Act No. 27, 1898.
| An Act to consolidate the Laws | relating* | Stami' D uties . |
| Stamp Duties. | [27// ̂ '/a///, 1898.] |
X )E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with I / the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative
Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—-
PAET I.
Preliminary.
| 1. | This Act may be cited as the “ Stamp Duties Act, 189S,” | Short title and |
| division. |
and is divided into parts, divisions, and subdivisions, as follows :—
PART I.—Preliminary.—ss. 1-8.
PART II.—Duties on deeds and instruments.
Divisiox 1.—General regulations.—ss. 9-24.
Division 2.—Special regulations.
(1) As to agreements.—s. 25.
(2) As to hank notes, hills of exchange, and promissory-notes.—ss.
| 26-32. (3) As to hills of lading.—ss. 33, 34. (4) As to conveyances on sale.—ss. 35-38. (5) As to leases, &c.—ss. 39-41. (6) As to policies of insurance.—ss. 42-44. (7) As to receipts—ss. 45-47. (8) As to transfers of pastoral runs or stations,—s. 48. | . |
PART
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stam p Duties.
PAKT III.—Duties on estates of deceased persons.—ss. 49-59.
PART IV.—Miscellaneous provisions.—ss. 60-71.
| Repeal | Acts. | 2. (1) Tlio Acts mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act are to the extent therein mentioned hereby repealed, but such repeal shall be without prejudice to the past operation of anything in the said Acts or the Schedules thereto. |
F irs t Schedule.
| Ofticers uiuler Acts | (2) All persons appointed under the Acts hereby rej^ealed and |
| hereby repealed. | holding office at the time of the passing of this Act shall be deemed to have been appointed hereunder. |
| Regulations under | (3) All regulations made and forms prescribed under the |
| Acts hereby |
| repealed. | authority of any Act hereby repealed and being in force at the time of the passing of this Act shall be deemed to have been made under this Act. |
| In terpreta tion . | 3. In this Act unless the context or subject matter otherwise “ Administrator ” means any person to whom any letters of admin istration in the estate of any deceased person is granted in New South Wales. |
| 44 Vic. No, 3, g. 2, | indicates or requires,— |
“ Affidavit ” includes affirmation and statutory declaration.
“ Bank ” means any corporation, society, or number of persons
carrying on the business of banking.
“ Banker ” means the person managing or administering the affairs
of any bank or branch thereof.
“ Bill of exchange ” means any ordinary bill of exchange, or any draft, order, cheque, letter of credit, instrument, or writing, not payable on demand, entitling any person whether or not named therein to payment of money by any other person.
“ Bill of lading’’ means any instrument signed by the master, m.ate, or other person in charge of any vessel,…