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Section 42

Instruments executed out of Malaysia

of Stamp Act 1949

ActIn forceProvision 61 of 149
Section 42
(1)

Every instrument chargeable with duty executed only out of

Malaysia, and not being a cheque or promissory note, may be stamped within thirty days after it has first been received in Malaysia.

(2)

When a return together with such instrument is furnished to the

Collector, the Collector may require that the date of receipt thereof be verified by production of the envelope in which the same was received or of any accompanying letter, or, unless the date of the instrument

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shows that it must have been received within thirty days, by statutory declaration.

(2A)

For the purposes of subsection (2), where the instrument is received by way of electronic transmission, the date of receipt thereof shall be verified by the production of a copy or print-out of the electronic transmission.