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
—————
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 28(2): Direction as to duty in case of certain conveyances
(2) Where property contracted to be purchased for one consideration for the
whole, by two or more persons jointly, or by any person for himself and others, or
wholly for others, is conveyed in parts by separate instruments to the persons by or
for whorn the same was purchased,
for distinct part
of the consideration, the
conveyance of each separale part shall be chargeable with ad valorem duty
in
respect of distinct part of the consideration therein specified. '[or the market value
of Such separate part, whichever is higher.]
(3)Where a person, having contracted for the purchase of any property but not
1. Subs. by Bihar (Amadt.) Act,
15 ol 1988.
92]
[ Sec. 29
s to sell the same to any othe,
having obtained a conveyance inere sphachigeeeenre immediately to the sub.
pe
hee ene
shall
be chargeHels with ad valorem duty in respect of
ee craiieey tore sale by the original purchaser to the sub-purchaser. "[or the
market value of the property, whichever !s higher,
']
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
—————
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 28(5): Direction as to duty in case of certain conveyances
(5) Where a sub-purchaser takes an actual conveyance of the interest of the
person immediately selling to him, which is chargeable with ad valorem duty in
respect of the consideration paid by him '[or the market value of the property which
is the subject matter of the conveyance, whichever is higher] and is duly stamped
accordingly, any conveyance to be afterwards made to him of the same property by
the original seller shall be chargeable with a duty equal to that which wou!d be
chargeable on a conveyance for the consideration obtained by such original seller,
'for the market value of such property whichever is higher], or, where such duty
would exceed five rupees, with a duty of five rupees,
E — Duty by whom payable
*[29, Duties by whom payable.—In the absence of an agreement to the
contrary, the expense of providing the proper stamp shall be borne —
(a) in the case of any instrument described in any of the following Articles of
Schedule 1, namely :—
No. 2 (Administration Bond),
No. 6 (Agreement relating to Deposit of Title deeds, Pawn or Pledge),
No. 13 (Bill of Exchange),
No. 15 (Bond),
No. 16 (Bottomry Bond)
No. 26 (Customs Bond),
No. 27 (Debenture),
No. 32 (Further Charge),
No. 34 (Indemnity Bond),
No. 39 ((Promissory note),
No. 40 (Mortgage-deed),
No. 55 (Release),
Chapter VIII: SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS
73. Books, etc. to be open to inspection.— Every public officer having in
his custody any registers, books, records, papers, documents or proceedings, the
inspection whereof may tend to secure any duty, or to prove or lead to the discovery
of any fraud or omission in relation to any duty, shall at all reasonable times permit
any person authorised 'in writing by the Collector to inspect for such purpose the
registers, books, papers, documents and proceedings, and to take such notes and
extracts as they may deem necessary, without fee or charge.
74. Power to make rules relating to sale of stamps.—The State Government
may make rules for regulating—
(a) the supply and sale of stamps and stamped papers,
(b) the persons by whom alone such sale is to be conducted, and
(c) the duties and remuneration of such persons:
Provided that such rules shall not restrict the sale of ten naye paise or five
naye paise adhesive stamps.
{S.O. 1367 dated the 11th October, 1982— In exercise of the powers conferred by
clause (a) of sub-section (1) of Section 9 and Section 74 of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899
(Act no. 2 of 1899). the Governor of Bihar is ploased to make rules that the duties of Stamp
vendors and duties of Katibs (Deed writers) must not be performed by the same individual,
2.
In view of the cleanliness of the Administration and for checking forgery and
defaications it is highly desirable that the duties of a stamp vendor and that of deed writer
should not be performed by the same person or individual,
3. This notification will come
in force at once.
[There
is another notification also | Section 28: Delivery-order in respect of goods, that
28. Delivery-order in respect of goods, that
is to Say, any instrument entitling any person there
in named, or his assigns or the holder thereof, to
the delivery of any goods lying in any dock or port,
or in any warehouse in which goods are stored or
deposited on rent or hire, or upon any wharf, such
instrument being signed by or on behalf of the owner
of such goods, upon the sale or transfer of the
property therein, when such goods exceed in value
twenty rupees.
Deposit of Title-Deeds. See Agreement
relating to Deposit of Title-deeds, Pawan or Pledge
(No.6).
Dissolution
of
Partnership,
See
Partnership (No. 46)
*
*
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
—————
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 28(4): Direction as to duty in case of certain conveyances
(4) Where a person, having contracted for the hee ao aneney ee not
having obtained a conveyance piel onary aba a ce ar ie a eu
her
person or
persons ang
tne p
penal eae to different persons in parts, the conveyance
of each Lys ape toa
sub-purchaser shall be chargeable with
ad valorem duty Pk
: oe
the
consideration paid by such sub purchaser, [or the market value fe) a Pat wi ichever
is higher] without regard to the amount or value of the original consideration; and the
conveyance of the residue (if any) of such property to the original purchaser shall be
chargeable with ad valorem duty in respect only of the excess of the original
consideration over the aggregate of the considerations paid by the sub-purchaser,
whichever is higher] '[or the market value of such residue:
Provided that the duty on such last-mentioned conveyance shall in no case
be less than one rupee.
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
—————
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 28: Direction as to duty in case of certain conveyances
28. Direction as to duty in case of certain conveyances.—Where any property
has been contracted to be sold for one consideration for the whole, anc is conveyed
to the purchaser in separate parts by different instruments, the consideration shall
be apportioned in such manner as the parties think fit. '[Provided
that a distinct
consideration for or the market value of each separate part are set forth
in the
conveyance relating thereto and such conveyance shall be chargeable with ad
valorem duly in respect of the distinct consideration for or the market value of each
such part whichever is higher].
Source: India Code