ORDINANCE No. 15 of 1884.
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20. Every person who is convicted of any felony under this Ordinance shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in penal servitude for any term not exceeding seven years and not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour. And every person who is convicted of any misdemeanor under this Ordinance shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour.
Penalties.
Procedure.
21. It shall be lawful for all Courts and Magistrates, and for the Collector, and for all persons employed for the sale and distribution of stamps, and they are hereby required to take possession of any document as to which any breach of the laws relating to stamp duties may appear to have been committed, and to deliver the same to the Collector to be used in prosecuting the offender.
22. No person shall be proceeded against under section 6 or 7 of this Ordinance except within two years from the date of the offence nor without the consent of the Attorney General.
23. Ordinances No. 12 of 1866 and No. 5 of 1868 and all orders in Council made thereunder are hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not affect anything lawfully done or suffered thereunder or any prosecution or any other proceeding for anything done contrary to the provisions of the same, while the same were in force.
24. This Ordinance shall come into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation by the Governor.
Impounding unstamped documents.
Limit of prosecutions.
Repeal.
Suspending clause.
SCHEDULE
of the proper stamps for such documents as require to be stamped under this Ordinance.
NOTE—A document containing or relating to several distinct matters is to be separately and distinctly charged with duty in respect of each of such matters. Any document liable to stamp duty under more than one article of this schedule shall be charged under that article which imposes the highest duty.
1. Adjudication as to the amount of stamp duty to be levied on any document,
2. Agreement, or any minute or memorandum of an agreement, not being under seal, or of the nature of an obligation for the payment of money, and not specially charged with duty under this schedule, whether the same be only evidence of a contract, or obligatory on the parties; or in the case of letters offered in evidence to prove an agreement, any one of such letters,
$1.
50 cents
NOTE—Agreements as to letting or tenancy are in all cases chargeable as leases. See articles 22 and 24,
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ORDINANCE No. 15 or 1884..
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20. Every person who is convicted of any felony under this Ordinance shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in penal servitude for any term not exceeding seven years and not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour. And every person who is con- victed of any misdemeanor under this Ordinance shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour.
Fenalties.
Procedure.
21. It shall be lawful for all Courts and Magistrates, and for the Collector, and for all persons employed for the sale and distribution of stamps, and they are hereby required to take possession of any document as to which any breach of the laws relating to stamp duties may appear to have been committed, and to deliver the same to the Collector to be used in prosecuting the offender.
22. No person shall be proceeded against under section 6 or 7 of this Ordinance except within two years from the date of the offence nor without the consent of the Attorney General.
23. Ordinances No. 12 of 1866 and No. 5 of 1868 and all orders in Council made thereunder are hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not affect anything lawfully done or suffered thereunder or any prosecution or any other proceeding for any thing done contrary to the provisions of the same, while the same were in force.
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24. This Ordinance shall come into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation by the Governor.
Impounding anstamped docu- ments.
[5 of 1868, s. 2.]
Limit of prosecu-- tions.
Repeat.
Suspending
clause.
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SCHEDULE
of the proper stamps for such documents as require to be stamped under this Ordinance.
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NOTE-A document containing or relating to several distinct matters is to be separately and distinctly charged with duty in respect of each of such matters. Any document liable to stamp duty under more than one article of this schedule shall be charged under that article `which imposes the highest duty.
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1. Adjudication as to the amount of stamp duty to be levied on any document,
2. Agreement, or any minute or memo- randum of an agreement, not being under seal, or of the nature of an obligation for the payment of money, and not specially charged with duty. under this schedule, whether the same be only evi- dence of a contract, or obligatory on the parties; or in the case of letters offered in evidence to prove an agreement, any one of such letters,
$1.
50 cents
+
NOTE-Agreements as to letting or tenancy are in all cases chargeable as leases. See articles 22 and 24,
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