Clause 6

The Stamp Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 39 thereof the following new section: —“Stamping after adjudication39A. When the opinion of the Commissioner with respect to the amount of duty with which an instrument is chargeable has been obtained, the instrument shall be stamped in accordance with the assessment of the Commissioner within fourteen days after notice of the assessment, and in the case of an application to the High Court under section 39 of this Ordinance within fourteen days after the issue of the order of the High Court, or within such further period, in either case, as the Commissioner when giving notice of assessment or the High Court when making the order, may specify.”.