Format pack, 3 formats · FV08-L5

Competition Act, Stamp Duty on Foreign-executed Documents, and FCRA

Three regimes outside FEMA that decide whether a cross-border deal can close and whether its documents can be enforced: CCI notification (including the Rs 2,000 crore deal value threshold), stamp duty on documents signed abroad, and the FCRA test for foreign money that is not investment.

Length
6 pages
Blanks to fill
93
Files
Word and PDF
Law stated to
16 September 2026

The 3 formats inside

  1. 1Stamp duty adjudication checklist for a foreign-executed SPAIndian Stamp Act 1899 ss.3, 18, 31-35 · State Stamp Act25 blanksOn its own₹149
  2. 2FCRA applicability noteForeign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010 · file note / advice to client34 blanksOn its own₹149
  3. 3CCI notifiability file noteCompetition Act 2002 ss.5, 6 · Combination Regulations 202435 blanksOn its own₹149

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The first part of “Stamp duty adjudication checklist for a foreign-executed SPA”, as it downloads. Blanks are highlighted.

Working checklist. Client: [____] · Document: Share Purchase Agreement dated [DD.MM.YYYY] · State: [____] · Prepared by [____]

A. Execution facts

#

Question

Answer / evidence

Done

A1

Names of all signatories and the place and date where each signed

[____]

[ ]

A2

Did any party sign in India? If yes, s.17 applies to that counterpart — was it stamped before or at signing?

[No / Yes — e-stamp no. ___ dated ___]

[ ]

A3

Mode of signature (wet ink / electronic) and signing platform

[____]

[ ]

A4

Date the first copy (including PDF by e-mail) reached anyone in India, with evidence

[DD.MM.YYYY — e-mail from ___ to ___]

[ ]

A5

Date the originals reached India, with courier receipt

[DD.MM.YYYY — AWB ___]

[ ]

A6

Three-month deadline adopted (from the earlier of A4 and A5)

[DD.MM.YYYY]

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7 more paragraphs and tables follow in the full format.

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