Section - 18 - Instruments other than bills and notes executed out of India
Instruments other than bills and notes executed out of India.18. (1) Every instrument chargeable with duty executed only out of [India] and not being a bill of exchange or promissory note, may be stamped within three months after it has been first received in [India].(2) Where any such instrument cannot, with reference to the description of stamp prescribed therefor, be duly stamped by a private person, it may be taken within the said period of three months to the Collector, who shall stamp the same, in such manner as the [State Government] may by rule prescribe, with a stamp of such value as the person so taking such instrument may require and pay for.
46. Substituted for "the States" by the Indian Stamp (Amendment) Act, 1955, w.e.f. 1-4-1956.
47. Substituted for "collecting Government" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.
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