Directory_and_Chronicle_1876 — Page 438

THE STAMP AMENDMENT ORDINANCE.

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 prosecution 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 of The Stamp Ordinance, 1866, shall be repealed, but such repeal shall not affect any proceeding pending or any right that has arisen or may arise, or any penalty incurred or that may be incurred, in respect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 Ordinance, under or by virtue of the said section.

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 hereafter in section V. of this Ordinance, there shall be payable to Government 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.-Has had its effect.

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.

ADDITIONAL ORDER.

IN THE SUPREME COURT, Summary Jurisdiction.

The Stamp Duty payable on Foreign Attachment Bonds shall be as follows:-

In every case of $500 and upwards...

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$250 and under $500.

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under $250.....

.$5.00

$2.50

$1.00