D. 1901.]
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riod of six months to render such account shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be personally liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars.
(3.) Notwithstanding such neglect or omission and notwithstanding any such conviction, such duty (whatever the amount thereof) may be recovered at the suit of the Colonial Treasurer in the Supreme Court in its Summary Jurisdiction, without prejudice to any other remedy.
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21. The Governor may order a refund by Treasury warrant of the whole or any portion of any probate duty which may have been paid to the Collector, for the refund of which any equitable claim is proved, to his satisfaction, on the ground of payment of probate duty on the same estate elsewhere, assignment or diminution of value of the estate, discharge of debts, or other reasonable cause.
Offences and Penalties.
22. If any person, after the commencement of this Ordinance, in any way administers any part of the estate and effects of any deceased person without obtaining probate of the will or letters of administration of the estate and effects of such deceased person within six months after such decease or within two months after the termination of any action or dispute respecting the will or the right to letters of administration, if there is any such which is not ended within four months after such decease, every such person shall forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars, and shall also be liable to pay to His Majesty double the amount of stamp duty chargeable on the estate and effects of the deceased person, and the same shall be a debt due to the Crown and be recoverable by any of the ways and means in force for the time being for the recovery of Crown rents: Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to interfere with the special powers conferred by Ordinance upon the Official Administrator, the Colonial Treasurer, and the Captain Superintendent of Police of acting in certain cases without obtaining probate of the will or letters of administration of a deceased person.
23. Every person who commits any of the following offences shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars; that is to say,-
(P) drawing, accepting, issuing, indorsing, negotiating, paying, receiving payment of any bill of exchange, promissory note, or other similar instrument, or making, executing, or signing (except as herein before provided) any document enumerated in the First Schedule without stamp duty.
D. 1901.]
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riod of six months to render such account shall, on summary convictions. before a Magistrate, be personally liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars.
(3.) Notwithstanding such neglefror omission and notwithstanding say such conviction, such duty (whatever the amount thereof) may be recovered at the suit of the Colonial Treasurer in the Supreme Court in its Summary Jurisdiction, without prejudice to any other remedy.
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21. The Governor may order a refund by Treasury warrant of the whole or any portion of any probate duty which may have been paid to the Collector, for the refund of which any equitable claim is proved, to his satisfaction, on the ground of payment of probate duty on the same estate elsewhere, assignment or diminution of value of the estate, dis- charge of debts, or other reasonable cause
Offences and Penalties.
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22. If any person, after the commencement of this Ordinance, in any way administers any part of the estate and effects of any deceased person without obtaining probate of the will or letters of administration of the estate and effects of such deceased person within six months after such decease or with two months after the termination of any action or dispute respecting the will or the right to letters of administration, if there is any such which is not ended within four months after such
Refunding of probas duty grounds.
on certain
Penalties for taking out probate or
default in
administra-
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decease, every such person shall forfeit the sum of five three to
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hundred dollars, and shall also be liable to pay to His Majesty double the amount of stamp duty chargeable on the estate and effects of the deceased person, and the same shall be a debt due to the Crown and be recoverable by any of the ways and means in force for the time being for the recovery of Crown rents: Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to interfere with the special powers conferred by Ordi- nance upon the Official Administrator, the Colonial Treasurer, and the See Ordinance Captain Superintendent of Police of acting in certain cases without No. 2 of 1897. obtaining probate of the will or letters of administration of a deceased
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23. Every person who commits any of the following offences shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars; that is to say,-
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drawing, accepting, issuing, indorsing, negotiating, paying, receiving payment of any bill of exchange, promissory note, or other similar instrument, or making, executing, or signing (except as herein before provided) any document enumerated in the First
Penalty for not stamping
document, etc..
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