They dont cut it n why would they! I have 3 passports and recently applied for 4th one. The passport office stamps old pp that fresh pp has been issued. So whenever i travel i keep all my previous passports n the valid one
Yes I did renew mine . There is no problem at all . mine was expiring august 2015 august but I took a new one in January 2014 as I knew I won't be in the country for next 3 years to renew it.
Thank you!