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The Stamp Act, 1882

(8) Provided that if at any time within six months after such condemnation any person makes out to the satisfaction of the Colonial Treasurer that any such stamped paper or stamps so condemned were stolen or otherwise fraudulently obtained from him, and that the same were purchased by him at the Colonial Treasury, or from some person duly licensed to sell stamps, such stamps may be delivered up to him.

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NATURE OF INSTRUMENT

AGREEMENT of the value of £5 and upwards

(NOTE.-Where letters are produced in Court
to prove an agreement it will be sufficient
for one of them to be then and there
stamped with a duty of 5s., and such stamp
may be cancelled by any officer of the
Court.)

Exemptions

(1) Agreement or memorandum the matter whereof is not of
the value of £5.

(2) Agreement or memorandum for the hire of any labourer,
artificer, manufacturer, or menial servant.

(3) Agreement, letter, or memorandum made for or relating to
the sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise.

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(4) Agreement or memorandum made between the master and
mariners of any ship or vessel for wages on any voyage
coastwise from port to port in the Colony of Western
Australia.

(5) Memorandums or agreements made necessary by the 9 Geo.
IV. c. 14 (Lord Tenterden's Act), for rendering a written
memorandum necessary to the validity of certain pro-
mises and engagements, &c., s. 8.

ARTICLES OF CLERKSHIP whereby any person becomes bound to
serve as a Clerk in order to his admission as a Practitioner of the
Supreme Court.

ADMISSION OF ANY PERSON to act as a Barrister or general
Practitioner in the Supreme Court..

Sec sections 74 and 75.

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STAMP DUTY
PAYABLE

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The Stamp Act, 1882

NATURE OF INSTRUMENT

BILL OF EXCHANGE OR NOTE payable on demand or at sight; or any cheque drawn on any Banker payable either to order or to bearer on demand; or any order for the payment of money or for the payment of goods, such payment being in lieu of the payment of money, drawn on any person other than a Banker and payable on demand

Exemption

Any order for the delivery of goods for the use and on behalf of the maker of the order.

BILL OF EXCHANGE of any other kind whatsoever, and PROMIS-
SORY NOTE of any other kind whatsoever drawn or expressed to be
payable, or actually paid or endorsed, or in any manner negotiated
within the Colony :

Where the amount or value of the money for which the same is
made or drawn does not exceed £5
Exceeds £5 and does not exceed £25

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For every additional £50 and also for any fractional part of £50.
And see sections 34-42.

And see NOTARIAL ACT.

Exemptions

(1) Draft or order drawn by any banker in Western Australia
upon any other banker in Western Australia not payable
to bearer or order, and used solely for the purpose of
settling or clearing any account between such bankers.
(2) Letter written by a banker in Western Australia to any
other banker in Western Australia directing the pay-
ment of any sum of money, the same not being payable
to bearer or to order, and such letter not being sent or
delivered to the person to whom payment is to be made
or to any person on his behalf.

(3) Letter of credit granted in Western Australia authorising
drafts to be drawn out of Western Australia payable in
Western Australia.

BILL OF LADING of or for any goods, merchandise, or effects to be
exported

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Receipt of the master or mate taken in lieu of the bill of lading
Bill of lading coastwise

Receipt of master or mate coastwise in lieu of bill of lading:

If over half a ton weight or measurement

If under half a ton weight or measurement

BILL OF SALE

Absolute. See CONVEYANCE ON SALE.
By way of security. See MORTGAGE, &C.
And see section 44.

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BOND FOR ADMINISTRATION of estate of a deceased person

Exemption

Bond given by any person where the estate to be administered does not exceed £100 in value.

CHEQUE OR ORDER payable on demand

Exemptions

Treasury Cheques marked' On Public Service, only.'

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See section 34, and BILL OF EXCHANGE.

The Stamp Act, 1882

NATURE OF INSTRUMENT

CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER on sale of any real estate in lieu of any other duty on such transfer howsoever otherwise imposed, or any Bill of Sale purporting to absolutely transfer any personal property without any proviso providing for the re-transfer of such property to the maker

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STAMP DUTY
PAYABLE

£ s. d.

For every £5 and also for

LAND TRANSFER. Under The Transfer of Land Act, 1874,' and any
Acts amending the same
(1) In the case of a consent to an application lodged on and
application lodged on and any a frac
after the commencement of this Act, whereby the
consenting party relinquishes any estate or interest for
valuable consideration

(2) In the case of an application to bring land under the Act
by any person who has purchased such land without
having paid the duty in respect of a conveyance or
transfer thereof to him

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(3) In the case of a transfer of land on a sale thereof which
transfer has been executed after the first day of
November, 1881

tional part of £5 of the amount or value of the considera

tion, 6d.

CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER of any kind not herein before described
See section 52.

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COUNTERPART. See section 25.

COUPON OR WARRANT for interest attached to or issued with any security, when presented for payment

See section 71.

CUSTOMS FORMS

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For every perfect printed form contained in Schedules D, F, I, J,
O, P, Q, to The Customs Ordinance, 1860'
For every perfect form contained in Schedule D to the same
Ordinance, when the goods are entered duty free

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In every case when any of the above forms are issued in
sets of more than one, only one form shall bear the
stamp.

DEED of any kind whatever, not otherwise charged with duty

Exemptions

(1) Grants of the fee simple or other less estate in lands from
Her Majesty.

(2) Conveyances, transfers, surrenders, or leases of the fee
simple or other less estate in land to Her Majesty or for
her use.

DRAFT. See section 34.

DUPLICATE. See section 25.

GUARANTEE of any kind.

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HYPOTHECATION OF BILLS OF ment by way of

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Any lease made in perpetuity, or for a term of years, or for a period determinable with one or more lives, or otherwise contingent, in consideration of a sum of money paid in the way of premium, fine, or the like, if without rent .

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Lease of any lands or tenements at a rent for an indefinite term, and without any payment of any sum of money by way of fine or premium

Lease of any lands or tenements stipulating for a rent granted in consideration of a fine or premium

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like rent for a period exceeding one year A stamp equal to the joint value of the transfer duty payable on a conveyance in consideration of the fine and a lease for the

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LETTER OF ALLOTMENT or any other document having the effect of a letter of allotment:

For every £5 and also for any fractional part of £5 of the amount or value of the considera

tion over £100, 6d.

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or corporation

STAMP DUTY

PAYABLE
£ s. d.

(3) Issued or delivered in Western Australia of any share of 0 0 1
any foreign company, or in respect of any loan raised or
proposed to be raised by or on behalf of any foreign
municipal body, corporation, or company

AND SCRIP CERTIFICATES, SCRIP, or other document:

(1) Entitling any person to become the proprietor of any share
of any company or proposed company

(2) Issued or delivered in Western Australia, and entitling any
person to become the proprietor of any share of any
foreign company or proposed company

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(3) Denoting or intended to denote the right of any person as
a subscriber in respect of any loan raised or proposed to
be raised by any company or proposed company, or by
any municipal body or corporation.

(4) Issued or delivered in Western Australia, and denoting or
intended to denote the right of any person as a subscriber
in respect of any loan raised or proposed to be raised by
or on behalf of any foreign municipal body, corporation,
or company

And every transfer of any such document.

And see sections 56 and 58.

LIEN ON WOOL, for every £100 of the consideration or fractional
part thereof

MORTGAGE, BOND, DEBENTURE, COVENANT, WARRANT OF
ATTORNEY to confess and enter up judgment and FOREIGN
SECURITY of any kind:

(1) Being the only or principal or primary security for the pay-
ment or repayment of money-

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And see BOND.

£300 for every £100 and also for any fractional
part of £100 of such amount

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