DOMINION OF CANADA STATUTES
45 Victoria 1882
CHAP. 47.
An Act to repeal the duty on Promissory notes, Drafts,
and Bills of Exchange.
[Assented to 3rd March, 1882.]
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| Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:-- |
Preamble |
| 1. No duty shall
be payable on any promissory note, draft or bill of exchange,
made, drawn or accepted in Canada after the fourth day of March,
in the present year, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two;
and from and after the said day the Act passed in the forty-second
year of Her Majesty's reign, and intituled "An Act to amend
and consolidate the laws respecting duties imposed on promissory
notes and bills of exchange," |
Duty repealed after
4th March, 1882. |
| shall be repealed: Provided always, that
all Acts or enactments repealed by the said Act shall remain
repealed, and that all things lawfully done, and all rights acquired
under the said Act or any Act repealed by it, shall remain valid,
and all penalties incurred under them or any of them, may be
enforced and recovered, and all proceedings commenced under them
or any of them may be continued and completed, as if this Act
had not been |
Proviso: as to rights
acquired and things done before the said repeal. |
| passed: and provided also, that all unused stamps
lawfully issued under the said Acts or any of them for the payment
of any duty hereby repealed, shall after the said day and until
the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two,
be received at their cost to the holder thereof at the time of
the passing of this Act, in payment of any money payable to her
Majesty for the public uses of Canada, or in exchange for postage
stamps of like face value. |
And for redemption
of unused stamps. |