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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 9, 1909.
HONGKONG.
No. 19 OF 1909.
An Ordinance to amend The Stamp Ordinance 1901 as amended by The Stamp (Amendment) Ordinance 1902.
F. D. LUGARD,
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Governor.
[9th July, 1909.]
Short title and con- struction.
Repeal of Articles 43 and 45 in the First Schedule to the Stamp Ordinamee 1901.
BE it cuncted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as The Stamp (Amend- ment) Ordinance 1939 and shall be read as one with The Stamp Ordinance 1901 as amended by The Stamp (Amendment) Ordinance 1902.
2. Articles 43 and 45 in the First Schedule to the Stamp Ordinance 1901 are hereby repealed and the follow- ing are substituted in place thereof respectively
• 43. Probate or Letters of Administration, with or without the will annexed, to be calculated upon the value of the estate and effects for or in respect of which such Probate or Letters of Administration shall be granted, exclusive of what the deceased shall have been possessed of or entitled to as a Trustee for any person or persons and not beneficially
(a) Where the estate and effects are above the value of two hundred and fifty dollars and not above the value of one thousand dollars,...
(6) Where the estate and
effects are above the value of one thousand dollars and not above The value of ten thon- sand dollars,
(c) Where the estate and effects are above the value of ten thousand dollars and not above the value of one bun- dred thousand dollars,
(A) Where the estate and effects are above the value of one hundred thousand dollars and not above the value of two hundred atal fifty thousand dollars,
fey Where the estate and offerts are above the value of two hundred and fifty thousand dol- lars and not above the valno of five hundred thousand dollars,
At the rate of one dollar for every one hundred dollars and for every fractional part of one hundred dollars over any multiple of one hundred dollars.
At the rate of two dollars for every one hundred dollars and for every fractional part of one hundred dollars over any multiple of one hundred dollars.
At the rate of three dollars
for every
one hundred dollars and for every frac- tional part of one hundred dollars over any 'multiple of one hundred dollars.
At the rate of five dollars for every one hundred dollars and for every fractional part of one hundred dollars over any multiple of one hundred dollars,
At the rate of five dollars and fifty cents for every one hundred dollars and for every fractional part of one hundred dollars over any multiple of one hundred dollars.
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