Section 36 of The Kerala Stamp Act, 1959 (No.17 of 1959) View Chapter 4

Admission of improperly stamped instruments:

The Government may make rules providing that, where as instrument bears a stamp of sufficient amount but of improper description, it may, on payment of the duty with which the same is chargeable, be certified to duly stamped, and any instrument so certified shall then be deemed to have been duly stamped as from the date of its execution.