Chapter IV — INSTRUMENTS NOT DULY STAMPED

Section 34Special provision as to unstamped receipts

Section 34: Special provision as to unstamped receipts

34. Special provision as to unstamped receipts

Where any receipt chargeable [with a duty not exceeding ten naye paise] is tendered to or produced before any officer unstamped in the course of the audit of any public account, such officer may in his discretion, instead of impounding the instrument, require a duly stamped receipt to be substituted therefore.

Amendment notes (1)
  1. Subs w.e.f. 1-10-1958 . Subs. by Act 19 of 1958, s. 5, for "with a duty of one anna" (w.e.f. 1-10-1958).