1[34. Sale of stamps.---(1) The 2[appropriate Government] may from time to time make rules for regulating the sale of stamps to be used under this Act, the persons by whom alone such sale is to be conducted, and the duties and remuneration of such persons.
(2) All such rules shall be published in the Official Gazette, and shall thereupon have the force of law.
3[(3) Any person appointed to sell stamps, who,---
(a) with fraudulent intent, disobeys any rule made under this section, or sells or offers for sale any stamp without being duly appointed, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both;
(b) without any fraudulent intent, contravenes any rule made under this section, shall be liable to penalty not exceeding ten thousand rupees].]
Source footnotes
1. Subs. by Act 12 of 1891, s. 3 and the First Schedule, for section 34.
2. Subs. by the A.O.1937, for "L. G."
3. Subs.by Act 8 of 2026, s. 2 and Sch., for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 8-7-2026).
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