Stamp Act 1854

VII Unstamped Drafts on Bankers not to be circulated beyond 15 Miles of the Place where made payable. Penalty on Persons offending.

And whereas, under and by virtue of certain Acts relating to Stamp Duties, certain Drafts or Orders for the Payment of any Sum of Money to the Bearer on Demand, drawn upon any Banker or Person acting as a Banker residing or transacting the Business of a Banker within Fifteen Miles of the Place where such Drafts or Orders are issued, are exempted from all Stamp Duty, and it is expedient to prevent the negotiating or circulating of such Drafts or Orders unstamped at any Place beyond the Distance of Fifteen Miles from the Place where the same are made payable : Be it enacted, That no such Draft or Order as aforesaid shall, unless the same be duly stamped as a Draft or Order, be remitted or sent to any Place beyond the Distance of Fifteen Miles in a direct Line from the Bank or Place at which the same. is made payable or be received in Payment, or as a Security, or be otherwise negotiated or circulated at any Place beyond the said Distance ; and if any Person shall remit or send any Draft or Order not duly stamped as aforesaid to any Place beyond the Distance aforesaid, or shall receive the same in Payment or as a Security, or in any Manner negotiate or circulate the same at any such last-mentioned Place, he shall forfeit the Sum of Fifty Pounds.