THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 12, 1930. 655
HONG KONG.
No. 30 or 1930.
I assent.
W. PEEL,
L.S.
Governor.
12th December, 1930.
An Ordinance to amend further the Stamp
Ordinance, 1921.
[12th December, 1930.]
Br 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 Short title. Amendment Ordinance, 1930.
2. This Ordinance shall come into operation on the Commence- first day of January, 1931.
ment.
3.-(1) Heading No. 10 (2) in the Schedule to the Amendment Stamp Ordinance, 1921, is amended in the third of Ordinance column by the deletion of the figure"5" and by the No. 8 of substitution therefor of the figure "10".
(2) Notwithstanding the requirement in the fourth column of the said heading, cheques stamped with an impressed and dated stamp of the value of five cents, if signed before the first day of March, 1931, shall be deemed to be duly stamped if an adhesive revenue stamp of the value of five cents shall have been affixed thereto and shall have been effectively cancelled before presentation to a banker.
1921, Schedule, Heading No. 10 (2).
No. 8 of
4. Heading No. 11 in the Schedule to the Stamp Amendment Ordinance, 1921, is amended in the third column by of Ordinance the deletion of the figures "10" and "30" and by 1921, the substitution therefor of the figures "15" and Schedule, "40" respectively.
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Ileading No. 11.
5. Heading No. 14A in the Schedule to the Stamp Amendment Ordinance, 1921, is amended in the third column by of Ordinance the deletion of the figure "5" and by the substitution therefor of the figure “10”.
No. 8 of
1021,
Schedule, Heading No. 14A.
6. Heading No. 15B in the Schedule to the Stamp Amendment Ordinance, 1921, as renumbered by section 6 (2) of of Ordinance the Stamp Amendment Ordinance, 1925, is amended No. 8 of in the second column by the deletion of the word Schedule,
1921, "therein" and by the substitution therefor of the word Ileading "herein ".
No. 15B. Ordinance No. 1 of 1925.