All instruments chargeable with duty and executed by any person in 1[India] shall be stamped before or at the time of execution. STATE AMENDMENT Assam-- Amendment of section 17.--In the principal Act, in Section 17, after the existing provision, the following proviso shall be inserted namely:-- "Provided that nothing in this Section shall apply to the instrument in respect of which stamp duty has been paid under section 10-A." [Vide Assam Act 22 of 2004, s. 3]
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>All instruments chargeable with duty and executed by any person in <sup>1</sup>[India] shall be stamped before or at the time of execution. <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><b>STATE AMENDMENT</b><br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><b>Assam--</b><br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><b>Amendment of section 17.--</b>In the principal Act, in Section 17, after the existing provision, the following proviso shall be inserted namely:--<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>"Provided that nothing in this Section shall apply to the instrument in respect of which stamp duty has been paid under section 10-A."<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>[<i>Vide</i> Assam Act 22 of 2004, s. 3]<br><br>