Section 7, Indian Stamp Act, 1899 [S15-G7B]
As at 7 September 2026. In force from 21 August 1899.
7. Maintenance of records and furnishing of returns.—(1) Every registering officer shall maintain such records and registers relating to the registration of instruments as may be prescribed and shall preserve them for a period of five years. (2) Every registering officer shall furnish to the Collector a return in Form B within one month from the end of every financial year, and such other information as the Collector may, by order in writing, require.
Defined terms in this text (1)
Collector: Section 2, Indian Stamp Act, 1899 [S15G21] (In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—): "Collector" means the Collector of a district and includes any officer whom the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf
Collector: Section 3, General Clauses Act, 1897 [S100SN] (In this Act, and in all Central Acts and Regulations made after the commencement of this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context): (11) "Collector" shall mean, in a Presidency town, the Collector of Calcutta, Madras or Bombay, as the case may be, and elsewhere the chief officer-in-charge of the revenue-administration of a district;
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Cited by (1)
Section 23, Indian Stamp Act, 1899 [S15-GQE], 21 August 1899, Band A. "section 7".
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Duties published under this section (1)
D10-8WM. Every registering officer: Maintain records and registers of the registration of instruments; preserve for five years; furnish the annual return in Form B; thirty days from the end of every financial year; Form B. Published by Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance (synthetic record).