Amendment of Section 30:

In Section 30 of the principal Act, after the existing text, the following proviso shall be added-

“Provided that, where court-fee is paid by electronic transfer of payment, the officer competent to cancel stamp shall verify the genuineness of the payment and after satisfying himself that the court-fee is paid, shall lock the entry in the computer and make an endorsement under his signature on the document that the court-fee is paid and the entry is locked”.