The Bombay Stamp Act, 1958 comes into force on 16th February, 1959 and is applicable in the State of Maharashtra. This Act is intended to levy Stamp duty on certain types of documents executed in the State or brought from outside for acting upon the same in the State. The various instruments/documents are broadly covered under different 62 articles listed in Schedule-I appended to the Act. The rates at which stamp duty is levied on these documents are mentioned in Schedule –I. The Bombay Stamp Act levies Stamp duty on documents/instruments by which any right or liability is, or purports to be, created, transferred, limited, extended, extinguished or recorded. The stamp duty is payable on instrument and not on the transactions. To know more about the provisions of this Act, click the below Download button:-