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Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998
91 sections · as at — · verified 14/09/2026
1.Short title, extent and commencement
2.Definitions
3.Instrument chargeable with duty
4.Payment of stamp duty in cash
5.Several instruments used in single transaction of sale, mortgage, agreement or any other document (memorandum etc.) relating to the deposit of title deeds or settlement
6.Instrument relating to several distinct matters
7.Instruments coming within several descriptions in the Schedule
8.Payment of duty on copies, counterparts or duplicates when that duty has not been paid on the principal or original document
9.Power to reduce, remit or compound duties
10.Duties how to be paid
11.Use of adhesive stamps
12.Cancellation of adhesive stamps
13.Instruments stamped with impressed stamps how to be written
14.Only one instrument to be on same stamp
15.Instrument written contrary to section 13 or 14 deemed unstamped
16.Denoting duty
17.Instruments executed in the State
18.Instruments other than bills and notes executed out of State
19.Bill and notes drawn out of India
20.Payment of duty on certain instrument liable to increased duty in the State of Rajasthan
21.Payment of difference of duty on copies of instruments registered out of the State
22.Conversion of amount expressed in foreign currencies
23.Stock and marketable securities how to be valued
24.Effect of statement of rate of exchange or average price
25.Instruments reserving interest
26.Certain instruments connected with mortgages of marketable securities to be chargeable as agreements
27.How transfer in consideration of debt, or, subject to future payment, etc., to be charged
28.Valuation in case of annuity, etc
29.Stamps duty where value of subject matter is indeterminate
30.Facts affecting duty to be set forth in instruments-
31.Direction as to duty in case of certain conveyances
32.Duties by whom payable
33.Obligation to give receipt in certain cases
34.Person from whom duty on an instrument is due
35.Adjudication as to proper stamp
36.Certificate by Collector
37.Examination and impounding of instruments
38.Special provisions as to unstamped receipts
39.Instruments not duly stamped inadmissible in evidence, etc
40.Admission of instrument, where not to be questioned
41.Admission of improperly stamped instruments
42.Instruments impounded how dealt with
43.Collector's power to refund penalty under sub-section (1) of section 42
44.Collector's power to stamp instrument impounded
45.Instruments unduly stamped by accident
46.Endorsement of instruments on which duty has been paid under sections 39, 44 or 45
47.Prosecution for offence against stamp law
48.Persons paying duty or penalty may recover the same in certain case
49.Power to refund penalty or excess duty in certain cases
50.Non-liability for loss of instrument sent under section 42
51.Instrument undervalued, how to be valued
52.Rectification of mistakes
53.Determination of the correct nature of the document and the recovery of proper duty
54.Intimation of reference and payment of duty before reference
55.Procedure in case of non-registration of documents required to be registered with the purpose of avoiding stamp duty
56.Recovery of duties and penalties
57.Validity of certificate or endorsement in respect of instrument for which higher rate of duty is payable in Rajasthan
58.Allowance for spoiled stamps
59.Application for relief under section 58 when to be made
60.Allowance in case of printed forms no longer required by corporations
61.Allowance for misused stamps
62.Allowance for spoiled or misused stamps how to be made
63.Allowance for stamps not required for use
64.Allowance on renewal of certain debentures
65.Revision by the Chief Controlling Revenue Authority
66.General Superintendence and Control over Collectors
67.Statement of case by the Chief Controlling Revenue Authority to High Court
68.Power of High Court to call for further particulars as to case stated
69.Procedure in disposing of case stated
70.Statement of case by other Court to High Court
71.Revision of certain decision of Court regarding the sufficiency of stamps
72.Interest on duty, surcharge or penalty
73.Penalty for executing, etc., instrument not duly stamped
74.Penalty for failure to cancel adhesive stamp
75.Penalty for omission to comply with provision of section 30
76.Recovery of amount of deficit stamp duty
77.Penalty for refusal to give receipt and for devices to evade duty on receipts
78.Penalty for not making out policy or making one not duly stamped
79.Penalty for not drawing full number of bills or marine policies purporting to be in sets
80.Penalty for post-dating bills and for other devices to defraud the revenue
81.Penalty for breach of provisions of section 85
82.Penalty for breach of rule relating to sale of stamps and for unauthorized sale
83.Institution and conduct of prosecutions
84.Place of trial
85.Books, etc., to be open to inspection
86.Powers to make rules relating to sale of stamps
87.Power to make rules generally to carry out the purposes under the Act -
88.Saving as to court fees
89.Saving as to certain Stamps
90.Application of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899
91.Repeal and Savings