Amendment of Section

In Section 34 of the principal Act,—

1. (i) in sub-section (1), for the existing provisos, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely :— " Provided that when any document as notified by the State Government is presented in electronic form, personal appearance shall not be required.";
2. (ii) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely :— "(2) Appearances under sub-section

1. (1) shall be simultaneous.";
   • (iii) in sub-section (3), after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :— "(ab) enquire whether or not the document is duly stamped as per provisions of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899;";
   • (iv) sub-section
2. (4) shall be deleted.