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Stamp Act 1854
1854 CHAPTER 83 17 and 18 Vict
An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Stamp Duties.
[9th August 1854]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2Preamble repealed by Inland Revenue Repeal Act 1870 (c. 99)
C3Act repealed (E.W.) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. III
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F1Ss. 1 – 10 repealed by Inland Revenue Repeal Act 1870 (c. 99), Sch.
11 What shall be deemed bank note within the meanings of 7 & 8 Vict. c. 32. and 8 & 9 Vict. cc. 38 & 37. U.K.
All bills, drafts, or notes (other than notes of the Bank of England) which shall be issued by any banker or the agent of any banker for the payment of money to the bearer on demand, and all bills, drafts, or notes so issued which shall entitle or be intended to entitle the bearer or holder thereof, without endorsement, or without any further or other endorsement than may be thereon at the time of the issuing thereof, to the payment of any sum of money on demand, whether the same shall be so expressed or not, in whatever form and by whomsoever such bills, drafts, or notes shall be drawn or made, shall be deemed to be bank notes of the banker by whom or by whose agent the same shall be issued within the meaning of the said three several Acts last mentioned, and within all the clauses, provisions, and regulations thereof respectively.
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C4Recital omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19) “the said three several Acts” mean the Bank Charter Act 1844 (c. 32), the Bank Notes (Scotland) Act 1845 (c. 38) and the Bankers (Ireland) Act 1845 (c. 37)
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F2S. 12 repealed by Finance Act 1972 (c. 41), Sch. 28 Pt. XI
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F3Ss. 13 – 19 repealed by Inland Revenue Repeal Act 1870 (c. 99), Sch.
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F4S. 20 repealed by Pawnbrokers Act 1964 (c. 31) of the Republic of Ireland, s. 6, Sch. 1
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F5Ss.21 – 27, Sch. repealed by Inland Revenue Repeal Act 1870 (c. 99), Sch.
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F6Ss.21 – 27, Sch. repealed by Inland Revenue Repeal Act 1870 (c. 99), Sch.
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