The INDIAN STAMP ACT, 1899

CRIMINAL OFFENCES AND PROCEDURE

Section 69: Penalty for breach of rule relating to sale of stamps and for unauthorised sale.

(a) Any person appointed to sell stamps who disobeys any rule made under section 74; and

(b) any person not so appointed who sells or offers for sale any stamp (other than a ten nayepaise or five nayepaise adhesive stamp); shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.