An Act to grant certain duties of Customs and Inland Revenue, to alter other duties, and to amend the Law relating to Customs and Inland Revenue, and to make other provision for the financial arrangements of the year.
[1st July 1898]
Commencement Information
I1Act partly in force at Royal Assent, partly retrospective: all provisions so far unrepealed wholly in force at 1.2.1991
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1 repealed by Finance (1909–10) Act 1910 (c. 8) Sch. 6
Textual Amendments
F2S. 2 repealed by Finance Act 1904 (c. 7), s. 3
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F3S. 3 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
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F4S. 4 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. I
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F5S. 5 repealed by Finance Act 1970 (c. 24), Sch. 8 Pt. IV
For the removal of doubts with reference to the effect of sections fifty-four and fifty-seven of the Stamp Act 1891, it is hereby declared that the definition of “conveyance on sale” in the said section fifty-four includes a decree or order for, or having the effect of an order for, foreclosure.
Provided that—
(a)the ad valorem stamp duty upon any such decree or order shall not exceed the duty on a sum equal to the value of the property to which the decree or order relates, and where the decree or order states that value that statement shall be conclusive for the purpose of determining the amount of the duty; and
(b)where ad valorem stamp duty is paid upon such decree or order, any conveyance following upon such decree or order shall be exempt from the ad valorem stamp duty.
Textual Amendments
F6S. 7 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
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F7Ss. 8–11 repealed by Income Tax Act 1918 (c. 40), Sch. 7
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F8S. 12 repealed by Finance Act 1963 (c. 25), s. 73(8)(b), Sch. 14 Pt. VI
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F9Ss. 13, 14 repealed by Finance Act 1975 (c. 7), ss. 50, 52(2)(3), 59(5), Sch. 13 Pt. I
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F10S. 15 repealed by National Loans Act 1968 (c. 13), s. 24(2), Sch. 6 Pt. I
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F11S. 16 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)
This Act may be cited as the Finance Act 1898.
Textual Amendments
F12S. 18, Sch. repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
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Textual Amendments
F13S. 18, Sch. repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)