CAP. 117]
[s. 19 cont.]
Effect of non-compliance in case of certain bills
Stamp.
Provided that it shall be lawful for the Collector in his discretion to remit the whole or any part of the penalty provided by this subsection.
(3) If any person applying for special leave under this section is dissatisfied with any decision of the Collector upon such application, it shall be lawful for such person to require his application to be referred to the Governor in Council whose decision thereon shall be final for all purposes.
(4) Upon any application for special leave under the provisions of this section, it shall be lawful for the Collector, or for the Governor in Council, to require such sworn or other evidence in support of the application as he may require.
(5) When an instrument has been stamped by special leave under the provisions of this section, such instrument shall be deemed to have been duly stamped for the purposes of section 7.
[16]
20. Notwithstanding any enactment to the contrary, a bill of exchange which is presented for acceptance, or accepted, or payable, outside the Colony or a cheque whether presented for acceptance, or accepted, or payable, outside or inside the Colony shall not be invalid by reason only that it is not stamped in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, and any such bill of exchange or cheque which is unstamped or not properly stamped may be received in evidence on payment of the proper duty and penalties as provided by sections 7 and 19.
[16A]
21. Every instrument executed out of the Colony by any person, not being a bill of exchange or a promissory note, shall, before being used, brought into force or registered, within the Colony, be stamped according to the rate of duty to which it would have been liable if it had been executed in the first instance within the Colony, whatever the provision of the Schedule may be with regard to the time before which or the period within which such an instrument, if executed in the first instance within the Colony, should be stamped.
[17]
22. (1) Every person into whose hands any bill of exchange or promissory note drawn or made out of the Colony comes shall—
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54 & 55 Vict. c. 39, s. 35.
406
CAP. 117]
[s. 19 cont.]
Effect of non- compliance in case of certain bills
Stamp.
Provided that it shall be lawful for the Collector in his discretion to remit the whole or any part of the penalty provided by this subsection.
(3) If any person applying for special leave under this section is dissatisfied with any decision of the Collector upon such application, it shall be lawful for such person to require his application to be referred to the Governor in Council whose decision thereon shall be final for all purposes.
(4) Upon any application for special leave under the provisions of this section, it shall be lawful for the Collector, or for the Governor in Council, to require such sworn or other evidence in support of the application as he may require.
(5) When an instrument has been stamped by special leave under the provisions of this section, such instrument shall be deemed to have been duly stamped for the purposes of section 7.
[16]
20. Notwithstanding any enactment to the contrary, a bill of exchange which is presented for acceptance, or accepted, or payable, outside the Colony or a cheque whether 5, c. 19, s. 42. presented for acceptance, or accepted, or payable, outside or
of exchange. 23 & 24 Geo.
Instruments executed out
of the Colony.
[cf. 54 & 55 Vict. c. 39,
s.
51(2)(a),
Schedule.
Foreign bills
inside the Colony shall not be invalid by reason only that it is not stamped in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, and any such bill of exchange or cheque which is unstamped or not properly stamped may be received in evidence on payment of the proper duty and penalties as provided by sections 7 and 19.
[16A]
21. Every instrument executed out of the Colony by any person, not being a bill of exchange or a promissory note, shall, before being used, brought into force or registered, within the Colony, be stamped according to the rate of duty to which it would have been liable if it had been executed in the first instance within the Colony, whatever the pro- vision of the Schedule may be with regard to the time before which or the period within which such an instrument, if executed in the first instance within the Colony, should be stamped.
[17]
22. (1) Every person into whose hands any bill of 54 & 65 Vict. exchange or promissory note drawn or made out of the
and notes.
c. 39, s. 35.
406
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