State Act
Section 48. Application for relief under section 47 when to be made.
48. Application for relief under section 47 when to be made.- The application for relief under section 47 shall be made within the following periods, that is to say,— (1) in the cases mentioned in clause (c)(5), within 1[six months]1 of the date of the instrument; (2) in the case of a stamped paper on which no instrument has been executed by any of the parties thereto, within 1[one year]1 after the stamp has been spoiled; (3) in the case of a stamped paper in which an instrument has been executed by any of the parties thereto, within 1[one year]1 after the date of the instrument or, if it is not dated, within 1[one year]1 after execution thereof by the person by whom it was first or alone executed; Provided that,— (a) when the spoiled instrument has been for sufficient reasons sent out of the 1[State of Karnataka]1 the application may be made within 2[one year]2 after it has been received back in the 1[State of Karnataka]1; (b) when, from unavoidable circumstances, any instrument for which another instrument has been substituted, cannot be given up to be cancelled within the aforesaid period, the application may be made within 1[one year]1 after the date of execution of the substituted instrument.