Stamp Act 1949 · Updated to 1 Jan 2026 · Part III · Provisions Applicable to Particular Instruments
20. Direction as to duty in case of certain conveyances
Feedback & supportWhere property contracted to be sold for one consideration for the whole is conveyed to the purchaser in separate parts or parcels by different instruments, the consideration shall be apportioned in such manner as the parties think fit, so that a distinct consideration for each separate part or parcel is set forth in the conveyance relating thereto, and such conveyance shall be chargeable with ad valorem duty in respect of such distinct consideration.
property
“property” includes movable or immovable property and any estate or interest in any property movable or immovable, whether in Stamp 17 possession, reversion, remainder or contingency, and any debt, and anything in action, and any other right or interest in the nature of property which is capable of being disposed of and has a value in it;
Where property contracted to be purchased for one consideration for the whole by two or more persons jointly, or by any person for himself and others, or wholly for others, is conveyed in parts or parcels by separate instruments to the person by or for whom the same was purchased for distinct parts of the consideration, the conveyance for each separate part or parcel shall be chargeable with ad valorem duty in respect of the distinct part of the consideration therein specified.
duty
“duty” means any stamp duty for the time being chargeable under this Act or under any written law;
Where a person having contracted for the purchase of any property but not having obtained a conveyance thereof, contracts to sell the same to any other person and the property is in consequence conveyed immediately to the sub-purchaser, the conveyance shall be chargeable with ad valorem duty in respect of the consideration moving from the sub-purchaser.
Where a person, having contracted for the purchase of any property but not having obtained a conveyance thereof, contracts to sell the whole, or any part thereof, to any other person or persons and the property is in consequence conveyed by the original seller to different persons in parts or parcels, the conveyance of each part or parcel sold to a sub-purchaser shall be chargeable with ad valorem duty in respect only of the consideration moving from the sub-purchaser thereof, without regard to the amount or value of the original consideration; and the conveyance of the residue, if any, of such
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property to the original purchaser shall be chargeable with ad valorem duty in the manner specified by section 12A, and Item 32(a), (aa) or
of the First Schedule.
Where a sub-purchaser takes an actual conveyance of the interest of the person immediately selling to him, which is chargeable with ad valorem duty in respect of the consideration moving from him and is duly stamped accordingly, any conveyance to be afterwards made to him of the same property by the original seller shall be chargeable with a duty equal to that which would be chargeable on a conveyance for the consideration obtained by such original seller, or where such duty would exceed ten ringgit with a duty of ten ringgit.
duly stamped
“duly stamped”, as applied to an instrument, means — (a) the instrument bears an adhesive or impressed stamp of not less than the proper amount or the amount of initial duty or the amount of advance duty paid under subsection 37(1) and that such stamp has been affixed or used in accordance with the law for the time being in force; (b) any official receipt for the proper amount or the amount of initial duty or the amount of advance duty is affixed to the instrument; (c) a stamp certificate for the proper amount or the amount of initial duty or the amount of advance duty is attached to the *NOTE―The Securities Industry Act 1983 was repealed by the Capital Market and Services Act 2007 —see section 381…