THE INDIAN STAMP (ASSAM AMENDMENT) ACT, 2008

THE ASSAM GAZETT_~: \51"~t ~t<if Cf EXTRAORDINARY m~ <TS~'.;~ v.rRT ~ <. . PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHORlTY Registered No. 768/97 =====:=========:- ==--====-----=-=---_:==~- -- -- --·-· ··-- -_--·--=---- ::==== "'{~ 242 firxt~, ~~' 8 '51T'>IB' 2008, 17 Xfl"'-S"f, 1930 (-l<ll) ====No. 242 Dispur, Friday, 8t~~ 2008, 1?~t~r_a_\'~na~l~~~O (S .h.) _ GOVERNMENT or ASSAM ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT : : LEGISLATIVE BRAN Cl I NOTIFICATION T11e 7th August, 2008 No. l,GL.2/2008/17. --The following Act of the Assam Legislative Assembly which received the assent of the Governor is hereby published for general information. Preamble ASSAM ACT NO . XIX OF 2008 (Received the assent of the Governor on 5th August, 2008) THE INDIAN STAMP (ASSAM AMENDMENT) ACT, 2008 AN ACT Further t1> amend the Indian Stamp ,-\d, i.899, iu {i s app!i1.::ttion to the . State of Assam. . Whereas it i:-1 cx. ptxfo_t~ni: f\ltth1.:r to amend th<.J ludfon Stamp Act, 1899, hereinafter refi:rt1.:d r.-1 as the principal A.ct·, ;u its application to the State of Assam, h1 t ih~ n 1arn1.er hercwaf:i:ci- app•,;arl.ug; 1350 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, AUGUST 8, 2008 Short title, extent I. and [t is hereby enacri.::d m the Fitly-ninth y< ;af of the Republic of India as follows: - (1) This Act may be ca.llcd th.: h 11.fom Stamp (Assam Amendment) Act, 2008. commencement. Amendment of Schedule-I Repeal and Saving (2)It extends to the whole of Assam , (3)It shall he ·deemed to L2'. ' conte into force on the th day of June, 2008. 2. In the principal Act, in Sd1edulc- J, fr1r item Nn . ) 1, the fritlowing shall be substituted, namely:- "23. Conveyance (as defined by Section-2(10)], not being a Transfer, charged or exempted under No. 62. Fi vc percent of the market value ~>f lhc property for such conveyai1<.:c made in favour of women and six percent for o thers ," ' 3. (1) The Indian Stamp (Assm11 Ame11d ment) Ordinance, 2008 is hereby repealed ~ Assam Orc;linance No.I of 2008 (2) Notwithstanding such repeut a ny th ing done or ;iny actfon taken under the Ordinance. so repealed sha ll be dc •. m:1ed t.1 have been Jone or taken - under the corresponding provi~ions of this Act, as if thi8 Ad had come into i-Orce on the date the •::.•id OrdinaHo:~ come i.nt<• 6Ji-cc. MOHD. A. HAQUE, Secretary to the Government of Assam Legislative Department. ' GUWAHATI- Printed and Published by the Dy. Director (P&S), Directorate of Ptg. & Sty., Assam, Guwahati-21, (Ex-Gazette) No. 483-500-600-8-8-2008.