GSA 163A — Remittance of stamp duty within prescribed time

Gujarat Stamp Act, 1958

Statutory text

(1) Any person who, before date of commencement of the Maharashtra Non-Resident Indian Laws (Levy, Amendment and Validation) Act, 1997 (hereinafter, in this section, referred to as "the said date"), has collected or any time after the said date collects, of from any person, any sum purporting to be towards the payment of stamp duty, shall, within 120 days from the said date or, as the case may be, within 30 days from the date of collection of such amount, remit the same in Government Treasury or General Stamp Office, Mumbai, or any other place as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf.

(2) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall, on conviction, be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one month but which may extend to six months and with a fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.

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