Malaysia legislation
Section 55
Section 55
The principal Act is amended by substituting for section 12 the following section:
“12. The duplicate or counterpart of an instrument chargeable with duty (except the counterpart of an instrument chargeable as a lease, such counterpart not being executed by or on behalf of any lessor or grantor) shall not be deemed to be duly stamped unless—
(a)
it is stamped as an original instrument;
(b)
it appears by a certificate indorsed by the Collector on the duplicate or counterpart that full and proper duty has been paid on the original instrument; or
(c)
there is denoted on the stamp certificate issued for the duplicate or counterpart that payment of the stamp duty has been paid in respect of the original instrument.”.
Amendment of section 36