Section 11, Indian Stamp Act, 1899 [S15-GBK]
As at 6 September 2026. In force from 21 August 1899.
11. Registration of persons executing an instrument.—(1) Every person executing an instrument shall, within three months from the commencement of this Act or, where such person begins the execution of instruments after such commencement, within three months from the date of such beginning, make an application for registration to the Collector in Form C, accompanied by a fee of one hundred rupees. (2) The Collector shall, on being satisfied that the application is in order, register the applicant and issue a certificate of registration in such form as may be prescribed. (3) No person executing an instrument shall carry on the execution of instruments unless registered under this section.
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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;
Collector: 40 more definitions.
instrument: Section 2, Indian Stamp Act, 1899 [S15G21] (In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—): "instrument" includes every document by which any right or liability is, or purports to be, created, transferred, limited, extended, extinguished or recorded
instrument: 38 more definitions.
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