Stamp Act 1815
1815 c. 184
An Act for repealing the Stamp Duties on Deeds, Law Proceedings, and other written or printed Instruments, and the Duties on Fire Insurances, and on Legacies and Successions to Personal Estate upon Intestacies, now payable in Great Britain, and for granting other Duties in lieu thereof.
Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1890 (c. 33)
Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
Certain words repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890 (c. 51)
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37 Penalty for not proving Wills, or taking Letters of Administration, within a given time, 100l. and 10 per cent. on the duty.
If any person shall take possession of, and in any manner administer, any part of the . . . F11estate and effects of any person deceased, without obtaining probate of the will or letters of administration of the estate and effects of the deceased, within six calendar months after his or her decease, or within two calendar months after the termination of any suit or dispute respecting the will or the right to letters of administration, if there shall be any such, which shall not be ended within four calendar months after the death of the deceased, every person so offending shall forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds, . . . F11
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F18F18SCHEDULE
Sch. repealed by Inland Revenue Repeal Act 1870 (c. 99);(E.) Statute Law Repeals Act 1971; Finance Act 1972 (c. 41), s. 134(7), Sch. 28 Pt. XI; (with saving) by Finance Act 1975 (c. 7), ss. 50, 52(2)(3), 59, Sch. 13 Pt. I
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Short title “The Stamp Act 1815” given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)