Collector's power to refund penalty paid under sub-section (1) of section 37

(1) When a copy of an instrument is sent to the Collector under sub-section (1) of section 37, he may, if he thinks fit, refund the whole or any portion of the penalty in excess of ten rupees which has been paid in respect of such instrument. (2) When such instrument has been impounded only because it has been written in contravention of section 13 or section 14, the Collector may refund the whole penalty so paid. NOTARIAL ACT, that is to say, any instrument, endorsement, note, attestation, certificate, or entry not being a Protest (No. 44) made or signed by a notary public in the execution of the duties of his office or by any other person lawfully acting as a notary public: Two rupees twenty-five naye paise.