Power of Payer to Stamp Bills and Promissory Notes Received by Him Unstamped.

When any bill of exchange ¹[or] promissory note ¹[*] chargeable with the duty of ²[ten rupees] is presented for payment unstamped, the person to whom it is so presented may affix there to the necessary adhesive stamp, and, upon cancelling the same in manner hereinbefore provided, may pay the sum payable upon such bill or note, ¹[*] and may charge the duty against the person who ought to have paid the same, or deduct it from the sum payable as aforesaid, and such bill, ¹[or] note, ¹[or] note ¹[*] shall, so far as respects the duty, be deemed good and valid :

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Provided that nothing herein contained shall relieve any person from any penalty or proceeding to which he may be liable in relation to such bill ¹[or] note ¹[*].