Indian Stamp Act : SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT Indian Bare Acts :

Indian Stamp Act,1899

Act No : 2

Section : SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Stamps. Whereas it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to Stamps; It is hereby enacted as follows:-

SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT
(1) This Act may be called the Indian Stamp Act, 1899.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir: Provided that it shall not apply to the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States (excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir) except to the extent to which the provisions of this Act relate to rates of stamp-duty in respect of the documents specified in entry 91 of List 1 in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution.
(3) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1899.