ACT VIII OF 2003
NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE FINANCE
(STAMP ACT AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003
An Act further to amend the Stamp Act, 1899
[Gazette of N.-W.F.P., Extraordinary, 2^nd^ July, 2003]
No.PA/NWFP/Legis-I/2003/18100, dated 2-7-2003.--The North West Frontier Province Finance (Stamp Act Amendment) Bill, 2003 having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of North-West Frontier Province on the 26-6-2003 and assented to by the Governor of the North-West Frontier Province on 29-6-2003 is hereby published as an Act of the Provincial Legislature of the North-West Frontier Province.
Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Stamp Act, 1899 (II of 1899);
It is hereby enacted as follows:
1. Short title, extent and commencement.---(1) This Act may be called the North-West Frontier Province Finance (Stamp Act Amendment) Act, 2003.
(2) It shall come into force on 1^st^ day of July, 2003.
**2. Amendment of Act II of 1899.--**In Stamp Act, 1899 (II of 1899), in Schedule I,--
(a) in Article 4, column 3, for the words "twenty five rupees", the words "thirty rupees" shall be substituted:
(b) in Article 48,--
(i) for the existing entry in column 3 against clause (e), the following shall be substituted, namely;
one rupee for every one hundred rupees of the amount of the consideration. ; and
(ii) after clause (e), as so amended, the following new clause "(ee)" shall be inserted in the respective columns, namely:--
|--------------------------------|----------------------| | 2 | 3 | | (ee) in the case of legal heir | One thousand rupees" |