Stamp - Duties Act, 1862, 10 of 1862 (Rep., Act 7 of 1870)

Section 13. Bond or Agreement for a loan made upon the deposit of Title-Deeds or a Note or other Security of the

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

13. Bond or Agreement for a loan made upon the deposit of Title-Deeds or a Note or other Security of the Government of India, Share, or Debenture of any Railway or Joint Stock Company, Bill of Lading, Warrant for goods deposited in a Bonded or other Warehouse, or Assignment of any goods, with or without a deposit of the acceptance or Promissory Note of the borrower. Provided that no such Agreement is drawn in the form of a Bond or of a Bill of Exchange or Promissory Note, or in any such way as would render it a negotiable Instrument passing by endorsement, for whatever amount, in case the period of such loan shall not exceed one month. If such loan is for a period exceeding one month and not exceeding two months If such loan is for a period exceeding two months and not exceeding three months 13. Razeenamah, Rufanamah, Soolunamah, or the like, that is to say:— Any written application whereby, or according whereunto, a suit pending in a Court of Civil Judicature shall be adjusted, or be capable of adjustment, without an award of the presiding Judge or other Officer. SPECIAL RULE FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF BOMBAY. Suits cognizable before Collectors under the operation of Chapter VIII, Regulation XVII, 1827 of the Bombay Code (for the territories subordinate to Bombay, prescribing Rules for the assessment and realization of the Land Revenue, defining the relative rights in the Land and its produce of the Government and the subject, of the superior holder and the tenant; vesting the Collector with judicial powers in cases regarding land, and its rent and produce, and declaring the circumstances under which exemption from the payment of Land Revenue is to be enjoyed), as modified by Act XVI of 1838, shall be subject to the same rules in regard to Stamps as are in force for the Courts of Civil Judicature. GENERAL RULE.—If the subject matter of any plaint, written statement, petition, or copy of a Decree or Order cannot be conveniently comprised within one Stamp Paper of the value prescribed by this Schedule, one or more additional pieces of paper may be used bearing a Stamp of the value required for Petitions. This Rule does not apply to copies of Judgments; any additional piece of paper required for such copies do not require to be stamped. | PROPER STAMPS. | | | --- | --- | | If such loan is for a period exceeding three months | The same Stamp as prescribed by Article 12 for a Bond of the same amount. | | 14. Bond or other Obligation concerning respondentia and bottomry | The same Stamp as prescribed by Article 12 for a Bond for the like amount. | | 15. Bond or other Obligation given as security for the transfer of any Government Security or stock of any public Company, or for the delivery or accounting for any matter or thing capable of being valued | The same Stamp as prescribed by Article 12 for a Bond for the payment of the amount engaged to be paid or accounted for, or of the value of the thing to be delivered or transferred. | | 16. Bond or other Obligation for an annual or any periodical payment, not being interest upon any principal sum secured by the Bond or other Obligation, whether for a fixed or for an indefinite period. | The same Stamp as prescribed by Article 12 for a Bond for the payment of a sum equal to ten times the yearly payment, or of the total sum secured, if less. | | 17. Bond or other Obligation when the amount of the money to be secured is not specified | An optional Stamp—See Section XXXVII of the Act. | | When the amount is limited to a certain sum | The same Stamp as prescribed by Article 12 for a Bond for the payment of such limited sum. | | 18. Bond or other Obligation for the due execution of an office or work, and any other Bond not otherwise specially provided for or expressly exempted from the payment of Stamp Duty by this Schedule | An optional Stamp—See Section XXXVII of the Act. | | 19. Bond or other Obligation taken as collateral security with some Deed or Instrument executed on the Stamp prescribed for a Conveyance or Money Bond, or as security for the performance of any other Contract, Covenant or Agreement, not being for the payment of money, the transfer of property, or the satisfaction of any pecuniary demand. | The same Stamp as the Deed, Instrument, Contract, Covenant, or Agreement, if of value not exceeding eight Rupees; otherwise a Stamp of eight Rupees. | | 20. Certificate, that is to say, a document denoting or intended to denote the right or title of the holder thereof, or any person, to any Share or Shares or Scrip in any Joint Stock or other Company, or proposed or intended Company; or any Certificate declaring or entitling the holder thereof, or any person, to be or become the proprietor of a Share or Shares or Scrip of or in any such Company | 1 Anne. | | 21. Charter-party, or any Agreement or Contract for the Charter or hiring of any sea-going Ship or Vessel | 2 Rupees. | | 22. Composition Deed, or other Instrument of Composition between a debtor and his creditor | 3 Rupees. | Office Supdt, Govt. Printing.—No. 4375 L. C.—25-4-71.—200. PROPER STAMPS.

Source: India Code