Stamp Act Amendment Act of 1903 (3 Edw VII No. 2) (Qld)

8640 STAMPS. Stamp Avt Amendmtmt Act. ~ \<;nw. VII No. 2, 1903. STAMPS. 3E4~ : i. II. An Aot to Amend "The Stamp Aot, 1894," so far STA~ ~ ~ CT AMENDMENT ACT OF 1903. as relates to Duties Payable upon· Reoeipts. [ASSENTED TO 30TH SEP1.'EMBER, 1903.] Preamble. MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN,- W E Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects the membArs of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament aSsembled, towards raising the necessary supplies to defray Your "lajesty's public expenses, and making an addition to the public revenue, have freely and voluntarily resolved to give and grant unto Your Majesty the several duties hereinafter mentioned; and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent. of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : - Short title, 1. This Act may be cited as " The Stamp .Act Amend- aconndsctroumct- ion, ment Aot of 1903," and shall be read and construed with mencement and as an amendment of " The Stump Aot, lti94,"* herein- of Act. after called the Principal Act. This Act shall commence and take effect on and from the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and three. 1 N Re o E p . d e 3w a . l . o V f II. hereb 2 y .( re l Ip .) eda " e Th . e Stamp Act Amendment Aot o} 1901"t is Dutie~ on receipts. (2.) In lieu of subsection three·of section seventy-one of the' Principal Act repealed by the said last-mentioned Act, the following subsection is inserted:- " Upon a payment to an amount the receipt for which is liable to duty, gives a receipt for a less amount, or separates or divides the amount paid with intent to evade the whole or any part of the duty." "" 58 Vie. No. 8, supra, page 5083. t 1 Edw. VII. No. 3, 'upra, page 8189.

STAMPS-SUPREME COURT. 8641 3 Enw. VII. No. 9, 1903. Supreme Oourt Acts Amendment Act. (3.) In the Schedule to the Principal Act, under the heading" RECEIPT," in lieu of the words Given for or upon the paympnt of money amounting to twenty "'hilling!'! or upwards ... 001 repealed by the said last-mentioned. Act, the following .provision is inserted ;- Given for or upon the payment of money- Amounting to one pound or upwards, but less than two pounds 001 Amounting to two pounds or upwards, out less than fifty pounds ... ... ... ... 0 0 2 Amounting to fifty pounds or upwards, but less than one hundred pounds .. 0 0 :1 Amounting to one hundred pounds or upwards, for everyone hundred pounds OJ' fraction of one hundred pounds 006 3. The provisions of this Act shall cease to have Duration effect on the first day of January, one thousand nine of Aot. hundred and five. SUPREME COURT. . r An Act to Amend "The Supreme Court Acts, 1867 3EWo·. n . to 1899" • THE SUPREME COURT ACTS [A ] SSENTED TO 13TH NOVEMBER, 1903. AMENDMENT ACT OF 1903. B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queemlland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows ;- 1. This Act shall be read and construed with and as Short title' an amendment of "The Supreme Oourt Acts, 1867 to and 1699,"* and may be cited together with those Acts as ~~ nf~ ~ ction "The Supreme Oourt Ac18, 1807 10 HW3," and separately as" The Supreme Court Acts Amendment Act of 1903." 2. rrhe Governor, with the advice· of the Executive Appointment Council, may appoI. nt the Sen' lOr r U UI ' sne JUdge 0 f thoefPSueisnnieoJrudge. Supreme Court for the time being resident in Brisbane to be the Senior Puisne Judge of the Court. • 31 Vie. No. 23, supra, page 2446; 38 Vie. No. 3, supra, page 2461; 68 Vie. No. 17, supra, page 3799; 66 Vie. No. 37, lupra, page 4714; 66 Vie. No. 10, supra, page 4718; 57 Vie. No. 17, 81lpra, page 4878; 59 Vie. No. 21, supra, page 6721; and 63 Vie. No. 5, supra, page 7148. .