Clarke, Richard [Editor]: The regulations of the government of Fort William in Bengal in force at the end of 1853 - to which are added, the acts of the government of India in force in that presidency: with lists of titles and an index (2): Regulations from 1806 to 1834 (London, 1854)

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REGULATION X.

[A.D. 1829.

Nofc.'—The Governor-General in Council reserves to himself
the power of admitting any bank or company to compound for
the stamp duty chargeable on the promissory notes issued by it.
Notice of such arrangements shall be given in the Government
Gazette.
EXEMPTIONS:
Bills of exchange or hoondees for any sum of money, if drawn bona
fide from any place distant more than 100 miles from the place where
the same are made payable, and not negotiated after acceptance,
also foreign bills of exchange drawn in sets.
Provided, however, that if any bill or bills of exchange drawn in any
part of the continent of India, and made payable in the provinces sub-
ject to this presidency, shall be negotiated therein after acceptance, or
be in any way transferred after acceptance to a third party, other than
the acceptor and the payee of such bill or bills, the exemption shall not
hold in respect to any such negotiated bill or bills, unless the same
shall be taken to be stamped prior to such negotiation, or unless there
be afRxed to each bill a copy of the same executed on paper stamped
with a stamp to which such bill is declared liable in this schedule.
EXEMPTIONS-CONTINUED.
Bills of exchange drawn and promissory notes, &c. issued by Govern-
ment officers authorized to draw bills upon the Government trea-
suries, or to issue promissory notes, or other acknowledgments on
account of Government.
All drafts or orders for the payment of any sum of money to the bearer
on demand, drawn upon any bank, banker, or agent, residing within
twenty miles of the place where such draft or order shall be issued,
such place being specified on the face of the draft.

<S*%. Rs. A.

BILLS OF SALE-CONVEYANCE and MORTGAGE.
7.—BoNDS, TuMusooxs, and other attested obligations for the pay-
ment of money ; also PROMISSORY NoTES and Bums op EXCHANGE,

TEEPS, BURATS,
for any sum not
and the like
exceeding
of date exceeding
one year
25
rupees
0
2
Above
25
rupees
and
not exceeding
50
ditto
0
4
Ditto
50
ditto
ditto ...
100
ditto
0
8
Ditto
100
ditto
ditto ...
200
ditto
1
0
Ditto
200
ditto
ditto ...
300
ditto
2
0
Ditto
300
ditto
ditto ...
500
ditto
4
0
Ditto
500
ditto
ditto ...
1,000
ditto
6
0
Ditto
1,000
ditto
ditto ...
2,000
ditto
10
0
Ditto
2,000
ditto
ditto ...
3,000
ditto
16
0
Ditto
3,000
ditto
ditto ...
5,000
ditto
20
0
Ditto
5,000
ditto
ditto ...
10,000
ditto
32
0
Ditto
10,000
ditto
ditto ...
20,000
ditto
40
0
Ditto
20,000
ditto
ditto ...
50,000
ditto
64
0
Ditto
50,000
ditto
ditto ...
75,000
ditto
70
0
Ditto
75,000
ditto
ditto ...
1,00,000
ditto
80
0
Ditto
1,00,000
ditto
ditto ...
1,50,000
ditto
100
0
Ditto
1,50,000
ditto
ditto ...
2,00,000
ditto
120
0
Ditto
2,00,000
ditto
...
...
...
150
0

And a further duty of 100 rupees for every sum of one lac in excess
of the said amount of two lacs of rupees.
8.—BoNDS, given as security for the transfer of Government securi-
ties, or for the payment of an annuity for a fixed period, or for the !
delivery or accounting for any matter or thing capable of being
valued

Shall be charged at
the rate of the amount
engaged to be paid or
accounted for, or at
to be delivered or
transferred.