Indian Stamp Act, 1899
28. Direction as to duty in case of certain conveyances
(1) When any property has been contracted to be sold for one
consideration for the whole, and is conveyed to the purchaser in separate parts
by different instruments, the consideration shall be apportioned in such manner
as the parties think fit, provided that a distinct consideration for each
separate part is set forth in the conveyance relating thereto, and such
conveyance shall be chargeable with ad valorem duty in respect of such distinct
consideration.
(2) Where property contracted to be purchased for one
consideration for the whole, by two or more persons jointly, or by any person
for himself and others, or wholly for others, is conveyed in parts by separate
instruments to the persons by or for whom the same was purchased, for distinct
parts of the consideration, the conveyance of each separate part shall be
chargeable with ad valorem duty in respect of the distinct part of the
consideration therein specified.
(3) Where a person, having contracted for the purchase of any
property but not having obtained a conveyance thereof, contracts to sell the
same to any other person and the property is in consequence conveyed
immediately to the sub-purchaser, the conveyance shall be chargeable with ad
valorem duty in respect of the consideration for the sale by the original
purchaser to the sub-purchaser.
(4) Where a person, having contracted for the purchase of any
property but not having obtained a conveyance thereof, contracts to sell the
whole, or any part thereof, to any other person or persons and the property is
in consequence conveyed by the original seller to different persons in parts,
the conveyance of each part sold to a sub-purchaser shall be chargeable with ad
valorem duty in respect only of the consideration paid by such sub-purchaser,
without regard to the amount or value of the original consideration, and the
conveyance of the residue (if any) of such property to the original purchaser
shall be chargeable with ad valorem duty in respect only of the excess of the
original consideration over the aggregate of the considerations paid by the
sub-purchasers:
PROVIDED that the duty on such last-mentioned
conveyance shall in no case be less than one rupee.
(5) Where a sub-purchaser takes an actual conveyance of the
interest of the person immediately selling to him, which is chargeable with ad
valorem duty in respect of the consideration paid by him and is duly stamped
accordingly, any conveyance to be afterwards made to him of the same property
by the original seller shall be chargeable with a duty equal to that which
would be chargeable on a conveyance for the consideration obtained by such
original seller, or, where such duty would exceed five rupees, with a duty of
five rupees.