deemed to be the market
value of the property.
E. Duty by whom payable
32 - Duties by whom payable
In the absence of an agreement to the contrary the expense of
providing the proper stamp shall be borne,(a) in the case of any instrument described in any of the
following Articles of the Schedule, namely :

No. 2 (Administration bond)

No. 6 (Agreement relating to deposit of title-deeds, pawn
or pledge)
No. 14 (Bond),
No. 15 (Bottomry Bond),
No. 25 (Customs Bond),
No. 30 (Further charge-instrument of),
No. 32 (Indemnity Bond),
No. 37 (Mortgage deed),
No. 48 (Release),
No. 49 (Respondentia Bond),
No. 50 (Security bond or Mortgage-deed),
No. 51 (Settlement),
- by the person drawing, making or executing such instrument;
(b) in the case of a conveyance (including a re-conveyance of
mortgaged property) -- by the grantee; in the case of a lease
or agreement to lease-by the lessee or intended lessee;
(c) in the case of a counterpart of a lease--by the lessor;
(d) in the case of an instrument of exchange--by the parties
in equal shares;

(e) in the case of certificate of sale--by the purchaser of the

property to which such certificate relates;
(f) in the case of an instrument of partition--by the parties
thereto in proportion to their respective shares in the whole
property partitioned, or when the partition is made in
execution of an order passed by a revenue authority or Civil
Court or arbitrator, in such proportion as such authority,
Court or arbitrator directs;

"and"

2(ff) in the case of a works contract or a sub-contract--by the

Contractor or sub-contractor, as the case may be; and"
(g) in the case of any other instrument chargeable with stamp
duty under this Act--by the person executing the instrument.
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1. The expression "and" was deleted by Raj Ordinance No. 5 of
2004 w.e.f. 27.5.2004
2. Inserted clause (ff) and omitted word any by Act. No. 7 of
2004 (w.e.f. 27.05.2004)
33 - Obligation to give receipt in certain cases
Any person receiving any money exceeding ''five thousand
rupees' in amount, or any bill of exchange, cheque or promissory
note for an amount exceeding 1'five thousand rupees', or
receiving in satisfaction or part satisfaction of a debt, any
movable property exceeding 1'five thousand rupees' in value,
shall, on demand by the person paying or delivering such

money, bill, cheque, note or property, give a duly stamped

receipt for the same and any person receiving or taking credit for
any premium or consideration for any renewal of any contract of
fire-insurance, shall within one month after receiving or taking
credit for such premium or consideration, give duly stamped
receipt for the same.
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Inserted by the Raj Finance Act 2005 w.e.f. 24.3.2005 for five
hundred
Section 34 - Persons from whom duty on an instrument is due
For the purposes of this Act, the person from whom duty on an
instrument is due is (a) the person liable under an agreement or under section 19,
32 and 33 or
(b) where clause (a) doses not apply, the executant of the
instrument
CHAPTER III
Adjudication as to Stamps
35 - Adjudication as to proper stamp
(1) When any instrument, whether executed or not and whether
previously stamped or not, is brought to the Collector, and the
person bringing it applies to have the opinion of that officer as to
the duty, if any, with which it is chargeable, and pays a fee of

such amount (not exceeding fifty rupees and not less than ten
rupees) as the Collector may in each case direct, the Collector
shall determine the duty, if any, with which in his judgment, the
instrument is chargeable.
(2) For this purpose the Collector may require to be furnished
with an abstract of the instrument, and also with such affidavit
or other evidence as he may deem necessary to prove that all
the facts and circumstances affecting the chargeability of the
instrument with duty, or the amount of the duty with which it is
chargeable, are fully and truly set forth therein, and may refuse
to proceed upon any such application until such abstract and
evidence have been furnished accordingly:
Provided that, (a) no evidence furnished in pursuance of this section shall
be used against any person in any civil proceeding, except
in an inquiry as to the duty with which the instrument to
which it relates is chargeable; and
(b) every person by whom any such evidence is furnished
shall, on payment of the full duty with which the
instrument to which it relates, is chargeable, be relieved
from any penalty which he may have incurred under this
Act by reason of the omission to state truly in such
instrument any of the facts or circumstances aforesaid.
(3) Where the Collector has reason to believe that the market
value of the property has not been truly set forth in the
instrument brought to him for determining the duty under sub-

section (1) he may, after such inquiry as he may deem proper

and after giving a reasonable opportunity of being heard to the
person bringing the instrument, determine the market value of
such property for the purpose of duty.

36 - Certificate by Collector
(1) When an instrument brought to the Collector under section
35 is, in his opinion, one of a description chargeable with duty,
and
(a) the Collector determines that it is already fully stamped,
or
(b) the duty determined by the Collector under section 35, or
such a sum as, with the duty already paid in respect of the
instrument, is equal to the duty so determined, has been
paid, the Collector shall certify by endorsement on such
instrument that the full duty (stating the amount) with which
it is chargeable, has been paid.
(2) When such instrument is, in his opinion, not chargeable with
duty, the Collector shall certify in the manner aforesaid that such
instrument is not so chargeable.
(3) Any instrument upon which an endorsement has been made
under this section, shall be deemed to be duly stamped or not
chargeable with duty, as the case may be; and, if chargeable

with duty, shall be receivable in evidence or otherwise, and may

be acted upon and registered as if it had been originally duly
stamped:
Provided that nothing in this section shall authorize the
Collector to endorse any instrument chargeable with a duty
not exceeding ten paise or any bill of exchange or promissory
note, when brought to him, after the drawing or execution
thereof, on paper not duly stamped.
Provided further that, :
(a) any instrument executed or first executed in the State
and brought to the Collector within one month of its
execution or first execution, as the case may be; or
(b) any instrument executed or first executed out of State
and brought to the Collector within three months after it
has been first received in the State;
shall be chargeable with duty as applicable at the time of its
execution and where any instrument is presented to the
Collector after the period specified above, such instrument shall
be chargeable with duty as applicable at the time of its
presentation and calculated on the basis of market value,
wherever applicable, prevalent on the date of its presentation
before the Collector and he may certify accordingly.

Chapter : IV - Instrument not duly stamped

37 - Examination and impounding of instruments

(1) Every person having by law or consent of parties authority
to receive evidence, and every person incharge of a public office,
except an officer of a police, before whom any instrument,
chargeable, in his opinion, with duty, is produced or comes in
the performance of his functions, shall, if it appears to him that
such instrument is not duly stamped, impound the same.
(2) For that purpose every such person shall examine every
instrument so chargeable and so produced or coming before
him, in order to ascertain whether it is stamped with a stamp of
the value and description required by the law in force in the
State when such instrument was executed or first executed :
Provided that,(a) nothing herein contained shall be deemed to require any
Magistrate or Judge of a Criminal Court to examine or
impound, if he does not think fit so to do, any instrument
coming before him in the course of any proceeding other than
a proceeding under Chapter IX or Part D of Chapter X of the
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act No. 2 of 1974);
(b) in the case of a Judge of a High Court, the duty of
examining and impounding any instrument under this section

may be delegated to such officer as the Court appoints in this

behalf.
(3) For the purposes of this section in cases of doubt,(a) the State Government may determine what offices shall
be deemed to be public offices; and
(b) the State Government may determine who shall be
deemed to be persons incharge of public offices.
(4) When a person incharge of a public office, during the course
of inspection or otherwise, detects from an instrument or copy
thereof or when it appears therefrom to the person referred to in
sub-section (1) that the instrument is not duly stamped, such
person shall forthwith make a reference to the Collector in that
matter.
(5) The Collector may, suo moto or on such reference, call for
the original instrument for ascertaining whether it is duly
stamped and the instrument so produced shall be deemed to
have been produced or come before him in the performance of
his functions and in case the original instrument is not produced
within the period specified by the Collector, he may require the
payment of the proper duty or the amount required to make up
the same together with the penalty under section 44.
38 - Special provisions as to unstamped receipts
Where any receipt chargeable with a duty not exceeding one
rupee is tendered to or produced before any officer unstamped
in the course of audit of any public account, such officer may in

his discretion, instead of impounding the instrument, require a

duly stamped receipt to be substituted therefore.
39 - Instruments not duly stamped inadmissible in evidence,
etc
No instrument chargeable with duty under this Act shall be
admitted in evidence for any purpose by any person having by
law or consent of parties authority to receive evidence, or shall
be acted upon, registered or authenticated by any such person
or by any public officer, unless such instrument is duly stamped:
Provided that, (a) any such instrument shall, subject to all just
exceptions, be admitted in evidence on payment of, (i) the duty with which the same is chargeable, or in the
case of an instrument insufficiently stamped, of the
amount required to make up such duty, and
(ii) a penalty of one hundred rupees or, ten times the
amount of deficient portion thereof, which ever is
higher.
(b) where a contract or agreement of any kind is effected
by correspondence consisting of two or more letters and
any one of the letters bears the proper stamp; the contract
or agreement shall be deemed to be duly stamped.
(c) nothing herein contained shall prevent the admission of
any instrument as evidence in any proceeding in a criminal
court, other than a proceedings under Chapter IX or Part D

of Chapter X of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act

No. 2 of 1974).
(d) nothing herein contained shall prevent the admission of
any instrument in any court when such instrument has
been executed by or on behalf of the Government or where
it bears the certificate of the Collector as provided by
section 36 or any other provision of this Act.
(e) nothing herein contained shall prevent the admission of
a copy of any instrument or of an oral account of the
contents of any instrument, if the stamp duty or a deficient
portion of the stamp duty and penalty as specified in
clause (a) is paid.
(f) nothing herein contained shall prevent the admission of
any instrument in evidence in any court when stamp duty
on such instrument has already been paid in advance in
the form of a consolidated lump sum.
(g) nothing herein contained shall prevent the admission of
any instrument in any court when such document has been
executed by or on behalf of the Government or where it
bears the Certificate of the Collector as provided by section
36 or any other provision of this Act.
40 - Admission of instrument, where not to be questioned
Where an instrument has been admitted in evidence, such
admission shall not, except as provided in section 71, be called

in question at any stage of the same suit or proceeding on the

ground that the instrument has not been duly stamped.

41 - Admission of improperly stamped instruments

The State Government may make rules providing that, where an
instrument bears a stamp of sufficient amount but or improper
description, it may on payment of the duty with which the same
is chargeable, be certified to be duly stamped, and any
instrument so certified shall then be deemed to have been duly
stamped as from the date of its execution.

Section 42 - Instruments impounded how dealt with

(1) When the person impounding an instrument under section 37
has by law or consent of parties authority to receive evidence
and admits such instrument in evidence upon payment of a
penalty as provided by section 39 or of duty as provided by
section 41, he shall sent to the Collector an authenticated copy
of such instrument, together with a certificate in writing, stating
the amount of duty and penalty levied in respect thereof, and
shall sent such amount to the Collector, or to such person as he
may appoint in this behalf.
(2) In every other case, the person so impounding an instrument
shall send it in original to the Collector :

Provided that where the person who produced the instrument,

or any party interested, is prepared to pay the cost of
preparing a copy of the instrument, then:(a) an authenticated copy of the instrument shall be got
prepared by the person impounding the instrument;
(b) only the authenticated copy shall be sent to the
Collector;
(c) the Collector shall take action on the authenticated
copy as if it were the instrument in original; and
(d) any certificate to be endorsed with reference to the
instrument by the Collector under clause (a) of sub-section
(1) of section 44 or under sub-section (1) of section 46
shall be endorsed on the authenticated copy, ordinarily
within 30 days of receipt of the instrument by the Collector
and when that copy is received back by the person
impounding the instrument that person shall copy the
certificate on the original instrument and also authenticate
such copy of the certificate.
43 - Collector's power to refund penalty paid under sub-section
(1) of section 42
`
(1) When a copy of an instrument is sent to the Collector under
sub-section (1) of section 42, he may, if he thinks fit, refund any
portion of the penalty in excess of one hundred rupees which has
been paid in respect of such instrument.

(2) when such instrument has been impounded only because it

has been written in contravention of section 13 or section 14,
the Collector may refund the whole penalty so paid.

Section 44 - Collector's power to stamp instrument impounded

(1) When the Collector,(a) impounds any instrument under section 37, or
(b) receives any instrument sent to him under sub-section (2)
of section 42, and such instrument is chargeable with a duty
under this Act, he shall adopt the following procedure,(i) if he is of opinion that such instrument is duly stamped
or is not chargeable with duty, he shall certify by
endorsement thereon that it is duly stamped, or that it is
not so chargeable, as the case may be;
(ii) if he is of opinion that such instrument is chargeable
with duty and is not duly stamped, he shall require the
payment of proper duty or the amount required to make
up the same, together with a penalty of one hundred
rupees; or, if he thinks fit an amount not exceeding ten
times the amount of the proper duty or of the deficient
portion thereof, whether such amount exceeds or falls
short of one hundred rupees:
Provided that, when such instrument has been
impounded only because it has been written in

contravention of section 13 or section 14, the Collector

may, if he thinks, fit, remit the whole penalty
pre'scribed by this section.
(2) Every certificate under clause (a) of sub-section (1), shall for
the purpose of this Act, be conclusive evidence of matters stated
therein.
(3) Where an instrument has been sent to the Collector under
sub-section (2) of section 42, the Collector shall, when he has
dealt with it as provided by this section, return it to the
impounding officer.
45 - Instruments unduly stamped by accident
If any instrument chargeable with duty and not duly stamped
under this Act, 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 amount of the proper duty, 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 section 37 and 44 receive such amount and
proceed further as hereinafter provided:
Provided that where any instrument executed or first
executed is brought to the Collector after the expiration of
one month from the date of its execution or first execution,
such instrument shall be chargeable with duty as applicable at

the time of its presentation before the Collector under this

section.
46 - Endorsement of instruments on which duty has been paid
under sections 39, 44 or 45
(1) When the duty and penalty, if any, leviable in respect of any
instrument have been paid under section 39, section 44 or
section 45, the person admitting such instrument in evidence or
the Collector, as the case may be, shall certify by endorsement
thereon that the proper duty or, as the case may be, the proper
duty and penalty (stating the amount of each) have been levied
in respect thereof, and the name and residence of the person
paying them.
(2) Every instrument so endorsed shall thereupon be admissible
in evidence, and may be registered and acted upon and
authenticated as if it has been duly stamped, and shall be
delivered on his application in this behalf to the person from
whose possession it came into the hands of the officer,
impounding it, or to such a person for whom he may direct:
'Provided that, (a) no instrument which has been admitted in evidence
upon payment of duty and a penalty under section 39,
shall be so delivered before the expiration of one month
from the date of such impounding, or if the Collector has
certified that its further detention is necessary and has not
cancelled such certificate;

(b) nothing in this section shall affect the order XIII, rule
9, of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act No. 5 of
3908).
47 - Prosecution for offence against stamp law
The taking of proceedings or the payment of stamp duty,
surcharge if any and penalty under this Chapter in respect of any
instrument shall not bar the prosecution of any person who
appears to have committed an offence against the stamp law in
respect of such instrument:
Provided that no such prosecution shall be instituted in the
case of any instrument in respect of which such a penalty has
been paid, unless it appears to the Collector that the offence
was committed with an intention of evading payment of the
proper duty.
48 - Persons paying duty or penalty may recover the same in
certain cases
(1) When any duty or penalty has been paid under section 39,
section 41, section 44 or section 45, by any person in respect of
any instrument, and by agreement or under the provisions of
section 32, or any other enactment in force at the time such
instrument was executed, some other person was bound to bear
the expense of providing the proper stamp for such instrument,
the first mentioned person shall be entitled to recover from such
other person the amount of the duty or penalty so paid.

(2) For the purpose of such recovery any certificate granted in

respect of such instrument under this Act shall be conclusive
evidence of the matters therein certified.
(3) Such amount may, if the Court thinks fit, be included in any
order as to costs in any suit or proceeding to which such persons
are parties and in which such instrument has been tendered in
evidence and if the Court does not include the amount in such
order, no further proceedings for the recovery of the amount
shall be maintainable.
49 - Power to refund penalty or excess duty in certain cases
(1) Where any penalty is paid under section 39 or section 44,
the Chief Controlling Revenue Authority may, upon application in
writing made within one year from the date of the payment,
refund such penalty wholly or in part.
(2) Where, in the opinion of the Chief Controlling Revenue
Authority, Stamp duty in excess of that which is legally
chargeable has been charged and paid under section 39 or
section 44, such authority may upon application in writing made
within three months of the order charging the same, refund the
excess.

50 - Non-liability for loss of instrument sent under section 42

(1) If any instrument sent to the Collector under sub-section (2)
of section 42 is lost, destroyed or damaged during transmission,

the person sending the same shall not be liable for such loss,
destruction or damage.
(2) When any instrument is about to be so sent, the person from
whose possession it came into the hands of the person
impounding the same, may require a copy thereof to be made at
the expense of such first mentioned person and authenticated by
the person impounding such instrument.

51 - Instruments under valued, how to be valued

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Registration Act,
1908 (Act No. 16 of 1908) and the rules made thereunder as
inforce in Rajasthan where, in the case of any instrument
relating to an immovable property chargeable with an ad
valorem duty on the market value of the property as set forth in
the instrument, the registering officer has, while registering the
instrument, reasons to believe that the market value of the
property has not been truly set forth in the instrument, he may
either before or after registering the instrument, send it in
original to the Collector for taking action under sub-section (3).
(2) When through mistake or otherwise any instrument which is
undervalued and not duly stamped is registered under the
Registration Act, 1908, the registering officer may call for the
original instrument from the party and, after giving the party
liable to pay stamp duty an opportunity of being heard and
recording the reasons in writing and furnishing a copy thereof to
the party, impound it and on failure to produce such original
instrument by the party, a true copy of such instrument taken

out from the registration record shall, for the purposes of this
section, be deemed to be the original of such instrument and
send it to the Collector for taking action under sub-section (3).
(3) On receipt of the instrument under sub-section (1) or (2) the
Collector shall, after giving the parties a reasonable opportunity
of being heard and after holding an enquiry in the prescribed
manner, determine the market Value and duty including the
penalty not exceeding ten times the deficient stamp duty
chargeable and surcharge, if any, payable thereon and if the
amount of duty including penalty and surcharge, if any, so
determined exceeds the amount of duty including penalty and
surcharge, if already paid, the deficient amount shall be payable
by the person liable to pay the duty including penalty and
surcharge, if any.
(4) Where it appears to a person having by law or consent of
parties authority to receive evidence or a person incharge of a
public office, during the course of inspection or otherwise, except
an officer of a police, that an instrument is undervalued such
person shall forthwith make a reference to the Collector in that
matter.
(5) The Collector may, suo motu or on a reference made under
sub-section' (4) call for and examine any instrument not referred
to him under sub-section (1) or (2), from any person referred to
in sub-section (4) or the executant or any other person for the
purpose of satisfying himself as to correctness of the market
value of the property, and if after such examination, he has
reason to believe that the market value of such property has not
been truly set forth in the instrument, he may determine in

accordance with the procedure provided in sub-section (3) the

market value and the amount of stamp duty together with a
penalty not exceeding ten times the deficient stamp duty
chargeable on it, which shall be payable by the person liable to
pay the stamp duty, and penalty.
(6) Where for any reason the original document called for by the
Collector under sub-section (5) is not produced or cannot be
produced, the Collector may, after recording the reasons for its
not production, call for a certified copy of the entries of the
document from the registering officer concerned and exercise
the powers conferred on him under sub-section (5).
(7) For the purpose of inquiries under this section, the Collector
shall have power to summon and enforce the attendance of
witnesses, including the parties to the instrument or any of
them, and to compel the production of documents by the same
means, and so far as may be in the same manner, as is provided
in the case of civil court under Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act
5 of 1908).
52 - Rectification of mistakes
With a view to rectifying any mistake apparent from the record,
the Collector may amend any order made by him under this Act,
within ninety days of the date of order either on his own motion
or on the mistake being brought to his notice by person affected
by the order:

Provided that if any such amendment is likely to affect any

person prejudicially, it shall not be made without giving to
such person reasonable opportunity of being heard.
53 - Determination of the correct nature of the document and
the recovery of proper duty
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Registration Act,
1908 (Act 16 of 1908) and the rules made thereunder as in force
in Rajasthan, where the registering officer has, while registering
a document or instrument, reasons to believe that the nature of
the document or instrument has not been correctly mentioned,
he may, either before or after registering such document or
instrument, send it, in original, to the Collector for taking action
under sub-section (3).
(2) When through mistake or otherwise any instrument which is
misclassified and not duly stamped, is registered under the
Registration Act, 1908 (Act No. 16 of 1908), the registering
officer may call for the original instrument from the party and,
after giving the party liable to stamp duty an opportunity of
being heard and recording the reasons in writing and furnishing
a copy thereof to the party, impound it and on failure to produce
such original instrument by the party, a true copy of such
instrument taken out from the registration record shall, for the
purposes of this section, be deemed to be the original of such
instrument and send it to the Collector for taking action under
sub-section (3).
(3) On receipt of document or instrument under sub-section (1)
or (2), the Collector shall, after giving the parties a reasonable

opportunity of being heard, determine the correct nature of the

document or instrument and the duty including penalty not
exceeding ten times the deficient stamp duty chargeable and
surcharge, if any, payable thereon and may require the payment
of the duty including penalty and surcharge, if any, so
determined or the amount required to make up the same.
(4) Where it appears to a person having by law or consent of
parties authority to receive evidence or a person incharge of a
public office, during the course of inspection or otherwise, except
an officer of a police, that a document or an instrument has not
been correctly mentioned while registering it, such person shall
forth with make a reference to the Collector to determine the
correct nature thereof.
(5) The Collector may, suo motu or on a reference made under
sub-section (4) or otherwise call for and examine any document
or instrument not referred to him under sub-section (1) or (2),
from any person referred to in sub-section (4) or executant or
any other person, which has been registered and returned to the
executant or any other person for the purpose of satisfying
himself as to the correctness with regard to the nature of the
document or instrument and if he is satisfied, after giving the
parties a reasonable opportunity of being heard, that the nature
of document or instrument had not correctly been mentioned or
determined, he may determine the correct nature of the
document or instrument and the duty, if any, payable thereon
together with a penalty not exceeding ten times the deficient
stamp duty chargeable on it and require payment of duty

including penalty, if any, so determined or the amount required

to make up the same.
(6) Where for any reason the original document or instrument
called for by the Collector under sub-section (5) is not produced
or cannot be produced, he may call for a certified copy of the
document or instrument from the registering officer concerned
and exercise the power conferred upon him in sub-section (5).
54 - Intimation of reference and payment of duty before
reference
(1) Notwithstanding anything herein before contained, the
registering officer shall, before making reference to the Collector
under this Act, intimate to the parties concerned about the
reference proposed to be made by him.
(2) In case the person liable to pay the duty offers to pay the
amount of duty chargeable on such instrument, the registering
officer shall, on payment of such duty, certify it on the
instrument by endorsement and shall not make the reference.
55 - Procedure in case of non-registration of documents
required to be registered with the purpose of avoiding stamp
duty
(1) If it appears to any registering officer or any other person
that an instrument relating to a transaction compulsarily
registerable under section 17 of the Registration Act, 19081 (Act
No. 16 of 1908) has not been presented for registration with a
view to avoiding payment of stamp duty or for any other reason,

he shall immediately inform the Collector concerned for taking

necessary action under the Stamp Law.
(2) On receipt of information under sub-section (1) or suo motu,
the, Collector shall issue a notice to the party/parties referred to
in the information received, with a view to ensuring that the
instrument is presented alongwith full facts and circumstances as
required under section 30 of the Act to determine the liability for
payment of stamp duty.
(3) Upon service of notice where the instrument in question is
presented before the Collector, he shall proceed as provided by
section 51 and/or 53 of the Act, as the case may be.
(4) Where the party/parties served with notice do not present
the instrument and/or appear before the Collector to 1"refute"
the presumption of the information in question being correct, the
Collector shall proceed to enquire into the correctness of the
information in such manner as he deems fit.
(5) After the aforesaid enquiry, where it appears to the Collector
that the instrument in question has not been presented for
registration with a view to avoiding stamp duty, it shall be
deemed to be a violation of section 30 of the Act and if such non
production is with a view to concealing the consideration, if any,
and all other facts and circumstances affecting the chargeability
of the said instrument with duty, and the determination of such
duty, the Collector shall launch a prosecution against the person
concerned under section 73 or 75 of the Act, as the case may
be.

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1. Substituted by Raj. Ordinance No. 5 of 2004 w.e.f. 27.5.2004
for "refuse".
56 - Recovery of duties and penalties
All duties, penalties and other sums required to be paid under
this chapter may be recovered by the Collector by distress and
sale of the movable or immovable property of the person, from
whom the same are due, or by any other process for the time
being in force for the recovery of arrears of land revenue.
57 - Validity of certificate or endorsement in respect of
instruments for which higher rate of duty is payable in
Rajasthan
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Stamp Act,
1899 (Act No. 2 of 1899), no certificate or endorsement
thereunder in respect of an instrument chargeable in the State of
Rajasthan with a higher rate of duty under this Act, shall be
received in evidence, or be, in any way, valid, in respect of the
payment of duty on such instrument unless the duty chargeable
at the rates, provided in this Act has been paid, on such
instrument.

Chapter : V - Allowances for Stamps in Certain Cases

58 - Allowance for spoiled stamps

Subject to such rules as may be made by the State Government

as to the evidence to be required, or the inquiry to be made, the
Collector may, on application made within the period prescribed
in 1"section 59", and if he is satisfied as to the facts, make
allowance for impressed stamps spoiled in the case hereinafter
mentioned, namely:
(a) the stamp on any paper inadvertently and undesignedly
spoiled, obliterated or by error in writing or any other means
rendered unfit for the purpose intended before any
instrument written thereon is executed by any person;
(b) the stamp on any document which is written out wholly or
in part, but which is not signed or executed by any party
thereto;
(c) in the case of bill of exchange payable otherwise than on
demand or promissory notes,
(i) the stamp on any such bill of exchange signed by or on
behalf of the drawer which has not been accepted or made
use of in any manner whatever or delivered out of his
hands for any purpose other than by way of tender for
acceptance:
Provided that the paper on which any such stamp is
impressed does not bear any signature intended as for the
acceptance of any bill of exchange to be afterwards written
thereon.

(ii) the stamp on any promissory note signed by or on

behalf of the maker which has not been made use of in
any manner whatever or delivered out of his hands.
(iii) the stamp used or intended to be used for any such
bill of exchange or promissory note signed by, or on behalf
of the drawer thereof, but which from any omission or
error has been spoiled or rendered useless, although the
same, being a bill of exchange may have been presented
for acceptance or accepted or endorsed, or, being a
promissory note, may have been delivered to the payee:
Provided that another completed and duly stamped bill
of exchange or promissory note is produced identical in
every particular, except in the correction of such
omission or error as aforesaid, with the spoiled bill or
note.
(d) the stamp used for an instrument executed by any party
thereto which,(i) has been afterwards found by the parties to be
absolutely void in law from the beginning;
(ii) has been afterwards found by the court to be
absolutely void in law from the beginning under section 31
of the Specific Relief Act, 1963;
(iii) has been afterwards found unfit, by reason of any
error or mistake therein, for the purpose originally
intended;

(iv) by reason of the death of any person by whom it is

necessary that it should be executed, without having
executed the same, or of the refusal of any such person to
execute the same, cannot be completed so as to effect the
intended transaction in the form proposed;
(v) for want of the execution thereof by some material
party, and his inability or refusal to sign the same, is in
fact incomplete and insufficient for the purpose for which it
was intended;
(vi) by reason of the refusal of any person to act under the
same, or to advance any money intended to be thereby
secured, or by the refusal of non-acceptance of any office
thereby granted, totally fails of the intended purpose;
(vii) becomes useless in consequence of the transaction
intended to be thereby effected being effected by some
other instrument between the same parties and bearing a
stamp of not less value;
(viii) is deficient in value and the transaction intended to
be thereby effected has been effected by some other
instrument between the same parties and bearing a stamp
of not less value;
(ix) is inadvertently and undesignedly spoiled and in lieu
whereof another instrument made between the same
parties and for the same purpose is executed and duly
stamped:

Provided that in the case of an executed instrument, other

than one falling under sub-clause (ii) of clause (d), no legal
proceeding has been commenced in Which the instrument
could or would have been given or offered in evidence and
that the instrument is given upto be cancelled:
Explanation--The certificate of the Collector under section
36 that the full duty with which an instrument is
chargeable has been paid is an impressed stamp within the
meaning of this section.
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1. Substituted by the Raj. Ordinance No. 5 of 2004 w.e.f
27.05.2004 for "section 60"

59 - Application for relief under section 58 when to be made

The application for relief under section 58 shall be made within
the following periods, that is to say, (i) in the case mentioned in clause (d) (vi), within two months
of the date of the instrument;
(ii) in the case of a stamped paper on which no instrument
has been executed by any of the parties thereto within six
months after the stamp has been spoiled;
(iii) in the case of a stamped paper in which an instrument
has been executed by any of the parties thereto, within six
months after the date of the instrument, or, if it is not dated,

within six months after the execution thereof by the person

by whom it was first or alone executed:
Provided that, (a) when the spoiled instrument has been for sufficient
reasons sent out of India, the application may be made
within six months after it has been received back in India;
(b) when, from unavoidable circumstances, any instrument
for which another instrument has been substituted cannot
be given upto be cancelled within the aforesaid period, the
application may be made within six months after the date
of execution of the substituted instrument.

60 - Allowance in case of printed forms no longer required by

corporations
The Chief Controlling Revenue Authority or the Collector if
empowered by the Chief Controlling Revenue Authority in this
behalf may, without limit of time, make allowance for stamped
papers used for printed form of instruments by any banker or by
any incorporated company or other body corporate, if for any
sufficient reason such forms have ceased to be required by the
said banker, company or body corporate:
Provided that such authority is satisfied that the duty in
respect of such stamped papers has been duly paid.

61 - Allowance for misused stamps

(a) when any person has inadvertently used for an instrument

chargeable with duty, a stamp of a description other than that
prescribed for such instrument by the rules made under this Act,
or a stamp of a greater value than was necessary, or has
inadvertently used any stamp for an instrument not chargeable
with any duty; or
(b) When any stamp used for an instrument has been
inadvertently rendered useless under section 15, owing to such
instrument having been written in contravention of the
provisions of section 13. The Collector may, on application made
within six months after the date of the instrument or, if it not
dated, within six months after the execution thereof by the
person by whom it was first or alone executed, and upon the
instrument, if chargeable with duty, being re-stamped with the
proper duty, cancel and allow as spoiled the stamp so misused
or rendered useless.

62 - Allowance for spoiled or misused stamps how to be made

In any case in which allowance is made for spoiled or misused
stamps, the Collector may give in lieu thereof, (a) other stamps of the same description and value; or
(b) if required and he thinks fit, stamps of any other
description to be of the same amount in value; or
(c) at his discretion, the same value in money deducting ten
paise for each rupee or fraction of a rupee.

63 - Allowance for stamps not required for use

When any person is possessed of a stamp or stamps which have
not been spoiled or rendered unfit or useless for purpose
intended, but for which he has no immediate use, the Collector
shall repay to such person the value of such stamp or stamps in
money, deducting ten paise for each rupee or portion of a rupee,
upon such person delivering up the same to be cancelled, and
proving to the Collector's satisfaction,(a) that such stamp or stamps were purchased by such
person with a bona fide intention to use them; and
(b) that he had paid the full price thereof; and
(c) that they were so purchased within the period of six
months next preceding the date on which they were so
delivered :
Provided that, where the person is a licensed vendor of
stamps, the Collector may, if he thinks fit, make the
repayment of the sum actually paid by the vendor without
any such deduction as aforesaid.

64 - Allowance on renewal of certain debentures

When any duly stamped debenture is renewed by the issue of a
new debenture in the same terms, the Collector shall upon
application made within one month, repay to the person issuing
such debenture, the value of the stamp on the original or on the
new debenture, whichever shall be less:

Provided that the original debenture is produced before the

Collector and cancelled by him in such manner as the State
Government may direct.
Explanation--A debenture shall be deemed to be renewed in
the same terms within the meaning of this section
notwithstanding the following changes,(a) the issue of two or more debentures in place of one
original debenture, the total amount secured being the
same;
(b) the issue of one debenture in place of two or more
original debentures, i the total amount secured being the
same;
(c) the substitution of the name of the holder at the time
of renewal for the name of the original holder; and
(d) the alteration of the rate of interest or the dates of
payment thereof.
Chapter: VI - Reference and Revision
65 - Revision by the Chief Controlling Revenue Authority
(1) Any person aggrieved by an order made by the Collector
under Chapter IV and V and under clause (a) of the first proviso
to section 29 and under section 35 of the Act., may within 90
days from the date of order, apply to the Chief Controlling
Revenue Authority for revision of such order:

Provided that no revision application shall be entertained

unless it is accompanied by a satisfactory proof of the
payment of fifty percent of the recoverable amount.
(2) The Chief Controlling Revenue Authority may suo moto or on
information received from the registering officer or otherwise call
for and examine the record of any case decided in proceeding
held by the Collector for the purpose of satisfying himself as to
the legality or propriety of the order passed and as to the
regularity of the proceedings and pass such order with respect
thereto as it may think fit:
Provided that no such order shall be made except after giving
the person affected a reasonable opportunity of being heard
in the matter.

66 - General Superintendence and Control over Collectors

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the power to have
general superintendence and control over Collectors shall vest in
the Inspector General of Stamps.
(2) The Inspector General of Stamps shall specify the territorial
jurisdiction of a Collector for the purpose of this Act, where there
are more than one officer functioning as Collector.

67. Statement of case by the Chief Controlling Revenue

Authority to 1"High Court"-The Chief Controlling Revenue Authority may state any Case
referred to it under section 65, or otherwise coming to its notice

and refer such case, with its own opinion thereon, to the 1"High
Court":
Provided that no reference shall be made under this section
unless it is accompanied by a satisfactory proof of the
payment of fifty percent of the recoverable amount.
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1. Sub. by the Raj. Ordinance No. 5 of 2004 w.e.f. 27.5.2004 for
the words" Tax Tribunal."
68. Power of 1"High Court" to call for further particulars as to
case stated.If the High Court is not satisfied that the statements contained in
the case are sufficient to enable it to determine the questions
raised thereby, the 2"Court" may refer the case back to the
Chief Controlling Revenue Authority by which it was stated to
make such additions thereto or alterations therein as the Court
may direct in that behalf.
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1. Sub. by the Raj. Ordinance No. 5 of 2004 for the words "Tax
Tribunal".
2. Sub. by the Raj. Ordinance No. 5 of 2004 w.e.f. 27.5.2004 for
the words "Tribunal".
69 - Procedure in disposing of case stated

(1) The 1"High Court" upon the hearing of any such case shall
decide the questions raised thereby, and shall deliver its
judgement thereon containing the grounds on which such
decision is founded.
(2) The 1"High Court" shall send to the Chief Controlling Revenue
Authority by which the case was stated, a copy of such
Judgement under the real of the 1"High Court" and signature of
the Registrar; and the Chief Controlling Revenue Authority shall,
on receiving such copy, shall pass such orders as are necessary
for disposal of the case conformably to such judgement.
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1. Sub. by the Raj. Ordinance No. 5 of 2004 for the words "Tax
Tribunal".

70. Statement of case by other Courts to 1"High Court"-(1) If any Court, feels doubt as to the amount of duty to be paid
in respect of any instrument under proviso (a) to section 39, the
Judge may draw up a statement of the case and refer it, with his
own opinion thereon, for the decision of the 1"High Court", to
which, if he were the Chief Controlling Revenue Authority, he
would, under section 67, refer the same.
(2) Such 1"High Court" shall deal with the case as if it had been
referred under section 67, and send a copy of its Judgment
under the seal of the 1"High Court" and the signature of the
Registrar to the Chief Controlling Revenue Authority and another
like copy to the Judge making the reference, who shall, on

receiving such copy, dispose of the case conformably to such

judgment.
(3) Reference made under sub-section (1) when made by a
Court subordinate to a District Court shall be made through the
District Court and when made by any subordinate Revenue
Court, shall be made through the Court immediately superior.
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1. Sub. by the Raj. Ordinance No. 5 of 2004 w.e.f. 27.05.2004
for the word "Tax Tribunal"

71 - Revision of certain decision of Court regarding the

sufficiency of stamps
(1) When any Court in the exercise of its civil or revenue
jurisdiction or any Criminal Court in any proceeding, under the
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act No. 2 of 1974), makes
any order admitting any instrument in evidence as duly stamped
or as not requiring a stamp, or upon payment of duty and a
penalty under section 39, the court to which appeals lie from, or
references are made by, such first mentioned Court may, of its
own motion, or on the application of the Collector, take such
order into consideration.
(2) If such Court, after such consideration is of opinion that such
instrument should not have been admitted in evidence without
the payment of duty and penalty under section 39 or without the
payment of a higher duty and penalty than those paid, it may
record a declaration to that effect, and determine the amount of

duty with which such instrument is chargeable, and may require

any person in whose possession or power such instrument then
is, to produce the same, and may impound the same when
produced.
(3) When any declaration has been recorded under sub-section
(2), the Court recording the same shall send a copy thereof to
the Collector, and, where the instrument to which it relates has
been impounded or is otherwise in the possession of such court,
shall also send him such instrument.
(4) The Collector may thereupon, notwithstanding anything
contained in the order admitting such instrument in evidence, or
in any certificate granted under section 46, or in section 47,
prosecute any person for any offence against the Stamp Law
which the Collector considers him to have committed in respect
of such instrument:
Provided that,(a) no such prosecution shall be instituted where the
amount which, according to the determination of such
Court, was payable in respect of the instrument under
section 39, is paid to the Collector, unless he thinks that
the offence was committed with an intention of evading
payment of the proper
-duty;
(b) except for the purposes of such prosecution) no
declaration made under this section shall affect the validity

of any order admitting any instrument in evidence, or of

any certificate granted under section 46.

72 - Interest on failure to pay duty, fee or penalty

Where any amount of duty, fee or penalty is recoverable from a
person as a result of any order passed in any proceedings under
this Act (including determination, appeal, revision, rectification
or otherwise) and such duty, fee or penalty is not paid by such
person, he shall be liable to pay interest at the rate of 18
percent compounded per annum on the amount of duty, fee or
penalty from the date of order until the date of payment of such
amount.
Chapter : VII - Criminal Offences and Procedure
73 - Penalty for executing, etc., instrument not duly stamped
(1) Any person,(a) drawing, making, issuing, endorsing or transferring, or
signing otherwise than as a witness, or presenting for
acceptance or payment, or accepting, paying or receiving
payment of, or in any manner negotiating, any bill of
exchange payable otherwise than on demand or promissory
note without the same being duly stamped; or
(b) executing or signing otherwise than as a witness any
other instrument chargeable with duty without the same
being duly stamped; or

(c) voting or attempting to vote under any proxy not duly

stamped;
shall for every such offence be punishable with fine which may
extend to five thousand rupees :
Provided that, when any penalty has been paid in respect of
any instrument under section 39, section 44 or section 71,
the amount of such penalty shall be allowed in reduction of
the fine, if any, subsequently imposed under this section in
respect of the same instrument upon the person who paid
such penalty.
(2) If a share-warrant is issued without being duly stamped, the
company issuing the same, and also every person who, at the
time when it is issued, is the managing director or secretary or
other principal officer of the company shall be punishable with
fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.

74 - Penalty for failure to cancel adhesive stamp

Any person required by section 12 to cancel an adhesive stamp
and failing to cancel such stamp in the manner prescribed by
that section, shall be punished with fine which may extend to
one thousand rupees.

75 - Penalty for omission to comply with provision of section 30

Any person who, with intent to defraud the Government,-

(a) executes any instrument in which all the facts and

circumstances required by section 30 to be set forth in such
instrument are not fully and truly set forth; or
(b) being employed or concerned in or about the preparation
of any instrument, neglects or omits fully and truly to set
forth therein all such facts and * circumstances; or
(c) does any other act calculated to deprive the Government
of any duty or penalty under this Act;
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may
extend to three years, or with fine which may extend to twenty
thousand rupees.

76 - Recovery of amount of deficit stamp duty

(1) Where any person able to pay duty under this Act is
convicted of an offence under section 75, in respect of any
instrument (not being an instrument relatable to entry 91 of List
- Union List of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution), the
magistrate shall on addition to the punishment which may be
imposed for such offence, recover summarily and pay to the
Collector, the amount of duty, if any, due under this Act from
such person in respect of that instrument and the Collector shall
hereupon certify by endorsement on instrument that proper duty
has been levied in respect thereof:
Provided that if the person referred to in this sub-section has
already paid any amount towards the duty payable under this
Act in respect of the instrument in relation to which person

was convicted, the magistrate shall recover only the

difference in the amount of duty.
(2) The amount recoverable under sub-section (1) shall be
recovered by the Magistrate, as if it were a fine imposed under
the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act No. 2 of 1974).
77 - Penalty for refusal to give receipt and for devices to evade
duty on receipts
Any person who,(a) being required under section 33 to give a receipt, refuses
or neglects to give the same; or
(b) with intent to defraud the government to any duty upon a
payment of money or delivery of property exceeding five
hundred rupees in amount or value, gives a receipt for an
amount or value not exceeding five hundred rupees or
separates or divides the money or property paid or delivered;
shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand
rupees.
78 - Penalty for not making out policy or making one not duly
stamped
Any person who,-(a) receives or takes credit for, any premium or consideration
for any contract of insurance and does not, within one month
after receiving, or taking credit for, such premium or

consideration, make out and execute a duly stamped policy or

such insurance; or
(b) makes, executes or delivers out any policy which is not
duly stamped or pays or allows in account, or agrees to pays
or allows in account, any money upon or in respect of, any
such policy.
Shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two thousand
rupees.
79 - Penalty for not drawing full number of bills or marine
policies purporting to be in sets
Any person drawing or executing a bill of exchange payable
otherwise than on demand or a policy of marine insurance
purporting to be drawn or executed in a set of two or more, and
not at the same time drawing or executing on paper duly
stamped the whole number of bills or policies of which such bill
or policy purports the set to consist, shall be punishable with fine
which may extend to one thousand rupees.

80 - Penalty for post-dating bills and for other devices to

defraud the revenue
Any person who, (a) with intent to defraud the Government of duty, draws,
makes or issues any bill of exchange or promissory note
bearing a date subsequent to that on which such bill or note
is actually drawn or made; or

(b) knowing that such bill or note has been so post-dated,

endorses, transfers, presents for acceptance or payment, or
accepts, pays or receives payment, of such bill or note, or in
any manner negotiates the same; or
(c) with the like intent, practises or is concerned in any act,
contrivance or device not specially provided for by this Act or
any other law for the time being in force;
shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five thousand
rupees.

81 - Penalty for breach of provisions of section 85

Any person who commits a breach of the provisions of section 85
shall on conviction be punished,(i) for a first offence with fine which may extend to five
hundred rupees;
(ii) for a second offence with fine which may extend to one
thousand rupees, but which shall not be less than two
hundred and
(iii) for a third and subsequent offence with imprisonment for
a term which may extend to two years and with fine which
may extend to two thousand rupees.

82 - Penalty for breach of rule relating to sale of stamps and for

unauthorized sale

(a) Any person appointed to sell stamps who disobeys any rule
made under section 86, and
(b) any person not so appointed who sells or offers for sale any
stamp (other than a ten paise or five paise adhesive stamp);
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may
extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five
thousand rupees, or with both.

83 - Institution and conduct of prosecutions

(1) No prosecution in respect of any offence punishable under
this Act or any Act hereby repealed shall be instituted without
the sanction of the Collector or such other officer as the State
Government generally, or the Collector specially authorises in
that behalf.
(2) The State Government or any officer generally or specially
authorised by it in this behalf, may stay any such prosecution or
compound any such offence.
(3) The amount of any such composition shall be recoverable in
the manner provided by section 56.

84 - Place of trial
Every such offence committed in respect of any instrument may
be tried in any district in which such instrument is found as well

as in any district in which such offence might be tried under the

Code of Criminal Procedure for the time being in force.

85 - Books, etc., to be open to inspection

(1) Every public officer 1"or the association or Stock Exchange
referred to in section 2, clause (la) and xxxvi", having in his
custody any registers, books, records, papers, documents or
proceedings, the inspection whereof may tend to secure any
duty, or to prove or lead to the discovery of any fraud or
omission in relation to any duty, shall at all reasonable times,
permit any officer whose duty it is to see that proper duty has
been paid or any other officer not below the rank of Sub
Divisional Officer authorized in writing by the Collector to inspect
for such purpose the registers, books, papers, documents and
proceedings and to take such notes and extracts as he may
deem necessary, without fee or charge.
(2) Every such public officer shall also provide such registers,
books, records, papers, documents or proceedings in original or
authenticated copy to the Collector or any person authorized by
the Collector on demand.
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1. Inserted by the Raj. Finance Act 2006 w.e.f. 8.3.2006

86 - Powers to make rules relating to sale of stamps

The State Government, may make rules for regulating,-

(a) the supply and sale of stamps and 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 often
paise or five paise adhesive stamps.

87 - Power to make rules generally to carry out the purposes

under the Act
(1) The State Government may make rules by a notification in
the official Gazette, to carry out generally the purposes of this
Act, and may by such rules prescribe the fines, which shall in no
case exceed five thousand rupees, to be incurred on breach
thereof.
(2) All rules made under this Act shall, be laid, as soon as may
be, after they are so made, before the State Legislature, while it
is in session, for a period of not less then fourteen days which
may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions
and if, before the expiry of the session in which they are so laid
or of the session immediately following, the State Legislature
makes any modification in any of such rules, or resolves that any
such rule should not be made, such rule shall thereafter have
effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case
may be, so however, that any such modification or annulment

shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously

done thereunder.
88 - Saving as to court-fees
Except for the provisions as to copies contained in section 8,
nothing contained in this Act shall be deemed to affect the duties
chargeable under any enactment for the time being in force
relating to court fees.
89 - Saving as to certain Stamps
All stamps in denominations of annas four or multiples thereof
shall be deemed to be stamps of the value of twenty-five paise,
or, as the case may be, multiples thereof and shall, accordingly
be valid for all the purposes of this Act.
90 - Application of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899
The Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (Act No. 2 of 1899), in so far as it
relates to the subject matter relatable to entry 44 of List III of
the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution in respect of
documents specified in entry 91 of List I of the said Schedule,
shall notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any law
for the time being in force extend, to the whole of the State of
Rajasthan.

91 - Repeal and Savings

(1) The Indian Stamp Act, 1899, as adapted in Rajasthan under
the Rajasthan Stamp Law (Adaptation) Act, 1952 (No. VII of

1952), except in so far as it relates to documents specified in

entry 91 of List I in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of
India, is hereby repealed and the provisions of the Rajasthan
General Clauses Act, 1955 (Rajasthan Act 8 of 1955), shall apply
to such repeal:
Provided that the repeal hereby shall not affect,(1) any right, title, obligation or liability already acquired,
accrued or incurred or anything done or suffered;
(ii) any legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any
such right, title, obligation or liability; under the
provisions of the enactment hereby repealed and any
such proceeding may be instituted, continued and
disposed of and any such remedy may be enforced as if
this Act had not been passed.
(2) Any appointment, notification, notice, order, rule or
form made or issued under the enactment hereby repealed
shall be deemed to have been made or issued under the
provisions of this Act, in so far as such appointment,
notification, notice, order, rule or form is not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act and shall continue in force,
unless and until it is superseded by an appointment,
notification, notice, order, rule or form made or issued
under this Act.

SCHEDULE

STAMP DUTY IN THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN

THE SCHEDULE
(See Section 3)

1.

Description of Instrument

Proper stamp duty

(1)

(2)

Acknowledgement of debt
exceeding twenty rupees in amount
or value, written or signed by or on
written or signed by or on behalf of a
debtor in order to supply evidence of
such debt in any book (other than a
banker's pass-book) or on a separate
piece of paper when such book or
Two rupees
paper is left in the creditors
possession:
Provided that such
acknowledgement does not contain
any promise to pay the debt or any
stipulation to pay interest or to
deliver any goods or other property.

2.

3.

Administration bond including a

bond given under sections 291, 375
and 376 of the Indian Succession Act,
1925 (Act No. 39 of 1925), or under
section 6 of the Government Saving
Bank Act, 1873 (Act No. 5 of 1873)

Ten rupees for every

hundred rupees, or part
thereof of the value of
the bond subject to a
maximum of one
hundred rupees.

Adoption deed, that is to say, any

One hundred rupees.
instrument (other than a will)
recording an adoption or conferring or
purporting to confer any authority to

adopt.

4.

Affidavit including an affirmation or

declaration in the case of persons by
law allowed affirming or declaring
instead of swearing.

[1][1] [Ten rupees].

Exemptions: Affidavit or declaration

in writing when made,-

(a) as a condition of enrolment in the

Indian Air Force;

(b) for the immediate purpose of

being filed or used in any court or
before the officer or any court; or

(c) for the sole purpose of enabling

any person to receive any pension or
charitable allowance.

5.

Agreement or memorandum of an
agreement, --

(a)if relating to the sate of a bill of

exchange;

(b) if relating to the sale of a Government security or share in an incorporated company or other body corporate;

Ten rupees

Subject to a maximum
of two hundred
rupees, ten rupees for
every Rs. 10,000/-or
part thereof, of the

value of the security of

shares.

[1][2][(bb) if relating to Three

percent of the total purchase of sale
of an consideration of the property,
immovable property, when as set
forth in the agreement or possession
is neither given nor memorandum of
agreement: agreed to be given.

Provided that the stamp

duty paid on such
agreement shall at the
time of the execution of
a conveyance in
pursuance of such
agreement subsequently
be adjusted towards the
total amount of duty
chargeable on the
conveyance if, such
conveyance deed is
executed within three
years from the date of
agreement.

[1][2][(bbb) if relating to secure the 0.1% of the amount of

repayment of a loan or debt made by loan or debt.
a bank or Finance Company
One percent of the
(bbbb) if relating to given authority or market value of the
power to a promoter or a developer, property.]
by whatever name called, for
One hundred rupees
construction on, or deployment of,
any immovable property.
Fifty rupees for every
2[6.
rupees one crore or part
(c) if not otherwise provided for.
thereof of the value of
Exemption: Agreement or
security.
memorandum or agreement, -One rupee of every ru(a) for or relating to the sale of goods pees 10,000, or part
or merchandise exclusively, not being thereof.
a Note or Memorandum Chargeable
Twenty paise for every
under No. 40;
rupees 10,000, or part
(b)made in the form of tenders to the thereof.
Government for or relating to any

loan.

Twenty paise for every

rupees 10,000, or part
thereof.

2[5A. Record of Transaction

(Electronics or Otherwise) effected by
a trading member through the
One rupee of every ruassociation or stock exchange
pees 1,00,000 or part
referred to in Section 2, Clause (ia)
thereof.
and (xxxvi),
(a) if relating to the sale and
purchase of Government securities.
(b) if relating to purchase or sale of
securities, other than those falling
under item (a) above.(i) in case of delivery
(ii) in case of non delivery
(c) if relating to futures and options
trading.
(d) If relating to forward contracts of
commodities traded through an
association or otherwise.
Explanation I- Any Duty paid under
this article shall be adjusted towards
the duty chargeable if any under Arts
5, 18, 34, 40, 52 as the case may be.
Explanation II-For the purpose of
Clause (b), securities shall have the
same meaning as defined by the
Securities Contract (Regulation) Act,
1956.]
Agreement or any other
document (memorandum etc.)
relating to the deposit of title
deeds, pawn or pledge i.e. any
documentary proof relating to, --

(1)the deposit of title-deeds or

instruments constituing or being
evidence of the title to any property
whatever, other than a marketable
security, or
(2)the pawn or pledge of movable
property, where such deposit, pledge
has been made by way of security for
the payment of money advanced or
to be advanced by way of loan or an
existing or future debt:-

(a) if such loan or debt is repayable

on demand or more than three
0.1 percent of the
months from the date of the
amount of loan or debt.
instrument evidencing the agreement
or proof of deposit of title deeds.

(b) if such loan or, debt is repayable Half the duty payable
not more than three months from the under clause (a) for the
date of such instrument.
amount secured.

Exemption: Instruments of pawn or

pledge of agricultural produce, if
unattested.]

7.

8.

Appointment in execution of a
power whether of trustees or of
One hundred rupees
property movable or immovable
where made by any writing not being
a will.

Appraisement or valuation made

otherwise than under an order of the
court in the course of a suit, --

(a) where the amount does not

exceed Rs. 1,000/-

The same duty as on a

Bond (No. 14) for such
amount.

(b) in any other case.

One hundred rupees.

Exemption:(a)Appraisement or
valuation made for the information of
one party only and not being in any
manner obligatory between parties
either by an agreement or operation
or law; or

(b) Appraisement of crops for the

purpose of ascertaining the amount
to be given to landlord as rent.

9.

Apprenticeship-deed:including
every writing relating to the service
or tution of any apprentice, clerk or
servant, placed with any master to
learn any profession, trade or
employment.

Forty rupees

10.

Articles of Association of a Company: --

Half (0.5) percent of the

authorised share capital

Exemption:-Articles of any
association not formed for profit and
registered under section 25 of the
Companies Act, 1956 (Act No. 1 of
1956).

11.

Amendment in Articles of Association

of a company, --

Half (0.5) percent of the

(i) if relating to increase in authorised
increase in authorised
share capital:
share capital.

(ii) in any other case,

One hundred rupees.

Exemption:-- Articles of any

association not formed for profit and
registered under section 25 of the
Companies Act, 1956 (Act No. 1 of
1956)

12.

Articles of clerkship or contract

whereby any person first becomes
bound to serve as a Clerk in order to
his admission as an attorney in any
High Court.

Assignment -- See Conveyance (No.

21) and transfer of lease (No. 55), as
the case may be.

Attorney -- See entry as an Attorney

(No. 28) and Power of Attorney (No.
44)

Authority to adopt -- See Adoption

deed (No. 3)

Five hundred rupees.

13.

Award, that is to say, any decision in

writing by an arbitrator or umpire,
not being an award directing a
partition, on the reference made
otherwise than by an order of the
court in the course of a suit, --

(a) where the amount or value of the

The same duty as on a
property to which the award relates
Bond (No. 14) for same
as set forth in such award does not
amount.
exceed Rs. 1,000/-

(b) in any other case,

One hundred rupees.

14.

Bond as defined in clause (vi) of

section 2 not being a debenture and
not otherwise provided for by this
Act, or by the Rajasthan Court Fees
Five percent of the
and Suits Valuation Act 1961 (Act No. amount or value
23 of 1961) or by any other law for
the time being in force relating to
court fees.

15.

Bottomary Bond, that is to say, any

instrument whereby the master of a
The same duty as on a
sea going ship borrows money, on the
Bond (No. 14) for the
security of the ship to enable him to
same amount.
preserve the ship or prosecute her
voyage.

16.

Cancellation-- Instrument of
(including any instrument by which
any instrument, previously executed
is cancelled), if attested and not
otherwise provided for.

One hundred rupees.

17.

Certificate of sale (in respect of

each property put up as a separate
lot and sold) granted to the purchaser
of any property sold by public auction
by a Civil or Revenue Court or
Collector or other Revenue Officer.

The same duty as on a

conveyance (No. 21) for
consideration equal to
the amount of the
purchase-money only.

18.

Certificate or other document, exercising the right or title of the holder

thereof or any other person, either to
any shares, scrip or stock or any
incorporated company or other body
corporate or to become proprietor of
shares, scrip or stock in or of any
such company or body.

One rupee for every one

thousand rupees or a
part thereof, of the face
value, of the Shares,
Scrip or Stock.

19.

Charter Party, that is to say any

instrument (except an agreement for
the hire of a tug steamer) whereby a
vessel or some specified principal part Twenty rupees.
thereof is let for the specified
purposes of the charter, whether it
includes a penalty clause or not.

20.

Composition-deed, that is to say,

any instrument executed by a debtor,
--

(i) whereby he conveys his property

for the benefit of his creditors;

The same duties on a

conveyance (No. 21) on
the market value of the
property.

(ii) in any other case

One hundred rupees.

21.

Conveyance as defined by section

2(xi),--

1[(i) if relating to immovable

property;

[2][4][Eleven] percent
of the market value of
the property

(ii) if relating to movable property;

Half (0.5) percent of the

market value of the
property.

(iii) if relating to amalgamation of

companies by the order of the High
Court under Section 394 of the
Companies Act, 1956 (Act No. 1 of
1956).

Ten percent of the

market value of the
property.

Exemption: Assignment of copy right

by entry made under tile Copy right
Act, 1957 (Act No. 14 of 1957).

Explanation: (i) For the purpose of

this article an agreement to sell an
immovable property or an irrevocable
power of attorney or any other
instrument executed in the course of
conveyance or lease e.g. allotment
letters, patta, licence etc. shall, in
case of transfer of the possession of
such property before, at the time of
or after the execution of any such
instrument, be deemed to be a
conveyance and the stamp duty
thereon shall be chargeable
accordingly:

Provided that the provisions of

section 51 shall be applicable mutatis
mutandis to such agreement or power
of attorney or instruments as are
applicable to a conveyance:

Provided further that the stamp duty

already paid on such agreement or
power or attorney or instrument shall
at the time of the execution of a
conveyance or lease in pursuance of
such instruments subsequently, be
adjusted towards the total amount of
duty chargeable on the conveyance or
lease.

Explanation. - (ii) For the purposes of

clause (iii), the market value of the
property shall be deemed to be the
amount of total value of shares
issued or allotted by Transferee
Company, either in exchange or
otherwise, and the amount of
consideration, if any, paid for such
amalgamation.

22.

Copy of extract, by or by order of

any public officer and not chargeable
under the law for the time being in
force relating to court fees, --

(i) if the original was not chargeable

with duty or if the duty with which it
was chargeable does not exceed one
rupee;

Three rupees

(ii) in any other case,

Five rupees.

Exemptions: (a) copy of any paper

which a public officer is expressly
required by law to make or furnish or
record in any public office for any
public purpose;

(b) Copy of, or extract from, any

register relating to births, baptisms,
namings, dedications, marriages,
divorces, deaths or burials.

23.

Counterpart or duplicate on any

instrument chargeable with duty and
in respect of which the proper duty
has been paid, --

(a) if the duty with which the original

instrument is chargeable does not
exceed three rupees;

The same duty as is

payable on the original.

(b) in any other case.

Ten rupees.

Exemption: Counterpart of any lease

Ten rupees.
granted to a cultivator when such
lease is exempted from duty.

24.

Supplementary instrument to
correct clerical errors in any
instrument chargeable with duty and
in respect of which proper duty has
been paid.

One hundred rupees.

One percent of such

amount as stated in the
Bond, subject to a
minimum of one
hundred rupees.

25.

Customs Bond

26.

Delivery order in respect of goods,

that is to say, any instrument
entitling any person therein named or
his assigns or the holder thereof, to
the delivery of any goods lying in any
warehouse in which goods are stored
Ten rupees
or deposited on rent or hire, such
instrument being signed by or on
behalf of the owner of such goods,
upon the sale or transfer of the
property therein, when such goods
exceed in value twenty rupees.

27.

Divorce -- Instrument of, that is to

say, any instrument by which any
person affects the dissolution of his
marriage.

28.

Entry as an advocate, on the roll of

any High Court, under the Advocates Five hundred rupees.
Act, 1961 (Act No. 25 of 1961).

Fifty rupees.

Exemption: Entry of an advocate on

the roll of any High Court when he
has previously been enrolled in a high
court.

29.

Exchange of property --

The same duty as on a

conveyance (No. 21) for

Instrument of

30.

a market value equal to

the market value of the
property of greater
value which is the
subject matter of
exchange.

Further charge -- instrument of

that is to say, any instrument
imposing a further charge on
mortgaged property, --

The same duty as on a

(a) When the original mortgage is conveyance (No. 21) for
one of the description referred to consideration equal to
in clause (a) of Article No. 37
the amount of the
(that is, with possession);
further charge secured
by such instrument.

(b) When such mortgage is one of

the description referred to in
clause (b) of Article No. 37 (that
is, without possession),-

(i) if at the time of execution of

instrument of further charge,
possession of the property is
given, or agreed to be given
under such instrument;

The same duty as on a

conveyance (No. 21) for
consideration equal to
the total amount of the
charge including the
original mortgage and
any further charge
already made less the
duty already paid on
such original mortgage
and further charge.

31.

(ii) if possession is not so given.

The same duty as on a

Bond (No. 14) for the
amount of the further
charge secured by such
instrument.

Gift, Instrument of, not being a

settlement (No. 51)

The same duty as on a

conveyance (No. 21) for
a market value equal to
the market value of the
property which is the
subject matter of gift:

Provided that when an

instrument of gift
contains any provision
for revocation of the gift
the market value of the
property which is the
subject matter of the
gift shall, for the
purpose of duty, be
determined as if no such
provisions were contained in the instrument.

32.

Indemnity Bond.

33.

Lease -- Including an underlease, or sublease and any

agreement to let or sublet,--

(a) where by such lease, the rent is

fixed and no premium is paid or deliv-

The same duty as on a

security Bond (No. 50)
for the same amount.

ered, --

The same duty as on a

(i) Where the lease purports to be for Bond (No. 14) for the
a term for less than one year,
whole amount payable
under such lease.

The same duty as on a

conveyance (No. 21) for
(ii) Where the lease purports to be for
a consideration equal to
a term of not less than one year but
the amount or value of
not more than twenty years,
the average rent of two
years.

(iii) Where the lease purports to be

for a term in excess of twenty years
or in perpetuity or where the term is
not mentioned.

Explanation: (a) The term of a lease

shall include not only the period
stated in the document but shall be
deemed to be the sum of such stated
period along with all previous periods
immediately preceeding this without a
break for which the lessee and lessor
remained the same.

The same duty as on a

conveyance (No. 21) on
the market value of the
property which is the
subject matter of the
lease.

.
The same duty as on a
conveyance (No. 21) for
a consideration equal to
the amount or value of
such fine or premium or
advance as set forth in
the lease.

1[(b) Where the lease is granted for a

The same duty as on a
fine or premium or for money
conveyance (No. 21) on
advanced or development charges
the market value of the
advanced or security charges
property which is the
advanced and where no rent is
subject matter of the
reserved.
lease.
(i) Where the lease purports to be for

a term of not more than twenty

years.
(ii) Where the lease purports to be for
a term in excess of twenty years or in
perpetuity or where the term is not
mentioned.

Exemption: (a) Lease, executed in

the case of a cultivator and for
purposes of cultivation (including a
lease of trees for the production of
food or drink).

1. Substituted (b) & (c) by Act. No. 7 of 2004 (w.e.f. 27.05.2004).

2.Inserted proviso by Act. No. 7 of 2004 (w.e.f. 27.05.2004).
Letter of allotment of shares
in any company or proposed
company, or in respect of any
34. loan to be raised by any company One rupee.
or proposed company.See also
certificate or other document
(No. 18).

Letter of Licence, that is to say,

an agreement between a debtor
and his creditors that the latter
35. shall, for a specified time,
One hundred rupee.
suspend their claims and allow
the debtor to carry on business
at his own discretion.

36. Memorandum of Association

of a Company,

Five hundred rupees.

(a) if accompanied by Articles of

Association under section 26 of
the Companies Act, 1956 (Act
No. 1 of 1956).

(b) if not accompanied.

The same duty as on article of

Association (No. 10) pertaining
to the share capital of the
company or rupees Five
hundred, whichever is higher.

Exemptions: Memorandum of
any association not formed for
profit and registered under
section 25 of the Companies Act,
1956 (Act No. 1 of 1956).

Mortgage deed, not being an

agreement relating to deposit of
37. title-deeds, pawn or pledge (No.
6) mortgage of a crop (No. 38),
security bond (No. 50), --

(a) When possession of the

property or any party of the
property comprised in such deed
is given by the mortgagor or
agreed to be given.

The same duties on a

conveyance (No. 21) for a
consideration equal to the
amount secured by such deed.

(b) When possession is not given The same duty as on a Bond

or agreed to be given as
1[(No. 14)] for the amount
aforesaid.
secured by such deed.

Explanation: A mortgagor who

gives to the mortgagee a power

of attorney to collect rents or a

lease of the property mortgaged
or part thereof, is deemed to give
possession within the meaning of
this article.

(c) When a collateral or auxiliary

or additional or substituted
security or by way of further
assurance for the above
mentioned purpose where the
principal or primary security is
duly stamped,--

for every sum secured not

exceeding Rs. 1,000/-

Ten rupees

and for every Rs. 1,000/- or part

Ten rupees
thereof secured in excess Rs.
1,000/-

Exemptions: (1) Instruments,

executed by agriculturist taking
advances from the Government
or by their sureties as security
for the repayment of such
advance.

(2) Letter of hypothecation

accompanying a bill of exchange.

38.

Mortgage of a crop, including

any instrument evidencing an
agreement to secure the
repayment of a loan made upon

Two rupees.

any mortgage of a crop, whether

the crop is or is not in existence
at the time of mortgage.

Notarial Act, that is to say, any

instrument, endorsement, note,
attestation, certificate or entry
not being a Protest (No. 45)
39. made or signed by a notary
Public in the execution of the
duties of his office, or by any
other person lawfully acting as a
Notary Public,

1[Ten rupees.]

Note or Memorandum, sent by

a broker or agent to his principal
intimating the purchase or sale
40.
on account of such principal of
any goods, stock or marketable
security.

Half (0.5) percent of the value

of the goods, stock or
marketable security subject to
a minimum of rupees one
hundred.

Note of protest by the master

of a ship.
41.

42.

See also protest by the master of

Fifty paise
a ship (No. 46), Pawn or Pledge,
see agreement relating to deposit
of title-deeds, paw or pledge (No.
6),

Partition -- Instrument of (as

defined by section 2(xx).

The same duty as on a

conveyance (No. 21) for the
amount on value of the
separated share or shares of
the property.

N.B. The largest share

remaining after the property is

partitioned (or if there are two
or more shares of equal value
and not smaller than that of the
other shares, the one of such
equal shares) shall be deemed
to be that from which the other
shares are separated:
Provided always that -(a) When an instrument of
partition containing an
agreement to divide property in
severality is executed and a
partition is effected in pursuance of such agreement, the
duty chargeable upon the
instrument effecting such
partition shall be reduced by
the amount of duty paid in
respect of the first instrument,
but shall not be less than ten
rupees.
(b) where land is held on
revenue settlement for a period
not exceeding thirty years and
paying the full assessment, the
value for the purpose of duty
shall be calculated at not more
than seven times the annual
revenue.
(c) where a final order for
effecting a partition passes by
any Revenue Authority or any
Civil Court, or an award by an
arbitrator directing a partition,
is stamped with the stamp
required for an instrument of
partition, and an instrument of
partition in pursuance of such
order is subsequently executed,

the duty on such instrument

shall not exceed ten rupees.

43. (a) Instrument of partnership.

(b) Dissolution of partnership

Five hundred rupees.

Five hundred rupees.

Power of Attorney: -- (as

44. defined by section 2 (xxx), not
being a proxy, --

(a) when executed for the sole

purpose of procuring the
registeration of one or more
documents in relation to a single
transaction or for admitting
execution of one or more such
documents;

Ten rupees.

(b) when authorising one person

or more to act in single
transaction other than the case
mentioned in clause (a),

Ten rupees.

(c) when authorising not more

than five persons to act jointly
and severally in more than one
transaction or generally;

Thirty rupees.

(d) when authorising more than

five persons but not more than
ten persons to act jointly and
severally in more than one

Fifty rupees

transaction or generally,

The same duty as on a

conveyance (No. 21) for the
amount of the consideration.
(e) when given for consideration
and authorising the attorney to
sell any immovable property;

Two thousand rupees

Two percent of the market

value of the property, which is
2[(ee) when power of attorney is the subject matter of power of
attorney:
given without consideration to
transfer or sell immovable
Provided that the stamp duty
property topaid on such power of attorney
shall at the time of execution of
(i)the father, mother, brother,
a conveyance in pursuance of
sister, wife, husband, son,
such power of attorney
daughter, grandson or grandsubsequently be adjusted
daughter of the executants.
toward the total amount of
duty chargeable on the
(ii)Any other person
conveyance if such conveyance
deed is executed within three
years from the date of power of
attorney.]

(f) in any other case.

N.B. The term 'regisration'

includes every operation
incidental to registration under
the Indian Registration Act, 1908
(Act No. 16 of 1908).

Explanation: For the purposes of

this Article more persons than
one when belonging to the same

Ten rupees for each person

authorised

firm shall be deemed to be one

person.

1Substituted for "five rupees" by Act. No. 7 of 2004 (w.e.f.

27.05.2004)
2. Substituted by the Rajasthan Finace Act, 2005.

45.

Protest of Bill or Note, that is

to say, any declaration in
writing made by a Notary Public
Ten rupees.
or other person lawfully acting
as such, attesting the dishonour
of a Bill of Exchange or
Promissory Note.

46.

Protest by the master of a

ship, that is to say, any
declaration of the particulars of
her voyage drawn up by him
with a view to the adjustment
of losses or the calculation of
averages, and every declaration
in writing made by him against
One rupee
the charterers or the consignees
for not loading or unloading the
ship, when such declaration is
attested or certified by a Notary
Public or other person lawfully
acting as such. See also Note of
Protest by the master of ship
(No. 41).

47.

Re-conveyance of
mortgaged Property.

(a) if the consideration for

The same duty as on

which the property was

conveyance (No. 21) for the
mortgaged does not exceed Rs. amount of such consideration
1,000/as set forth in the
reconveyance.

(b) in any other case.

48.

One Hundred rupees.

Release, that is to say any

instrument, not being such a
release as is provided for by
section 26(2), whereby a coowner, co-sharer or co-parcener
renounces this interest, share,
part or claim in favour of
another co-owner, co-sharer or
co-parcener, --

1[(a) if the release deed of an

ancenstal property or part
thereof is executed by or in
favour of brother or sister
(children of renoncer's parents)
One Hundred rupees.]
or son or daughter or son of a
predeceased son or daughter of
a predeceased son or father or
mother or spouse of the
renouncer or the legal heirs of
the above relatives.

(b) in any other case.

49.

Same duty as on conveyance

(No. 21) for the amount equal
to the market value of the
share, interest, part or claim
renounced.

Respondentia Bond, that is to The same duty on a Bond (No.

say, any instrument securing a 14) for the amount of the loan

loan on the cargo laden or to be secured.

laden on board a ship and
making repayment contingent
on the arrival of the cargo at
the port of destination.

Revocation of any trust or

settlement See Settlement
(No. 51) Trust (No. 56).

50.

Security Bond or Mortgagedeed, executed by way of

security for the due execution
of an office, or to account for
money or other property,
received by virtue thereof, or
executed by a surety to secure
the due performance of a
contract or the due discharge of
a liability.

Exemption: Bond or other

instrument when executed, --

(a) by any person for the

purpose of guaranteeing that
the local income derived from
private subscriptions to a
charitable dispensary or
hospital or any other subject or
public utility shall not be less
than a specified sum per
mensem:

(b) by agriculturists taking

advances from the Government
or by their sureties as security

Subject to a minimum of
rupees two hundred, half (0.5)
percent of the amount
secured.

for the repayment of such

advances;

(c) by officers of Government or

their sureties to secure the due
execution of an office or the due
accounting for money or other
property received by virtue
thereof.

51.

Settlement:--

(a) Instrument of (including a

deed of dower).

The same duty as on a Bond

(No. 14) for a sum equal to
the amount or value of the
property settled as set forth in
such settlement:

Provided that where an

agreement to settle is
stamped with the stamp
required, for an instrument of
settlement, and an instrument
of settlement in pursuance of
such agreement is
subsequently executed, the
duty on such instrument shall
not exceed ten rupees.

Exemption: Deed of dower

executed on the occasion of a
marriage between
Mohammedans.

52.

(b) revocation of

The same duty as on a bond

(No. 14) for a sum equal to
the amount or value of the
property concerned as set
forth in the instrument of
revocation but not exceeding
fifty rupees.

Share warrants, to bearer

issued under the Companies
Act, 1956 (Act No. 1 of 1956).

The same duty as on a Bond

(No. 14) for consideration
equal to the nominal amount
of the shares certified in the
warrant.

Exemption: Share warrant

when issued by a company in
pursuance of the provisions of
the Companies Act, 1956 (Act
No, 1 of 1956), to have the
effect only upon payment, as
composition for that duty, to
the Collector,-

(a) One on a half percent of the

whole subscribed capital of the
company, or

(b) if any company which has

paid the said duty or
composition in full,
subsequently issues an addition
to its subscribed capital-one
and half percent of the
additional capital so issued.

53.

Shipping order for or relating

to the conveyance of goods on

Ten paise.

board of any vessel.

Surrender of lease
54.

55.

Exemption: Surrender of lease

when such lease is exempted
from duty.

Transfer of lease by way of

assignment and not by way of
under lease.

One hundred rupees.

The same duty as on a

conveyance (No. 21) for a
consideration equal to the
amount of the market value of
the property.

Exemption:- Transfer of any

lease exempt from duty.

56.

57.

Trust,--

(a) Declaration of, -or

concerning any property, when
made by any writing not being
a will.

The same duty as on a Bond

(No. 14) for a sum equal to
the amount or value of the
property concerned but not
exceeding sixty rupees.

(b) Revocation of, -or

concerning any property when
made by any instrument other
than a will.

The same duty as on a Bond

(No. 14) for a sum equal to
the amount or value of the
property concerned but not
exceeding fifty rupees.

Warrant for goods, that is to

say, any instrument evidencing
the title of any person therein

Ten rupees.

1[58. named, or his assigns, or the

One hundred rupees.
holder thereof, to the property
Five hundred rupees
in any goods lying in or upon
any dock, ware-house or wharf,
such instrument being signed or One thousand rupees.
certified by or on behalf of the
person in whose custody such
goods may be.
Work contract that is to say a
contract for works and labour or
services involving transfer of
property in goods (whether as
goods or in some other form) in
its execution and includes a
sub-contract:(a) where the amount or value
set forth in such contract does
not exceed Rs. 10 Lacs.
(b) where it exceeds Rs. 10
Lacs but does not exceed Rs. 50
Lacs
(c) where it exceeds Rs 50
Lacs.

1. Inserted by Act. No. 7 of 2004 (w.e.f. 27.05.2004)

[1][2] Ins.Clauses(bb), (bbb) & (bbbb) By Act No. 7 of 2004 (w.e.f.

27.05.2004)
1. Substituted by Act. No. 7 of 2004 (w.e.f. 27. 05. 2004).

[2][4] Subs. By the Raj. Finance Bill, 2001 for the words "Ten rupees".
w.e.f. 29-3-2001.