The General Stamp Act 1869, 18 of 1869, (Rep., Act 1 of 1879) · IV — .

Section 35. Any attorney, vakíl, pleader, mukhtár or other person employed in or about the preparing of any inst

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

35. Any attorney, vakíl, pleader, mukhtár or other person employed in or about the preparing of any instrument in or upon which the full consideration-money is hereby required to be truly set forth, or employed for any of the parties thereto in anywise about or relating to the transaction therein mentioned, who knowingly inserts or sets forth, or causes to be inserted or set forth, in or upon any such instrument any other than the full consideration-money, shall, for every such offence, pay a fine not less than five hundred rupees and not exceeding five thousand rupees. Every attorney, vakíl, pleader and mukhtár convicted under this section shall, from the date of such conviction, be disabled to practise as an attorney, vakíl, pleader or mukhtár: Provided that no person shall be liable to any penalty or disability under this section, unless the duty actually paid for the instrument is less than would have been payable for the same in case the consideration-money had been truly set forth as aforesaid.

Source: India Code