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Section 8
The Jammu and Kashmir Registration of Contractors Act, 1956.Jammu and Kashmir

Section 8. Stamp chargeable on deed excuted by contractor

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Stamp Act, 1977, a deed to be executed by a contractor for carrying out works in the Department shall be chargeable with stamp duty calculated at rates not exceeding 1 p.c. as may be determined by the 1[Government of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir] on the sum for which the work has been sanctioned by the competent authority.

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.