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XXX XXX XXX Though the Stamp Act and the Registration Act are not strictly in pari materia, the two Acts may be read together.” Their Lordships held that the definition in the Indian Stamp Act with regard to a composition deed might be accepted in considering the question under the Indian Registration Act. Their Lordships relied on the earlier decision of Privy Council referred to supra Hemanta Kumari Debi v. Midnapur Zaminadari Company, 37 M.L.J. 525: A.I.R. 1919 P.C. 79: 47 Cal. 485: 46 I.A. 240: 17 A.L.J. 1117: 22 Bom L.R. 488: 24 C.W.N. 177: