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27. The Stamp Act is a fiscal enactment for payment of
stamp duty to the State on certain classes of instruments
specified in the Stamp Act. Section 40 of the Indian Stamp
Act,1899 provides the procedure for instruments which have
been impounded,and sub-section (1) of Section42 requires
the instrument to be endorsed after it is duly stamped by
the concerned Collector. Section 42(2)provides that after the
8(2021) 4 Supreme Court Cases 379.
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