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THE STAMP ORDINANCE, 1921.

Order by the Colonial Secretary under

aoction 12A of the Ordinance.

In exercise of the powers vested in him by section 12A of thạ Stomp Ordinance, 1921, (as enacted by section 3 of the Stamp Amendment Ordinance, 1949) the Colonial Secretary has made the following Order --

ORDER

1. This Order may be cited as the Stamp (Bank Authoriza- Citation, tion) Order, 1949.

2.

lo this Order———

Interpreta tion.

1

"Ordinance" nuenda the Stamp Ordinance, 1921, 89 amended by the Stamp Amendment Ordinance, 1949.

authorized to

3. The banks specified in the Schedule to this Order are Specified bereby authorized with effect from the 1st May to compound for banks the payment of duty on unstamped cheques subject to the condi- compound tions stated in paragraphs (6), (b) and (c) of section 12A(1) of for the the Ordinance.

SCHEDULE.

The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation.

Head Office, Hong Kong.

Kowloon Sub-Agency.

Mongkok Sub-Agency.

Netherlands Trading Society (Nederlandsche Handel

Maatschappij. N.V.)

Hong Kong Agency.

The Mercantile Bank of India Ltd., Hong Kong.

The Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, Hong Kong.

Banque Belge pour l'Etranger (Extreme-Orient) S.A,

payment of Certain

duty.

mat_m.

Colonial Secretary,

Bona Kost,

11th May, 1949.