franking of a property before signing.

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Anonymous
(Querist) 09 August 2010
This query is : Resolved
My father instructed our family lawyer to prepare a gift deed for a 2 bedroom flat in pune,and corier it to us in SPAIN,EUROPE,country of our residence ,this document was done franking and after signing the legitimation of signature in spain,i the daughter had to pay extra as stamp duty,as apparently the franking was done with a lesser amount and i had to pay a fine as well as 3 months had passed from the time of franking and the collector of stamps,pune,made me pay a fine. is this LEGAL?