ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1868.
Stamp Duties.
ORDER
Made by His Excellency Governor SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B., in Council, this 9th Day of June, 1868.
1. It is hereby ordered, that the Orders of the Governor in Council of the 28th September, 1867, the 4th October, 1867, the 18th October, 1867, and the 9th April, 1868, shall be and they are hereby revoked, from and after the 1st day of July now next ensuing, being the date fixed by Proclamation of the Governor for the coming into operation of Ordinance No. 5 of 1868; and in lieu thereof, it is ordered that the Stamps to be used under Ordinance No. 12 of 1866, and Ordinance No. 5 of 1868, shall be, from and after the last mentioned date;
2. First, Adhesive Stamps of the respective values of 2 cents, 3 cents, 25 cents, 30 cents, 50 cents, $1, and $1.50, and Secondly, Impressed or Embossed Stamps of the respective values of 2 cents, 10 cents, 10 cents, 25 cents, 30 cents, 50 cents, 75 cents, $1, $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3, $4, $4.50, $5, $6, $6.50, $8.50, $10, $10.50, $20, $25, $40, $50, and a Stamp bearing the Words "Adjudication Fee Paid."
3. All Impressed Stamps shall be made and impressed in the Stamp Office in the City of Victoria on either paper or parchment, and shall be of the form and size of the specimen Stamps enclosed in a case for Public inspection under the Seal of the Colony, which case shall be kept at the Stamp Office.
4. Each of the Seven kinds of Adhesive Stamps aforementioned shall be of the form, size, and material of the specimen Stamps enclosed in a case for Public inspection under the Seal of the Colony, which case shall be kept at the Stamp Office.
5. The Stamps for Bank Cheques under the 3rd Section of the Schedule to "The Stamp (Amendment) Ordinance, 1868," shall be Impressed or Embossed Stamps till further notice.
6. Adhesive Stamps may be used for Bills of Exchange, when drawn out of the Colony as specified in Section 3 of the said Schedule, and under Authority of the 11th Clause of "The Stamp Ordinance, 1860;" Provided always that the Stamp on Bills of Exchange not exceeding $100 drawn out of the Colony shall be 25 cents until further notice; and provided also that Adhesive Stamps may be used for receipts and discharges under Section 11 of the Schedule to "The Stamp (Amendment) Ordinance, 1868." Nothing, however, herein contained, shall prevent its being lawful to use Impressed Stamps for any of the foregoing purposes.
7. Stamps shall be impressed or embossed at the Stamp Office, and Adhesive Stamps sold, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. every day, authorised Holidays excepted.
ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1868.
Stamp Duties.
"THE STAMP ORDINANCE, 1866," AND "THE STAMP (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 1868." ORDINANCE No. 12 OF 1866, AND ORDINANCE No. 5 of 1868.
ADDITIONAL ORDER
Made by His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, in Council, this 26th Day of October, 1868.
The Stamp Duty payable on an Instrument in writing under Seal ordinarily termed a Servant's Security Bond shall henceforth be 60 Cents instead of as at present 10 Dollars.
ADDITIONAL ORDER
Made by His Excellency Lieutenant-Governor Major General JAMES ROBERT BRUNKER in Council under "The Stamp Ordinance, 1866," and "The Stamp (Amendment) Ordinance, 1868," this 21st Day of November, 1868.
Whereas on the 9th Day of June now last past, it was (amongst other things) ordered by the Governor in Council under and by virtue of the Provisions in that behalf contained in "The Stamp Ordinance, 1866," that the Stamps for Bank Cheques under the 3rd Section of the Schedule to "The Stamp (Amendment) Ordinance, 1868," should be Impressed or Embossed Stamps till further notice; and also that Adhesive Stamps might be used for Bills of Exchange when drawn out of the Colony as specified in Section 3 of the said Schedule, and under Authority of the 11th Clause of "The Stamp Ordinance, 1860;" Provided always that the Stamp on Bills of Exchange not exceeding $100 drawn out of the Colony should be 25 cents until further notice; And whereas it has been deemed expedient by the Governor in Council that the Orders so made as aforesaid should under the Provisions of the aforesaid Ordinance be altered and varied to the extent and in the manner hereinafter specified: Now, therefore, it is ordered by the Governor in Council, as follows:
1. The Stamps for Bank Cheques under the 3rd Section of the Schedule to "The Stamp (Amendment) Ordinance, 1868," need not be Impressed or Embossed Stamps, but may be Adhesive Stamps.
2. The Stamp on Bills of Exchange not exceeding $100 drawn out of the Colony shall be 30 Cents, in lieu of 25 Cents as previously ordered.
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