section 21
Payment of difference of duty on copies of instruments registered out of the State
The Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998Tax199891 sections8 chapters
Chapter II Stamp Duties
Statutory text
- (1) Where any instrument is registered in any part of India other than the State of Rajasthan and such instrument relates, wholly or partly to any property situate in the State of Rajasthan, the copy of such instrument shall, when received in the State of Rajasthan under the Registration Act, 1908 (Act No. 16 of 1908), be liable to be charged with the difference of duty as on the original instrument.
- (2) The difference of duty shall be calculated having regard to, the extent of property situated in the State of Rajasthan and the proportionate consideration or market value of such extent of property.
- (3) The party liable to pay duty on the original instrument shall upon receipt of notice from the registering officer, pay the difference of duty within the time allowed by such registering officer.
- (4) Where deficiency in duty paid is noticed from the copy of any instrument, the Collector may suo-moto or on a reference from any court or any registering officer, require the production of the original instrument before him within the period specified by him for the purpose of satisfying himself as to the adequacy of the duty paid thereon, and the instrument so produced before the Collector, shall be deemed to have produced or come before him in the performance of his functions and the provisions of sections 35 and 51 shall, mutatis mutandis apply.
- (5) In case the original instrument is not produced within the period specified by the Collector, he may require the payment of deficit duty, if any, together with penalty under section 44 on the copy of the instrument, within such time as may be prescribed.
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