L.S.
HONG KONG
No. 19 OF 1938.
I assent.
G. A. S. NORTHCOTE,
Governor.
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 Short title. Ordinance, 1938.
2. Section 23 of the Stamp Ordinance, 1921, is amended New sub- by the insertion of the following sub-section immediately after section sub-section (1) thereof :-
(1A) for Ordinance No. 8 of
(14) Notwithstanding anything in section 14, the Collector 1921, s. 23. 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 long Kong, this 13th day of October, 1938.
B. C. K. HAWKINS,
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
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