(a) Any person appointed to sell stamps who disobeys any rule made under section 74; and
(b) any person not so appointed who sells or offers for sale any stamp (other than a 1ten naye paise or five naye paise] adhesive stamp);
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
STATE AMENDMENT
Arunachal Pradesh.--
Amendment of sections 69,--
(8) in section 69, in clause (b), for the words "five hundred rupees", the words "five thousand rupees" shall be substituted.
[Vide Arunachal Pradesh Act 3 of 2010, s. 2]
(b) any person not so appointed who sells or offers for sale any stamp (other than a 1ten naye paise or five naye paise] adhesive stamp);
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
STATE AMENDMENT
Arunachal Pradesh.--
Amendment of sections 69,--
(8) in section 69, in clause (b), for the words "five hundred rupees", the words "five thousand rupees" shall be substituted.
[Vide Arunachal Pradesh Act 3 of 2010, s. 2]
Source footnotes
1. Subs. by Act 19 of 1958, s. 10, for "one anna or half an anna" (w.e.f. 1-10-1958).आगे पढ़ें / Continue reading
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