An Act further to amend the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 in its application to the State of Tamil Nadu.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Sixty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
Short title, extent and commencement.
1. (1) This Act may be called the Indian Stamp (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 2012.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint.
Central Act II of 1899.
Amendment of Central Act II of 1899.
2. In Schedule I to the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, -
(1) In Article 5, in clause (i), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-
“(i) if relating to construction of building
One rupee for every hundred rupees or part thereof of the cost of the proposed construction or the value of construction or the consideration specified in the agreement, whichever is higher.
Explanation. – For the purpose of this clause, “building” includes any unit, residential, commercial, institutional, industrial or otherwise proposed to be constructed or an undivided share of land.”
(2) In Article 45, in clause (a), for the expression, “partition, subject to the maximum of Rs.10,000 per share”, the expression “partition” shall be substituted:
(3) In Article 46, in clause (b), for the expression, “partition, subject to the maximum of Rs.10,000 per share’, the expression “partition” shall be substituted;
(4) In Article 55, in clause A, for the expression, “release subject to the maximum of Rs.10,000”, the expression “release” shall be substituted; and
(5) in Article 58, in clause (a), in sub-clause (i), for the expression, ‘settlement, subject to the maximum of Rs.10,000”, the expression “settlement” shall be substituted.
INDIAN STAMP (TAMIL NADU THIRD AMENDMENT) ACT, 2012
Act No. 19 of 2013
An Act further to amend the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 in its application to the State of Tamil Nadu.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Sixty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
Short title extent and commencement.
1. (1) This Act may be called the Indian Stamp (Tamil Nadu Third Amendment) Act, 2012.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification appoint.
Central Act II of 1899.
Amendment of Schedule I.
2. In Schedule I to the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, in Article 58, in clause (a), in the Explanation under sub-clause (i), for the expression “grandchild”, the expression “grandchild, brother or sister” shall be substituted.