Skeleton agreement, the universal frame
Every Indian agreement is built from the same fifteen parts in the same order, and a document that is missing one of them usually fails at the parties block: the wrong person, described in the wrong capacity, without the authority that would have made the signature bind anybody.
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What it covers
- 1Skeleton agreement, the universal frameIndian Contract Act 1872 · Indian Stamp Act 1899 · Registration Act 1908
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Stamp duty of Rs [Stamp duty paid (Rs)] paid vide e-stamp certificate number [certificate number] dated [Date of the e-stamp certificate] issued at [State] in the name of [name of purchaser of the stamp].
[NAME OF THE INSTRUMENT, AS IN THE STAMP SCHEDULE]
THIS [AGREEMENT / DEED] is made at [place of execution] on this [Day of execution (e.g. 5th)] day of [Month of execution], [Year of execution].
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