CAP. 88]
37 of 1935.
46 of 1936. 24 of 1950.
Short title.
Certain official signatures and fees therefor.
(Cap. 1.)
Schedule.
Fees for a duplicate, an endorsement or a certified copy.
24 of 1950, Schedule.
24 of 1950, Schedule.
Official Signatures Fees.
CHAPTER 88.
OFFICIAL SIGNATURES FEES.
To regulate certain official signatures and to provide for the
payment of fees therefor.
[6th September, 1935.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Official Signatures Fees Ordinance.
2. (1) Subject to section 38 of the Interpretation Ordinance, where by or under any enactment of this Colony or elsewhere, the signature of the Governor or any public officer mentioned in the Schedule is required to any certificate, authorization, consent, licence, permit or exemption, or any alteration, transfer or renewal thereof, addition thereto or endorsement thereon, or any copy of the same, and no fee for such signature is prescribed by law, the appropriate fee prescribed in the Schedule shall be payable for such signature.
(2) For the purposes of this Ordinance where by or under any enactment of this Colony the signature of any public officer is required to any document, it shall be sufficient unless otherwise expressly enacted if a similitude of the signature of such public officer is impressed on the document by some other person by or under his authority, and authenticated by the signature of such other person.
3. (1) Where by or under any enactment of the Colony the issue of any document by a public officer is required or authorized, such officer may, in his discretion and subject to any instructions of the Governor, issue a duplicate of such document, and where no fee is otherwise prescribed for such duplicate a fee of five dollars shall be payable therefor unless some less fee shall have been prescribed for the original, in which case such less fee shall be payable for such duplicate.
(2) Where any alteration, transfer, or endorsement of or addition to any certificate, authorization, consent, licence, permit or exemption by a public officer is required or authorized and where no fee is otherwise prescribed a fee of five dollars shall subject to any instructions of the
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