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Section 9: Power to reduce, remit or compound duties.

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

[(1)] [The ***Government] may, by rule or order published in the Official Gazette,--

(a) 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 members of such class, are chargeable, and

(b) provide for the composition or consolidation of duties [of policies of insurance and] in the case of issues by any incorporated company or other body corporate [or of transfers (where there is a single transferee, whether incorporated or not)] of debentures, bond or other marketable securities.

[(2) In this section 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, and in relation to any other stamp-duty chargeable under this Act and falling within entry 96 in List I in the [Seventh Schedule to the Constitution, expect the subject matters referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1)]; the Central Government;

(b) Save as aforesaid, the State Government.]

STATE AMENDMENT

Karnataka--

Insertion of new section 9A.--After section 9 of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (Central Act 2 of 1899), the following section shall be inserted, namely:--

"9A. Power of State Government to consolidate duties in respect of receipts.--Subject to such conditions as may be specified, the State Government may, by order, provide for the consolidation of duties in respect of any receipts or class of receipts given by any person or class of persons including any Government."

[Vide Karnataka Act 29 of 1978, s. 2]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Indian Stamp Act, 1899
Section9
Marginal notePower to reduce, remit or compound duties.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source
Judgments citing it3

How this provision has been amended

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

  • renumbered. . S. 9 re-numbered as sub-section (1) of that section by the A.O. 1950.
  • substituted. . Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for the G.G. in C.
  • omitted. . The word collecting omitted by the A.O. 1950.
  • substituted. . Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for British India.
  • inserted, Act 23 of 2004. . Ins. by Act 23 of 2004, s. 117.
  • inserted, Act 32 of 1994. . Ins. by Act 32 of 1994, s. 99 (w.e.f. 13-9-1994).
  • added. . Added by the A.O. 1950.
  • substituted, Act 21 of 2006. . Subs by Act 21 of 2006 s. 69, for Seventh Schedule to the Constitution. (w.e.f. 18-4-2006).

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