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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND MAY, 1886.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 179.

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His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of the Queen, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council:-

Ordinance No. 16 of 1886.—An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Stamp Ordinance, 1886.

Ordinance No. 17 of 1886.—An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Opium Ordinance, 1886.

Ordinance No. 19 of 1886.—An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Reformatory Schools Ordinance, 1886.

Ordinance No. 20 of 1886.—An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Harbour Regulations Ordinance, 1886.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st May, 1886.

W. H. MARSH.

FREDERICK Stewart,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Stamp Ordinance, 1886.

[21st May, 1886.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. In the construction of this Ordinance the term Collector shall include the person for the time being appointed by the Governor to have the control and management of the Stamp Office.

Document shall mean any deed, instrument, or writing whatever.

Material shall mean paper or parchment. Executed and Execution, with reference to documents not under seal shall mean signed and signature respectively.

2. The present Collector and all other Officers of the Stamp Office are hereby continued in their offices. There shall be one general Stamp Office for the Colony, and such subsidiary Stamp Offices as the Governor may from time to time in his discretion appoint.

3. The Governor may from time to time appoint and remove a Chief Officer who shall have the control and management of the Stamp Office, and such other Officers as may from time to time be required to carry on the business of the Stamp Office.

4. For every document executed after the coming into force of this Ordinance of any of the kinds specified by the Schedule as requiring stamps, there shall be payable to Government a Stamp Duty of the amount indicated in the said Schedule to be proper for such document.

Every provision contained in the said Schedule shall be of the same force as if it were contained in the body of this Ordinance.

5. The Governor in Council may from time to time make and when made, revoke, add to or alter rules, fixing lower rates of duty than those specified in the Schedule, or exempting from duty any of the documents mentioned in the Schedule, and prescribing the form, size, and material of the stamps to be used, and the mode and place of impressing, affixing, or denoting thereupon the value of the same under the provisions of this Ordinance, and the manner of writing upon or filling up such Stamps, and authorising or prohibiting the use of adhesive stamps for any documents required to bear stamps, and generally for the execution of this Ordinance.

Preamble,

Definitions.

Document.

Material

Execution.

Officers continued.

Office.

Subsidiary Offices.

Staff.

Duty payable under schedule.

Governor In Council may lower or abolish duties.

May make rules.