Chapter IV — Instruments Not Duly Stamped

Section 47 — Power of payer to stamp bills, and promissory notes received by him unstamped

Indian Stamp Act, 1899 · Preview

When any bill of exchange [or promissory note] chargeable [with a duty not exceeding ten nayepaise] is presented for payment unstamped, the person to whom it is so presented, may affix thereto the…