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Compendium on Acts and Rules

Article S.—Copy of any document liable to stamp duty under the Indian Stamp Act,

1879,* when left by any party to a suit or' proceeding in place of the original withdrawn-
Rs. As.
(a) When the stamp duty charge-
able on the original does not exceed
eight annas (the amount of
the duty chargeable on the original) ... 0 0
(b) In any other case ... 0 8

Article 9.—Copy of any revenue or judicial proceeding or order not otherwise provided
for by this Act, or copy of any account, statement, report or the like, taken out of any civil
or criminal or Revenue Court or office, or from the office of any chief officer charged with

the executive administration of a Division—
Rs. As.
For every three hundred and sixty words or fraction of
three hundred and sixty words ... 0 8.

NOTE 1.-Under Government of India Notification No. 4650, dated the 10th September

1889, the following reductions and remissions of duty have been ordered:-
(a) The fees chargeable on-
(i) copies of village settlement-records furnished to land-holders and cultivators

during the currency or at the termination of settlement operations, and
(ii) lists of fields extracted from village settlement-records for the purpose of

being filed with petitions of plaint in settlement courts have been remitted:
*See now the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (II of 1899), General Act. Volume V.
Provided that nothing- in this clause shall apply to .copies of judicial proceedings, or to

copies of village settlement-records (other than lists of fields) extracted as aforesaid
which may be filed in any court or office.
(b) The fees chargeable under articles 6, 7 and 9 of the first schedule to the Court-fees

Act on copies furnished by civil or criminal courts or revenue courts or offices for the
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private use of persons applying for them have been remitted:
Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to copies when filed, exhibited or

recorded in any court of justice or received by any public officer.
(c) The fees chargeable on a copy of an order passed under section 26 of Bengal Act II

of 1886 have been limited to one anna.

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Having regard to the provisions of section 76 of the Evidence Act, this concession
refers to uncertified copies only.

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