THE INDIAN STAMP (ASSAM AMENDMENT) ACT, 1968

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    "title": "THE INDIAN STAMP (ASSAM AMENDMENT) ACT, 1968",
    "short_title": "The Indian Stamp (Assam Amendment) Act, 1968",
    "act_number": "10",
    "act_year": 1968,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "valid",
    "enactment_date": "1968-06-01",
    "description": "The Indian Stamp (Assam Amendment) Act, 1968",
    "preamble": "",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Preamble",
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            "content": "An Act further to amend the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 in its application to Assam.\r\nWhereas it is expedient to amend the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, hereinafter called the principal Act, in its application to Assam, in the manner hereinafter appearing;\r\nIt is hereby enacted in the Nineteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(1): Short title, extent and commencement.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "1. (1) This Act may be called the Indian Stamp (Assam Amendment) Act, 1968.",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
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            "content": "(2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(3)",
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            "content": "(3) It shall come into force at once.",
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            "sort_order": 40
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2. Amendment of section 2 of Act II of 1899.",
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            "content": "2. In section 2 of the principal Act, after clause (7), the following shall be inserted, namely:-\r\n\"(8) 'Chief Controlling Revenue Authority' means the Superintendent of Stamps, Assam.\"",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "196810",
        "Act Number": "10",
        "Enactment Date": "1968-05-29",
        "Act Year": "1968",
        "Short Title": "The Indian Stamp (Assam Amendment) Act, 1968",
        "Department": "Law Department, Government of Assam",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:53:01"
}