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(1) This Act may be called the Indian Stamp Act, 1899. 1[(2) It extends to the whole of India 2***: Provided that it shall not apply to 3[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States] (excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir) except to the extent to which the provisions of this Act relate to rates of stamp-duty in respect of the documents specified in Entry 91 of List I in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution]. (3) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1899.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(1) This Act may be called the Indian Stamp Act, 1899.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <sup>1</sup>[(2) It extends to the whole of India <sup>2</sup>***:<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> Provided that it shall not apply to <sup>3</sup>[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States] (excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir) except to the extent to which the provisions of this Act relate to rates of stamp-duty in respect of the documents specified in Entry 91 of List I in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution].<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (3) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1899.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><br><br>