[See section 3 (2)]

ACTS 1. The Court-fees Act, 1870 (VII of 1870). Section 1-B.— Add at the end "and [suit] shall include an appeal from a decree". II. The Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (II of 1899). Section 1.— In sub-section (2), after the proviso, add the following, namely :— "Provided further that the provisions of this Act shall in so far as they relate to the instruments specified in Schedule I-A apply to the Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, Bhopal and Sironj regions with effect from the appointed day.". Section 2.— After clause (1), insert the following, namely :— "(1-a) 'Appointed day' means the date appointed under sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Madhya Pradesh Taxation Laws (Extension) Act, 1957 (XVIII of 1957).". After section 78, insert the following, namely :— "78-A. Saving as to instruments executed before the appointed day.— Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act or in the Madhya Pradesh Taxation Laws (Extension) Act, 1957 (XVIII of 1957), every instrument executed before the appointed day in any region of Madhya Pradesh shall be governed by the provisions of the law relating to stamps in force in that region at the time when such instrument was executed.". Schedule I-A.— In Article 30 —

1. (i) for clause (a), substitute the following, namely :— "(a) in the case of an Advocate—Six hundred and twenty five rupees;
2. (ii) after clause (b), add the following in column (1), namely :— "Exemption.—Entry of an Advocate on the roll of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh when he had, before the 1st November 1956, been enrolled in any High Court or Judicial Commissioner's Court of any region integrated in the new State of Madhya Pradesh.".