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(1) The Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act) shall, in its application to West Bengal, be amended for the purpose and in the manner hereinafter provided. (2) In Schedule IA to the principal Act, in article 40, for the entry in the second column, against item (b) in the first column, the following entry shall be substituted:— "Rupees ten for every Rs. 500 or part thereof, for the amount secured by such deed, subject to the maximum of Rs. 1,00,000.".