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truly the amount of the Purchase Money.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH AUGUST, 1866.

XLII. Clause 1. From the time when this Ordinance shall come into force in Conveyance to state of the sale of any land, annuity, or other property real or personal moveable or weable not being a share of any Banking Corporation or Joint Stock Company, the same is transferred by simple endorsement or of any right, title, interest, or in any such property when a Duty is imposed by this Ordinance on the conveyance of the full purchase or consideration Money directly or indirectly paid or secured reed to be paid for the same shall be truly expressed and set forth in words at h in the principal Deed, Instrument or Writing whereby the property sold shall be seyed to or vested in the purchaser or in any other person. And if the full purchase consideration Money shall not be fully and truly expressed and set forth in the er above directed the purchaser and seller shall each forfeit a sum not exceeding Hundred and Fifty Dollars and be charged with the payment of Five times the ant of the excess of Duty which would have been payable for such Deed, Instrument Writing in respect of the full purchase or consideration Money if the same had been y expressed in such Deed, Instrument or Writing beyond the amount of Duty

ally paid for the same.

a conveyance inserts

Clause 2. If any Person shall knowingly and wilfully insert or set forth in Penalty if Person any such Deed, Instrument or Writing any less amount than the full and true employed to prepare purchase or consideration Money directly or indirectly paid or secured or agreed a less Sum than the to be paid for the same shall incur the penalties prescribed in the preceding Clause true purchase Money. of this Section.

Ordinance.

XLIII. The Governor may upon petition order any penalty imposed under this Mitigation or return inance to be mitigated and if paid may order the whole or any part of it to be of Penalty under this rned, and all decisions, orders, or acts of the Collector of Stamp Revenue shall be en to revision by the Governor and may by him be reversed, altered, or modified.

XLIV. No Person shall be proceeded against for any offence affecting the Public Prosecution to be by venue under this Ordinance except at the suit or prosecution of or with the consent Attorney General. the Attorney General.

XLV. Every Offence under this Ordinance may be summarily tried by the offences cognizable by istrates of Police or either of them.

Magistrates of Police.

XLVI. A share not exceeding one-half of every Fine imposed and recovered Rewards to informers. der this Ordinance may be awarded by the Court imposing the Fine to the informer.

SCHEDULE

taining a Specification of the Deeds, Instruments and Writings which require to be Stamped under

this Ordinance, and of the proper Stamps for such Deeds, Instruments and Writings.

1. Affidavit, Affirmation or Solemn Declaration not madé for *mediate purpose of being filed, read or used in any Local

of Justice, per Sheet,

EXEMPTION.

Any Affidavit, Affirmation or Solemn Declaration for the tation of any Public Account, or on the assumption of any under Government, or to be made pursuant to this Ordinance, to the identity of any Pensioner.

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Agreement or Contract, or any Minute or Memorandum Agreement not being of the nature of a Bond or other tion for the payment of Money, or of a Conveyance, or of of Mortgage or Gift, and not being otherwise provided this Schedule whether the same be only evidence of a act or obligatory upon the parties, where the matter thereof not exceed in value $100,..

If the matter thereof shall exceed in value $100,

NOTE-If two or more letters are offered in evidence to prove an Agreement between the parties who shall have written such letters it will be sufficient if any one of suck letters be Stamped as an Agreement.

If the Agreement, Minute, or Memorandum be of the nature

Bon, or other Obligation for the payment of Money, or of

eyance, or of a Deed of Mortgage or Gift,

3. Agreement for an Annial or Periodical payment not vise charged for in this Schedule,

50 cents.

25 cents.

50 cents.

The same Stamp as prescribed by this Schedule for such Instrument.

The same Stump as for a Bond for an amount equal to 10 Years payment or of the total sum secured if less.