In force · As amended up to 2026-08
Chapter II: STAMP-DUTIES
A, Of the Liability of Instruments to Duly
3. Instruments chargeable with duty.—Subject to the provisions of this Act
and the exemptions contained in Schedule
|, the following instruments shall be
chargeable with duty of the amount indicated in that Schedule as the proper duty
therefor, respectively, that is to say:—
(a) 'every instrument mentioned in that:
previously executed
by any person, IS execute
first day of July, 1899;
(b)
every bill of exchange pay
note drawn or made out 0
paid, or presented for acceptan
or otherwise negotiated, in India; and
(c)
every instrument (other than a
bill of exchange or promissory note)
mentioned in that Schedule, which not having been previously executed
by any person, is executed oul of India on or after that day, relates to
any property situate, or to matter or thing done or to be done, in India
and is received in India;
"Provided that, except as otherwise expressly provided,
in this Act, and
notwithstanding anything contained in clauses (a), (b) or (c) of this section or in
Schedule
|, the amount indicated in Schedule IA shall, subject to the exemptions
contained in that Schedule, be the duty chargeable on the following instruments,
mentioned in clauses (aa) and (bb) of this proviso, as the proper duty therefore
respectively:—
(aa)
every instruments, mentioned in Schedule IA as chargeable with duty
under that Schedule, which, not having been previously executed by
any person,
is executed in Bihar on or after the first day of January,
1938; and
(bb)
every instrument, mentioned in Schedule IA as chargeable with duly
under that Schedule, which, not having been previously executed by
any person, is executed out of Bihar on or after the first day of January,
1938 and relates to any property situated, or to any master or thing
done or to be done, in Bihar and is received in Bihar:]
Provided '[also] that no duty-shall be chargeable in respect of—
(1) any instrument executed by, or on behalf of or in favour of, the Government
in cases where, but for this exemption, the Government would be liable to pay the
duty chargeable in respect of such instrument;
(2) any instrument for the sale, transfer or other disposition, either absolutely
or by way of mortgage or otherwise, of any ship or vessel, or any part interest,
share or properly of or in any ship or vessel registered under the Merchant Shipping
Act, 1897 (5) and 58Vicl, c (60) or under Act 19 of 1838 or the Indian Registration of
Ships Act, 1841 (10 of 1841), as amended by subsequent Acts.
2{ "Provided further also that any entry in Schedule IA for the State of Bihar
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at Schedule which, not having been
din India on or after the
able otherwise, than on demand or promissory
f India on or after that day and accepted or
ce or payment, or endorsed, transferred
7. Ins. by Bihar Act 6 of 1937.
2.
Ins. by Bihar Finance Act 11 of 2002. | Section 119A: Payment of duty on certain instruments liable to be increased duty
119A. Payment of duty on certain instruments liable to be increased duty
in Bihar under clause (bb) in Section 3—Where any instrument has become
chargeable in any part of the territories, to which this Act applies, other than Bihar,
with duty under this Act or under
any
other law for the time being in force, in any part
of the said territories and thereafter becomes chargeable with a higher rate of duty in
Bihar under clause (bb) of the first proviso to Section 3,—
(i) notwithstanding anything contained in the first proviso to Section 3. the
amount of duty, chargeable on such instrument, shall be the amount chargeable on
it under Schedule |-A, less the amount of duty, if any, already paid on
it in the said
territories;
(ii) in addition to the stamps,
if any, already affixed thereto, such instrument
shall be stamped with the stamps necessary for the payment of the amount of duty
chargeable on it under clause
(i) in the same manner and at the same time and by
lhe same persons as though such instruments were an instrument received in the
said territories for the first time at lhe time when
it b
;
ec
higher duly. ]
ame chargeable with the
D.— Of Valuation for dut y
Source: India Code