Stamp Duties Management.
same were lawfully purchased by him, the stamps shall be forfeited and shall be delivered over to the Collector : Provided that, if at any time within six months after the delivery any person makes out to the satisfaction of the Collector that any stamps so forfeited were stolen or otherwise fraudulently obtained from him, such stamps may be delivered up to him.
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person in
of forged
presumed
possession stamps to be guilty.
54 & 55 Vict.
16. (1) If any forged stamps are found in the possession of any person appointed to sell and distribute stamps or being or having been licensed to deal in stamps, that person shall be deemed and taken, unless the contrary is satisfactorily proved, to have had the same in his possession knowing them to be forged and with intent to sell, use or utter them, and shall be liable to the punishment imposed by law upon a person selling, using, uttering or having in possession forged stamps knowing the same to be forged.
c. 38, s. 18.
Schedule.
(2) If a magistrate has cause to suspect any such person of having in his possession any forged stamps, he may, by warrant, authorize any police officer to enter, 24 of 1950, between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., into any house, room, shop or building of or belonging to the suspected person, and if on demand of admittance, and notice of the warrant, the door of the house, room, shop or building, or any inner door 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 authorized, to aid and assist in the execution of the warrant.
(4) Any 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 authorized in the due execution of the powers conferred by this section, or any person acting in his aid or assistance,
and any police officer who upon any such request as aforesaid refuses or neglects to aid and assist any person so authorized in the due execution of his powers, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars.
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same were lawfully purchased by him, the stamps shall be forfeited and shall be delivered over to the Collector : Provided that, if at any time within six months after the delivery any person makes out to the satisfaction of the Collector that any stamps so forfeited were stolen or other- wise fraudulently obtained from him, such stamps may be delivered up to him.
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person in
of forged
presumed
possession stamps to be guilty.
54 & 55 Vict.
16. (1) If any forged stamps are found in the posses- Licensed sion of any person appointed to sell and distribute stamps or being or having been licensed to deal in stamps, that person shall be deemed and taken, unless the contrary is satisfactorily proved, to have had the same in his possession knowing them to be forged and with intent to sell, use or utter them, and shall be liable to the punishment imposed by law upon a person selling, using, uttering or having in possession forged stamps knowing the same to be forged.
c. 38, s. 18.
Schedule.
(2) If a magistrate has cause to suspect any such person of having in his possession any forged stamps, he may, by warrant, authorize any police officer to enter, 24 of 1950, between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., into any house, room, shop or building of or belonging to the suspected person, and if on demand of admittance, and notice of the warrant, the door of the house, room, shop or building, or any inner door 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 authorized, to aid and assist in the execution of the warrant.
(4) Any 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 authorized in the due execution of the powers conferred by this section, or any person acting in his aid or assistance,
and any police officer who upon any such request as afore- said refuses or neglects to aid and assist any person so authorized in the due execution of his powers, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars.
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453
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