Section 21, Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 [S2F-31E]
As at 7 September 2026. In force from 13 March 1958.
21. Maintenance of records and furnishing of returns.—(1) Every person executing an instrument shall maintain such records and registers relating to the execution of instruments as may be prescribed and shall preserve them for a period of five years. (2) Every person executing an instrument shall furnish to the Collector a return in Form A within six months from the end of every financial year, and such other information as the Collector may, by order in writing, require.
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Collector: Section 2, Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 [S2F2EM] (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, Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 [S2F2EM] (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.
prescribed: Section 2, Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 [S2F2EM] (In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—): "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act
prescribed: 996 more definitions.
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