Stamps (Ireland) Act 1815

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Anno Regni GEORGII III. Britanniarum Regis,Quinquagesimo Quinto. An Act to repeal the several Acts for the Collection and Management of Stamp Duties inIreland , and to make more effectual Regulations for collecting and managing the said Duties in general.

(55 Geo. 3) C A P. LXXXI.

[14th June 1815]

'WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Fifty second Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled Ireland,and to make more effectual Regulations for collecting and managing the said Duties ; And Whereas another Act was passed in the Fifty fourth Year of His said Majesty's Reign, to grant to His Majestycertain Stamp Duties inIreland , and to explain and amend the said recited Act made in the Fifty second Year of His Majesty's Reign: And Whereas it is expedient that the said recited Acts should be repealed, and that Regulations should be established for the Collection of all Duties which shall be from time to time hereafter under the Management of the Commissioners of Stamp Duties, so far as the same is practicable;' May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That, from and after the Commencementof this Act, the said recited Actsshall be and the same are hereby repealed, save and except so far as the said Acts, or either of them, repeal any former Act or Acts of Parliament, or any Clause, Matter or Thing therein contained; and save as to any Proceeding commenced or to be commenced in any Court, Civil or Criminal, or otherwise, against any Person or Persons for any Fine, Penalty or Forfeiture for or in respect of any Offence committed or to be committed against the said Acts, or any of them, or for the levying or collecting any Duty that may be due under the said Acts, or either of them, previous to the Commencement of this Act; and save that all Licences and Certificates granted, and all Affidavits of any Printers, Publishers or Proprietors of any Newspaper under the said Acts respectively, before the Commencement of this Act, shall have Continuance, Force, Virtue and Effect according to the Terms and Nature thereof, and to all the legal Consequences thereof respectively, as if this Act had not been passed, except where it is herein otherwise provided.

S-II Appointment and Oath of Commissioners and Officers.

II Appointment and Oath of Commissioners and Officers.

II. And be it further enacted, That His Majesty, or the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors ofIreland for the time being, shall have Power from time to time and at all times to appoint Commissioners for the stamping and marking of Vellum, Parchment and Paper, and managing the Stamp Duties in Ireland , and that the said Commissioners shall be called ‘The Commissioners of Stamps in Ireland ;’ and that the said Commissioners, with the Consent and Approbation of His Majesty, or of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time being, shall have Power under their Hands and Seals to appoint such inferior Officers as they shall from time to time think proper, for the marking or stamping of Vellum, Parchment and Paper, and for collecting and levying such Duties as shall from time to time be under the Management of the said Commissioners; and that every Commissioner or other Officer so appointed, before he shall proceed to the Execution of his Office under such Appointment, shall take and subscribe the Oath following; that is to say,

'IA. B. do swear, That I will, during my Continuance in the Office of , faithfully execute the Trust committed to me therein, without Fraud or Concealment; and that I will, from time to time, true Account make of all such Acts as I shall do therein, and deliver the same to such Person or Persons as His Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, or the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time being, hath or have appointed, or hereafter shall appoint, to receive such Account; and that I will take no Fee, Reward or Profit, for the Execution or Performance of the said Trust or the Business relating thereto, from any Person or Persons other than such as shall be paid and allowed by His Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, or by some Person or Persons for that Purpose authorized by His Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, or by the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time being. So help me GOD.'

Andsuch Oath shall and may be administered to any such Commissioner or Commissioners by the Chancellor, Treasurer, Lord Chief Baron, or any other of the Barons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer inIreland , or in their Absence by any of the Justices of any of His Majesty's Superior Courts of Record in Dublin and that they are hereby respectively required and empowered to administer such Oath; and any of the said Commissioners, or any Justice of the Peace within Ireland , within his proper Jurisdiction, shall and may administer the like Oath to any of the inferior Officers aforesaid.

S-III Proviso for 21 & 22 G. 3. \(I.) c. 33.

III Proviso for 21 & 22 G. 3. \(I.) c. 33.

III. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall affect or be construed to affect an Act passed inIreland in the Twenty first and Twenty second Years of His Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act to regulate the Qualifications of Persons appointed to Officers in this Kingdom, wherein Two or more Grantees act under One Grant, Commission or Appointment , but that the said Act and every Part thereof shall remain in full Force as if this Act had not been passed.

S-IV Three Commissioners a Quorum.

IV Three Commissioners a Quorum.

IV. And be it further enacted, That in all cases in which it shall not be otherwise directed or provided by any Act or Acts of Parliament, all and every Right, Power and Authority which from time to time shall be vested in the said Commissioners, shall and may be used and exercised by any Three or more of the said Commissioners, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as the same could be used or exercised by all the said Commissioners for the time being; and that all and every Powers and Authorities vested in any Commissioners of Stamp Duties, or in any Commissioners for stamping Vellum, Parchment and Paper, under whatsoever Name or Title by any Act not hereby repealed, shall be vested in the said Commissioners under this Act to all Intents and Purposes.

S-V Officers to hold Employments till Death or Removal.

V Officers to hold Employments till Death or Removal.

V. And be it further enacted, That the several Commissioners and inferior Officers heretofore appointed for the marking or stamping of Vellum, Parchment and Paper, and managing the Duties thereupon, and now actually holding and exercising such Offices respectively, shall continue to act in the several Offices to which they have been so appointed, in like manner, with the same Powers and Authorities, and subject to such Restrictions and Limitations as if appointed and sworn under this Act; and that every such Commissioner now appointed or hereafter to be appointed, shall continue to hold and exercise his said Office until he shall die, resign or be removed therefrom by His Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, or by the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors ofIreland for the time being; and that every such inferior Officer now appointed, or hereafter to be appointed, shall continue to hold and exercise his said Office until he shall die, resign or be removed therefrom by the said Commissioners, with the Consent and Approbation of His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, or of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time being.

S-VI Reputation sufficient Evidence of Appointment.

VI Reputation sufficient Evidence of Appointment.

VI. And be it further enacted, That if in any Court whatsoever, on any Trial, Proceeding or Occasion whatsoever, and whoever shall be the Parties therein, any Question shall arise concerning the Right of the said Commissioners or Inferior Officers, or of any of them, or of any Person or Persons appointed by the said Commissioners for the Purpose of executing any Duty whatsoever under any Act imposing any Stamp Duty, or regulating the Collection or Management of any such Duty, to hold, exercise or enjoy their said Offices, or to execute such Duty respectively, then and in every such case it shall be sufficient to prove that such Commissioner or Commissioners or inferior Officer or Officers, or Person or Persons, were or was at the time in question commonly reputed to be such Commissioners or Commissioner, or Officer or Officers, or was or were so appointed or authorized respectively, without producing any Patent, Appointment or Commission, and without giving any Evidence of having performed the several Requisites prescribed by Law, to enable them to execute the said Offices or Duties respectively.

S-VII Salaries of Officers paid out of Stamp Duties.

VII Salaries of Officers paid out of Stamp Duties.

VII. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, and to and for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors ofIreland , for the time being, out of the Produce of the Stamp Duties which shall from time to time be payable in Ireland , to cause such Sum and Sums of Money to be expended and paid from time to time for Salaries and incident Charges, as shall be necessary in and for the receiving, collecting and levying or managing of the said Duties; any thing in this or any other Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

S-VIII Definition of Stamp Duties.

VIII Definition of Stamp Duties.

VIII. And be it further enacted, That all Duties which shall from time to time be under the Care or Management of...

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