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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 23, in the column under the heading "Proper Stamp-duty",— (a) in clause (a), for the words "eight per centum", the words "six per centum" shall be substituted; (b) in clause (b), for the words "eight per centum", the words "six per centum" shall be substituted; (c) in clause (c), for the words "six per centum", the words "five per centum" shall be substituted.