Section 30: /Ju'zcs b1J wlzol/l p IIJablc -ln the absence of an agreement to the contrary, the expen~e of providing the proper stamp shall be borne,- ( a) in the case of any in

trument 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. 13 (Bond), Nu. J4 (Bottomry Bon d), No 24 (Customs Bond), No 29 (Further Charge), No. 3t (Indemnity Bond), No 36 (Mortgage deed), No. 47 (Release), No. 4B (Respondentia Bond), No. 49 (Security Bond or Mortgage deed), No 50 (Settlement), No. &4 (c). (Transfer of any interest secured by a bond or mortgage deed), by the person drawing, making or executing such insrrumenr;

(b) In the case of a conveyance (including a reconveyance 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 lease by the lessor:

(d) in the case of an instrument of exchange hy the parhes in equal shares;

(e) in the case of a certificate of sale lty the purchaser of the property to which such certificate relates; and

(f) in the case of an instruments of partition b,· the parties thereto in proportion to their respective shares in the whole property partltioned, or, when the partiTion is made in execut10n of an order passed by a Revenue authority or Civil Court or arbitrator, in such proportion as such authority, Court or arbitrator directs.

CHAPTER III ADJUDiCATION AS TO STAMPS