Indian Stamp Act, 1899
8. Bonds, debentures or other securities issued on loans
under Act 11 of 1879
(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, any local authority
raising a loan under the provisions of the Local Authorities Loan Act, 1879, or
of any other law for the time being in force, by the issue of bonds, debentures
or other securities, shall, in respect of such loan, be chargeable with a duty
of 23[one per centum] on the total amount of the bonds, debentures
or other securities issued by it, and such bonds, debentures or other
securities need not be stamped and shall not be chargeable with any further
duty on renewal, consolidation, sub-division or otherwise.
(2) The provisions of sub-section (1) exempting certain bonds,
debentures or other securities from being stamped and from being chargeable
with certain further duty shall apply to the bonds, debentures or other
securities of all outstanding loans of the kind mentioned therein, and all such
bonds, debentures or other securities shall be valid, whether the same are
stamped or not:
PROVIDED that nothing herein contained shall exempt the
local authority which has issued such bonds, debentures or other securities
from the duty chargeable in respect thereof prior to the twenty-sixth day of March,
1978, when such duty has not already been paid or remitted by order issued by
the Central Government.
(3) In the case of willful neglect to pay the duty required by
this section, the local authority shall be liable to forfeit to the government
a sum equal to ten per centum upon the amount of duty payable, and a like
penalty for every month after the first month during which the neglect
continues.