Section 17: Instrument executed in India.

The Indian Stamp Act, 1899Central Act · Act 2 of 1899

All instruments chargeable with duty and executed by any person in [India] shall be stamped before or at the time of execution.

STATE AMENDMENT

Assam--

Amendment of section 17.--In the principal Act, in Section 17, after the existing provision, the following proviso shall be inserted namely:--

"Provided that nothing in this Section shall apply to the instrument in respect of which stamp duty has been paid under section 10-A."

[Vide Assam Act 22 of 2004, s. 3]

Where this provision sits

Act	The Indian Stamp Act, 1899
Section	17
Marginal note	Instrument executed in India.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	5

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Act 43 of 1955. . Subs. by Act 43 of 1955, s. 2, for "the States" (w.e.f. 1-4-1956).

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