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No. of Heading.

LIST OF HONGKONG STAMP DUTIES

Instrument.

Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with any duty.

Exemption.

Policies of insurance, duplic- cates of: See Policy of insurance (8).

Equitable mortgage: See Mort-

gage.

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Exchange.

Duty.

Nature of Stamp.

Point of time before which, or period within

which, the

instrument must be stamped.

Person liable

for stamping,

where stamping ·

is compulsory.

Where the Overem. 7 days after Voluntary.

on bossed. execution.

duty

the ori- ginal in- strument does not exceed $2: the same duty as the original instru-

ment.

Where the

duty on the ori- ginal in- strument exceeds $2: $2.

The same duty иs on a convey- ance on sale for a consideration equal to

the

""

""

All persons. executing.

value of the

property of the

greater value.

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Exchange Contract Cancellation 10 cts. for

Note.

every $500 or part thereof.

Adhe- sive.

2 days after

cancella- tion, etc. See sec- tion 22 (5).

If one party to the contract was a banker - and the other party was not a banker, the banker. In every other case, the seller...

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Foreclosure Order the duty to Where the Overem-

be calculated on the value of

value of bossed.

the property.

the pro-

Before the

order signed by

is

The person. obtaining

the order..

the Regis-

perty does not exceed $20,000: 50 cts. for every $100 or part thereof. Where the value of the

property exceeds $20,000: $1

for every $100 or part

thereof.

trar.