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THE STAMP (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE.
THE STAMP (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 1868.'
SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Knight, C.B.,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
[No. 5 of 1868.]
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An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend "The Stamp Ordinance, 1866. ”
[22nd May, 1868.] Whereas it is expedient to amend "The Stamp Ordinance, 1866; " be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
I.—The amendments hereinafter stated shall be made in "The Stamp Ordinance,
1866."
(1.) There shall be inserted in clause 6 of section XVI. after the word "satisfied" the words, "by affidavit," and the word "shall," shall be substituted for "may," in the same clause.
(2.) In section XX, there shall be substituted for the words "ten dollars" the words "one dollar,"
(3.) From section XXIII. there shall be omitted the words "if required" and for the words "case of refusal" there shall be substituted the words "default thereof."
II. It shall be lawful for all courts and Magistrates, and for the collector of Stamp Revenue, and all persons employed for the sale or distribution of Stamps, and they are hereby required to take possession of any deed, instrument, or writing as to which any offence or breach of the provisions of the laws relating to Stamps may appear to have been committed, and to deliver the same to be used in any prosecu- tion or proceeding in any court.
III-Section VI. of "The Stamp Ordinance, 1866," shall be repealed, but such repeal shall not affect any proceeding pending or any right that has arisen or may arise, or any penalty incurred or that may be incurred in respect of any transaction, act, matter, or thing done or existing prior to, or at the commencement of this Ördinance, under or by virtue of the said section.
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IV. For every deed, instrument, or writing, which shall be executed from the time when this Ordinance shall come into force, and which shall be of any of the kinds specified as requiring Stamps by the Schedule annexed to this Ordinance, except as provided hereater in section V. of this Ordinance, there shall be payable to govern- ment a Stamp Duty of the amount indicated in the said Schedule to be proper for such deed. instrument, or writing. Whenever the word "Schedule" occurs in any part of "The Stamp Ordinance, 1866," except section VI. thereof, it shall be read as having reference to the Schedule annexed to this Ordinance.
V.-The Governor in council shall for twelve months after the commencement of this Ordinance, have power to declare by any order duly published in the Gazette, that till further notice, the Stamps required by the Schedule of "The Stamp Ordinance, 1866," shall be the Stamps to be used for any deed, instrument, or writing specified in such order in lieu of the Stamps required under the Schedule to this Ordinance
annexed.
VI.-This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as "The Stamp (Amendment) Ordinance, 1868,” and shall commence and take effect on such day as shall hereafter be fixed by proclamation under the hand of the Governor.
Passed the Legis.tive Council of Hongkong, this 22nd day of May, 1863.
L. D'ALMADA ɛ CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.
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