STAMP DUTIES MANAGEMENT.
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1981
thereof, is not opened, the police officer may break open the same and search for and seize any stamps that may be found therein or in the custody or possession of the suspected person.
(3) All police officers are hereby required, upon request by any person so authorised, to aid and assist in the execution of the warrant.
(4) Every person who-
(a) refuses to permit any such search or seizure to be made as aforesaid; or
(b) assaults, opposes, molests, or obstructs any person so authorised in the due execution of the powers conferred by this section, or any person acting in his aid or assistance, and every police officer who upon any such request as aforesaid, refuses, or neglects to aid and assist any person so authorised in the due execution of his powers, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars.
16. Where stamps are seized under a warrant, the person authorised by the warrant shall, if required, give to the person in whose custody or possession the stamps are found an acknowledgment of the number, particulars, and amount of the stamps, and permit the stamps to be marked before the removal thereof.
4 & 55 Vict. c. 38, s. 19.
17. Every person who by any writing in any manner defaces any adhesive stamp before it is used shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of fifty dollars: Provided that any person may with the express sanction of the Collector, and in conformity with the conditions which he may prescribe, write upon or otherwise appropriate an adhesive stamp before it is used for the purpose of identification thereof.
55 Vict. c. 38, s. 20.
18. Every person who practises or is concerned in any fraudulent act, contrivance, or device, not specially provided for by law, with intent to defraud His Majesty of any duty shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
4 & 55 Vict. c. 38, s. 21.
STAMP DUTIES MANAGEMENT.
No. 35 of 1911.
1981
thereof, is not opened, the police officer may break open the same and search for and seize any stamps that may be found therein or in the custody or possession of the suspected
person.
(3) All police officers are hereby required, upon request by any person so authorised, to aid and assist in the execution of the warrant.
(4) Every person who-
(a) refuses to permit any such search or seizure to he made as aforesaid; or
(b) assaults, opposes, molests, or obstructs any person so authorised in the due execution of the powers conferred by this section, or any person acting in his aid or assistance, and every police officer who upon any such request as afore- said, refuses, or neglects to aid and assist any person so authorised in the due execution of his powers, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars.
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16. Where stamps are scized under a warrant, the person Mode of authorised by the warrant shall, if required, give to the ceeding person in whose custody or possession the stamps are found are seized. an acknowledgment of the number, particulars, and amount 4 & 55 Vict. of the stamps, and permit the stamps to be marked before the removal thereof.
e. 38, s. 19.
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e. 38, s. 20.
17. Every person who by any writing in any manner As to deface- defaces any adhesive stamp before it is used shall upon adhesive summary conviction be liable to a fine of fifty dollars: stamps. Provided that any person may with the express sanction of 55 Vict. the Collector, and in conformity with the conditions which he may prescribe, write upon or otherwise appropriate an adhesive stamp before it is used for the purpose of identifica- tion thereof.
18. Every person who practises or is concerned in any Penalty for fraudulent act, contrivance, or device, not specially provided frauds in for by law, with intent to defraud His Majesty of any duty duties. shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
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r. 38, s. 21.
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