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12AF1Adjudication: supplementary provisions.U.K.
(1)An instrument which has been the subject of adjudication by the Commissioners under section 12 shall not, if it is unstamped or insufficiently stamped, be stamped otherwise than in accordance with the Commissioners’ decision on the adjudication.
(2)If without reasonable excuse any such instrument is not duly stamped within 30 days after the date on which the Commissioners gave notice of their decision, or such longer period as the Commissioners may allow, the person by whom the adjudication was required is liable to a penalty not exceeding £300.
(3)A statutory declaration made for the purposes of section 12 shall not be used against the person making it in any proceedings whatever, except in an inquiry as to the duty with which the instrument to which it relates is chargeable or as to the penalty payable on stamping that instrument.
(4)Every person by whom any such declaration is made shall, on payment of the duty chargeable upon the instrument to which it relates, and any interest or penalty payable on stamping, be relieved from any penalty to which he may be liable by reason of the omission to state truly in the instrument any fact or circumstance required by this Act to be so stated.
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F1S. 12 and s. 12A substituted (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in s. 109(4) of the amending Act) for s. 12 by 1999 c. 16, ss. 109(3)(4), 122, Sch. 12 para. 1
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 12A applied (with modifications) (retrospective to 28.3.2000 and with effect as mentioned in s. 116(2) of the affecting Act) by 2000 c. 17, s. 116(2)(3), Sch. 32 para. 7
C2S. 12A(1) restricted (retrospective to 28.3.2000 and with effect as mentioned in s. 116(2) of the affecting Act) by 2000 c. 17, s. 116(2)(3), Sch. 32 para. 5
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