fae aay (starr) Pare 8.2.1988 ¥ werfira — THE INDIAN STAMP ACT, 1899 (2 of 1899)

1. fae aay (starr) Pare 8.2.1988 ¥ werfira available, or upon any condition or contingency which may or may or happen, not available, o be performed or happen, any other stated period, an (c) a letter of credit, that is to say, any instrument by which one person give credit to the person In whose favour it is a letter of credit, that authorises another to give credit to the person In whose favour it is drawn; be performed or happ (b) an order for the payment of any sum of money weekly, monthly or at stated period, and an order for the pa any other stated period, and (4) Bill of lading.— "Bill of lading" includes a "through bill of lading" but does not include a mate's receipt; Bond. "Bond" includes— Bond. "Bond" includes— (a) any instrument whereby a person obliges himself to pay Money to shall be void if a specified act any instrument another, on condition that the obligation shall be void if a specified act as the case may be: another, on condition that the obligation is performed, or is not performed, as the case may be: (b) any instrument attested by a witness and not payable to order or bearer, f to pay money to another, and any instrument attested by a whereby a person obliges himself to pay money to another, and (c) any instrument so attested whereby a person obliges himself to deliver grain or other agricultural produce to another. (6) Chargeable.—"chargeable" means, as applied to an instrument executed or first executed after the commencement of this Act, chargeable under this Act, as applied to any other instrument, chargeable under the law in force in India when such instrument was executed or, where several persons executed the instrument at different times, first executed: (7) Cheque.— "Cheque" means a bill of exchange, drawn on a specified banker and not expressed to be payable otherwise than on demand; [Omitted by the A.O. 1937] Collector.— "Collector"- (a) means within the limits of the towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, the Collector of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, respectively, and without those limits, the Collector of a district, and (b) Includes a Deputy Commissioner and any officer whom the State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint in this behalf. (10) Conveyance.—"Conveyance" includes a conveyance on sale and every instrument by which property, where movable or immovable, is transferred inter vivos and which is not otherwise specifically provided for by Schedule |,' '[or by Schedule I-A, as the case may be]; Schedule I-A, as the case may be]; *("(11) Duly Stamped.—"Duly Stamped" as applied to an instrument means ns that the instrument bears an adhesive or impressed stamp of not less than the proper amount, and s p of not less than the proper amount, and such stamp has been affixed or used in accordance with law for the for the time being in force in India or proper stamp duly has been paid through any other mode prescribed by the State Government". mode prescribed by the State Government". Executed and execution.— "Executed" and execution", used with

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