Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Any e-stamp in an instrument shall be defaced through online verification system by an officer appointed from time to time by the court or the head of the office in such manner as may be prescribed. (2) Any instrument bearing an e-stamp which has not been defaced, so far as such stamps is concerned, shall be deemed to be unstamped.] Inserted by Kerala Finance Act, 2023 (17 of 2023) published in K. G. Ext. No. 1170 dt. 28/03/2023 (w.e.f. 01/04/2023).