Section 22. If it appear to a Civil or Criminal Court that any instrument filed or exhibited in such Court was e

22. If it appear to a Civil or Criminal Court that any instrument filed or exhibited in such Court was executed on unstamped or insufficiently stamped paper with the intention of evading payment of the stamp-duty required by the law in force in British India at the time of its execution, the Court may impound the instrument and send it to the Collector, and he shall thereupon prosecute the offender. 22. AWARD (a). Where the amount or value of the property in dispute expressed in such award does not exceed Rs. 500 (b). Where such amount or value exceeds Rs. 500, or where no amount or value is expressed in the award One Rupee. 324 ACT No. XVIII of 1869. SCHEDULE I—(continued). Instruments chargeable with ad valorem Stamp-duties. | DESCRIPTION OF INSTRUMENTS. | PROPER STAMP-DUTY. | | --- | --- | | (a). If the duty chargeable on the original does not exceed Rs. 5, or if no duty is chargeable on the original ... | Eight Annas. | | (b). If the duty chargeable on the original exceeds Rs. 5, but does not exceed Rs. 20... | One Rupee. | | (c). If such duty exceeds Rs. 20, but does not exceed Rs. 50 | Two Rupees. | | (d). If such duty exceeds Rs. 50 | Four Rupees. |