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Collector within fourteen days after it has been received in the Colony, then upon proof of the facts to the satisfaction of the Collector the stamp thereon shall be cancelled, and the instrument shall be stamped with the same amount of duty by means of the lawful die, without the payment of any penalty: (b.) All persons having in their possession any material stamped with the discontinued die, and which by reason of the providing of such new die has been rendered useless, may at any time within six months after the day stated in the notice send the same to the chief office or one of the head offices, and the Collector may thereupon cause the stamp on such material to be cancelled, and the same material, or, if the Collector thinks fit, any other material, to be stamped with the new dic, in lieu of and to an equal amount with the stamp so cancelled.
to excise
20. The provisions of this Ordinance in reference to Application offences relating to stamps shall apply to any label now or of Ordinance hereafter provided by Government for denoting any duty labels, of excise, and any label so provided shall be deemed to be ib, s. 23. included in the term "stamp" as defined by this Ordinance,
21. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise Definitions,
ibus. 27. requires-
The expression Collector" means the Collector of
Stamp Revenue :
The expression “duty means any stamp duty for the time being chargeable by law ineluding postage : The expression "material" includes every sort of material upon which words or figures cau he expressed :
The expression "instrument
document:
includes every written
The expression "die" includes any plate, type, tool, or implement whatever used under the direction of the Collector for expressing or denoting any duty, or rate of duty, or the fact that any duty or rate of duty or penalty has been paid, or that an instrument is duly stamped, or is not charge- able with any duty or for denoting any fee, and also any part of any such plate, type, tool, or implement :
The expressions "forge" and "forged " include conn-
terfeit and counterfeited or fictitious :
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The expression "stamp means as well a stamp im- pressed by means of a die as an adhesive stamp for denoting any duty or fee, and shall include any stamp for denoting a rate of postage of any British Possession or of any foreign country: The expression stamped" is applicable as well to instruments and material impressed with stamps by means of a die as to instruments and material having adhesive stamps affixed thereto :
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The expressions "executed and execution ", with reference to instruments nor under seal, mean signed and signature.
22. The Postmaster General shall have and shall be Postmaster entitled to exercise all the powers of the Collector under General to this Ordinance in respect of all matters affecting the Post have powers Office of the Colony,
of Collector
in matters affecting Post Office.
23. The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Repeal. Ordinance are hereby repealed from and after the com- mencement of this Ordinance to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
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