69. Penalty for breach of rule relating to sale of stamps and for unauthorised sale
(a)
Any person appointed to sell stamps who disobeys any rule made under section 74; and
(b)
any person not so appointed who sells or offers for sale any stamp (other than a ten naye paise or five naye paise adhesive stamp);
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
Amendment notes (1)
- Subs w.e.f. 1-10-1958 . Subs. by Act 19 of 1958, s. 10, for "one anna or half an anna" (w.e.f. 1-10-1958).
State amendments
Arunachal Pradesh.—
Amendment of sections 69,—
(8) in section 69, in clause (b), for the words "five hundred rupees", the words "five thousand rupees" shall be substituted.
[Vide Arunachal Pradesh Act 3 of 2010, s. 2]