OFFICIAL SIGNATURES FEES ORDINANCE

OFFICIAL SIGNATURES FEES ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 88.

OFFICIAL SIGNATURES FEES.

To regulate certain official signatures and to provide for the
payment of fees therefor.

[6th September, 1935.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Official Signatures Fees
Ordinance.

2. (1) Subject to section 38 of the Interpretation Ordinance, where
by or under any enactment of this Colony or elsewhere, the signature
of the Governor or any, public officer mentioned in the Schedule is
required to any, certificate, authorization, consent, licence, permit or
exeniption, or any, alteration, transfer or renewal thereof, addition
thereto or endorsernent thereon, or any copy of the same, and no fee
for such signature is prescribed by law, the appropriate fee prescribed
in the Schedule shall be payable for such signature.

(2) For the purposes of this Ordinance where by, or under any
enactment of this Colony the signature of any public officer is required
to any document, it shall be sufficient unless otherwise expressly
enacted if a similitude of the signature of such public officer is
impressed on the document by sorne other person by or under his
authority, and authenticated by the signature of such other person.

3. (1) Where by or under any enactment of the Colony the issue of
any document by a public officer is required or authorized, such officer
may, in his discretion and subject to any instructions of the Governor,
issue a duplicate of such document, and where no fee is otherwise
prescribed for such duplicate a fee of five dollars shall be payable
therefor unless some less fee shall have been prescribed for the
original, in which case such less fee shall be payable for such
duplicate.

(2) Where any alteration, transfer, or endorsement of or addition to
any certificate, authorization, consent, licence, permit or exemption by
a public officer is required or authorized and where no fee is otherwise
prescribed a fee of five dollars shall subject to any instructions of the





Governor be payable therefor unless some less fee is prescribed for the
original, in which case such less fee shall be payable for such
alteration, transfer, endorsement or addition.

(3) Where an extract of any document book record or
instrument may in the opinion of a public officer properly
be certified by him as a true extract of such document book
record or instrument such officer may subject to any instruc-
tions of the Governor certify such extract as being a true
copy and where no fee is otherwise provided a fee of five
dollars shall subject to any such instructions be payable in
respect of such certification.

4. The Governor in Council may amend the Schedule
in any manner whatsoever.

SCHEDULE. [ss. 2 & 4.]

Fee for
Designation of officer. signature.

The Governor .................... ... ... ... ... ... $10.00
The Colonial Secretary .......... ... ... ... ... ... 5.00
The Financial Secretary ......... ... ... ... ... ... 5.00
The Accountant General .......... ... ... ... ... ... 5.00
The Clerk of Councils .............. ... ... ... 5.00

The Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade ... ... ... ... 5.00
37 of 1935. 46 of 1936. 24 of 1950. Short title. Certain official signatures and fees therefor. (Cap. 1.) Schedule. Fees for a duplicate, an endorsement or a certified copy. 24 of 1950, Schedule. 24 of 1950. Schedule. 24 of 1950. Schedule. Power to amend Schedule. 24 of 1950, Schedule.

37 of 1935. 46 of 1936. 24 of 1950. Short title. Certain official signatures and fees therefor. (Cap. 1.) Schedule. Fees for a duplicate, an endorsement or a certified copy. 24 of 1950, Schedule. 24 of 1950. Schedule. 24 of 1950. Schedule. Power to amend Schedule. 24 of 1950, Schedule.

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