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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 14, 1928.
HONG KONG.
No. 19 OF 1938.
I assent.
L.S.
G. A. S. NORTHCOTE,
Governor.
Short title.
New sub- section (LA) for Ordinance No. 8 of 1921, s. 23.
14th October, 1938.
An Ordinance to amend the Stamp Ordinance, 1921.
[14th October, 1938.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Stamp Amendment Ordinance, 1938.
2. Section 23 of the Stamp Ordinance, 1921, is amended by the insertion of the following sub-section immediately after sub-section (1) thereof :-
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(1A) Notwithstanding anything in section 14, the Collector may be required to express his opinion under that section on any conveyance or transfer operating as a voluntary disposition inter vivos, and no such conveyance or transfer shall be deemed to be duly stamped unless the Collector has expressed his opinion thereon in accordance with that section.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 13th day of October, 1938.
B. C. K. HAWKINS,
Deputy Clerk of Councils.