ORDINANCES Nos. 2 AND 3 OF 1885 . 1837
Stamp. Bankers' Books Evidence.
or extinguishing any right or obligation , or as evidence in any civil proceed
ing in any Court of Justice in the Colony, or shall be acted upon, registered,
or authenticated in any such Court or public or other office or by any public
officer unless such document be stamped according to this Ordinance or in
accordance with the law in force in the Colony at the time it was executed .
Provided that any Civil Court may direct the Collector to stamp and receive
the duty, and penalty if any, upon any document which may be stamped after
execution under this Ordinance. Such duty and penalty shall be paid into
Court and shall be remitted to the Collector with the document to be stamped
after such document has been admitted in evidence.
In section 10 strike out the words " or the Court ordering such stamping." Amendment of
section 10.
In article 8 of the schedule strike out the words and figures in the second column Amendment
of schedule
article 8.
of the second clause of that article and substitute the following :
Under $ 10, Free.
From $ 10 to $ 50,.. .02 cents .
$ 50 to $ 250,..... .05 99
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"" $ 250 to $ 500,. .10 29
.20
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8 500 to $ 1,000,. ""
"" $ 1,000 to $ 2,000,... .50 99
"" $ 2,000 to $ 3,000 , .... $1.00 ""
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$ 3,000 to $ 5,000 , ..... $1.50 99
"" $ 5,000 to $ 10,000, .. $2.00 99
99 $ 10,000 to $ 15,000 , .. $3.00 ""
Every $ 5,000 additional, .. $0.50 ""
In article 32 of the schedule add the following exemption : -- Article 32.
Receipt given by any officer or soldier of Her Majesty's forces stationed in the
Colony for money paid out of Imperial Revenue.
[ Repealed by Ordinance No. 16 of 1886. ]
No. 3 of 1885.
An Ordinance entitled The Bankers ' Books Evidence Ordinance, 1885 .
[ 29th January , 1885. ]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative
B' Council thereof, as follows :
1. Ordinance 7 of 1882 is hereby repealed. Ordinance 7 of
1882 repealed .
2. Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance a copy of any entry in a banker's Copy of entry
prima facie
book shall in all legal proceedings be received as primâ facie evidence of such entry, evidence.
and of the matters, transactions, and accounts therein recorded.