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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 25, 1911.

Procedure

allowance.

54 & 55 Diet. * 38 s.9.

Allowance for Spoiled Stamps.

7. Subject to sach regulations as the Governor-in-

for obtaining Council may think proper to make, and to the production of such evidence by statutory declaration or otherwise as the Collector may require, allowance is to be made by the Collector for stamps spoiled in the cases hereinafter men- tioned; (that is to say):

(1.) The stamp on any material inadvertently aud

undesignedly spoiled, obliterated, or by any means rendered unfit for the purpose intended, hefore the material bears the signature of any person or any instrument written thereon is executed by any party :

(2.) Any adhesive stamp which has been inadver- tently and undesignedly spoiled or rendered unfit for use and has not in the opinion of the Collector been affixed to any material; (3.) Any adhesive stamp representing a fee capable of being collected by means of such stamp which has been affixed to material provided that a certificate from the proper officer is produced to the effect that the stamp should be allowed:

(4.) The stamp on any bill of exchange signed by or on behalf of the drawer which has not been accepted or made use of in any manner what- ever or delivered out of his hands for any pur- pose other than by way of tender for accept-

auce:

(5.) The stamp on any promissory note signed by or on behalf of the maker which has not been made use of in any manner whatever or deli- vered out of his hands:

(8.) The stamp on any bill of exchange or promis- sory note which from any omission or error has been spoiled or rendered useless, althongh the same, being a bill of exchange, may have been accepted or indorsed, or, being a promis sory note, may have been delivered to the payee, provided that another completed and duly stamped bill of exchange or promissory nofe is produced identical in every particular, except in the correction of the error or omission, with the spoiled bill or note:

17.) The stamp used for any of the following instru-

ments; that is to say,

(a.) An instrument executed by any party thereto, but afterwards found to be abso- Intely void from the beginning :

14.) An instrument executed by any party thereto, but afterwards found unfit, by reason of any error or mistake therein, for the purpose originally intended : (e) An instrument excented by any party thereto which has not been made use of for any purpose whatever, and which by reasoi of the Taability or refusal of some necessary party to sign the same or to complete the transaction according to the instrument, is incomplete and in- sufficient for the purpose for which it was intended :

(4.). An instrument exerted by any party thereto, which by reason of the refusal of any person to act under the same, or for want of enrolment or registration within the time required by law, fails of the intended purpose or becomes void : (c.). An instrument exrented by any party thereto which is inadvertently and un- designedly spoiled, and in lieu whereof another intrument made between the sume parties and for the same purpose is executed and duly stamped, or which becomes useless in consequence of the