Amendment of section 2 of LX of 1958

In section 2 of the Maharashtra Stamp Act (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”), before the existing clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :— “(aa) “Additional Controller of Stamps, Mumbai” means the officer or officers so designated by the State Government and includes any other officer whom the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf ; ”. In section 2 of the Maharashtra Stamp Act (hereinafter referred to as “ the principal Act ”), in clause (g), for sub-clause (iv), the following sub-clause shall be substituted, namely :— “ (iv) every order made by the High Court under section 394 of the Companies Act, 1956 or every order made by the National Company Law Tribunal under sections 230 to 234 of the Companies Act, 2013 or every confirmation issued by the Central Government under sub-section (3) of section 233 of the Companies Act, 2013, in respect of the amalgamation, merger, demerger, arrangement or reconstruction of companies (including subsidiaries of parent company); and every order of the Reserve Bank of India under section 44A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, in respect of amalgamation or reconstruction of Banking Companies ; ”. In section 9 of the Maharashtra Stamp Act (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”), in clause (a), for the word “duties” the words “duties or penalty, if any, or both” shall be substituted and shall be deemed to have been substituted with effect from the 1st April 1994.