STAMP ORDINANCE

STAMP ORDINANCE

Stamp.

No. 2 of 1885

An Ordinance to amend The Stamp Ordinance, 1884.

[25th January, 1885.]

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative
Council thereof, as follows:--
1. Ordinance 15 of 1884 is hereby amended as follows, viz.:-
T'or section 9 substitute the following.section:-

8, Except as otherwise provided by this Ordinance, nQ document liable
to stamp.. duty. under this Ordinance shall be received as creating,
transferring,
Ordinance No. 2 of 1885.

Stamp.

or extinguishing and right or 'obligation, or as evidence in any civil
proceed-
ing in any Court of Justice in the Colony, or shall be acted upon,
registered,
or authenticated in any such Court or public or other office or by any,
public
officer unless such document be stamped according to this Ordinance or ill
accordance with the law in force in the Colony at the time it was
executed.
Provided that any Civil Court may direct the Collector to stamp and
,receive
the duty, and penalty if any, upon any document which may be stamped after
execution under this Ordinance. Such duty and penalty shall be paid into
Court and shall be remitted to the Collector with the document to be
stampecl
after such document has been admitted in evidence.

In section 10 strike out the words 'off the Court ordering such stamping.'

In article 8 of the schedule strike out the words and figures in the
second column
of the second clause of that article 'and substitute the following:-

Under
From

Every

10 to
50 to $
250 to $ 500, . . . . . .

500 to $ 1,000,

1,000 to $ 2,000, ,

2,000 to $ 3,000,

3,000 to $ 5,000 . . . . .

5,000 to $ 10,000, ......
10,000 to $ 15,000, ......
5,000 additional, ......

In article. 32 of the schedule add the following exemption:
-'

.Receipt given by any officer or soldier of Her Majesty's forces
stationed in the
Colony for money paid out of Imperial Revenue.

Free.
.02 cents.

.05
.10
.20
.50
$1.00
$1.50
$2.00
$3.00
$0.50

[Repealed by Ordinance No. 16 of 1886.]
1836
Amendment of section 9.
1837
Amendment of section 10.
Amendment of schedule article.
Article 32.

1836
Amendment of section 9.
1837
Amendment of section 10.
Amendment of schedule article.
Article 32.

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