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2. The stamps for the duties, fees, fines, or penalties payable in respect of the several matters or proceedings specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be impressed upon or affixed to the documents specified opposite such matters or proceedings in the second column of the said Schedule.

3. The stamps for every other duty, fee, fine, or penalty payable in stamps under these regulations shall be impressed upon or affixed to a short written or printed note or præcipe, stating that in respect of which such duty, fee, fine, or penalty is payable, and signed by or for the person by whom it is payable.

4. The stamps by which any such duty, fee, fine, or penalty is payable shall be brought to the officer whose duty it is to receive the same uncancelled and undefaced in any way; and such officer, before anything is done or permitted to be done in respect of that for which such duty, fee, fine, or penalty is payable, shall cancel such stamps by putting thereon the impress of a seal to be supplied to him and authorised for the purpose as in the one hundred and forty-eighth section of “The Stamp Act, 1882,” mentioned, and also the date on which such seal is impressed.

5. Stamps for use under these regulations will, on application, be impressed at the head office on blank forms, and on paper not previously written upon. Requisitions for impressed stamps must be accompanied by a receipt from the Bank of New Zealand for the amount of the requisition and the forms and papers required to be stamped, the desired position of the stamp upon which should be distinctly marked.

6. Adhesive and impressed stamps may be obtained from or through the Deputy-Commissioner of Stamps and the depositaries and licensed dealers throughout the colony.

7. Depositaries and licensed dealers are required to sell adhesive stamps on demand at all times during office hours, and the same must be paid for in cash at the time of application.

8. If it shall be made to appear to the Commissioner or a Deputy-Commissioner of Stamps, by the certificate of any Registrar of the Supreme Court, District Judge, Resident Magistrate, District Land Registrar, Registrar of Deeds, Frauds Commissioner, or Registrar or Assistant Registrar of Joint-stock Companies, Registrar of Building Societies, Registrar of Industrial and Provident Societies, or by the Colonial Secretary in the case of fees payable under the Aliens Act, that stamps in respect of which allowance is claimed have been used in payment of fees, and that the claimant is entitled to a refund of such fee or of any portion thereof, it shall be lawful for the Commissioner or a Deputy-Commissioner to make such allowance without further evidence; and the same, subject to the usual deduction at the rate of £2 10s. per cent., shall be made by order on the Treasury, or by exchange at any time upon production of the certificate aforesaid.

9. The Commissioner or Deputy-Commissioner shall dispense with the surrender of any document to which such stamps are affixed if any officer mentioned in the preceding regulation shall certify that such document is in his custody, that it is necessary that the same should be retained as a record of his office, and that the stamps thereon have been cancelled by writing the words “Amount refunded” across the same, and adding his initials, with the date of so doing.

10. The reference in these regulations and in the Schedule hereto to any Act or Acts shall be deemed to include any Act or Acts now or hereafter to be passed in amendment thereof, and also any Act repealing the same and making fresh provisions in lieu thereof, and also any amendments of such last-mentioned Act.

11. In all other respects the regulations issued under any Act for the time being in force relating to the allowance for spoiled stamps shall, in so far as they are applicable, apply to stamps used under these regulations.

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SCHEDULE.

Matters in the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, or District Court.

On entering, filing, lodging, issuing, or sealing any document, whether with seal of Court or of Registrar or Clerk of Court, or the signing of same by Judge or other officer of Court | The document, if retained in Court office, or on copy of same so retained; otherwise on the præcipe left with Registrar or Clerk of Court. |

Fees under “The Sheriffs Act, 1883.”

All fees received are to be indicated by means of stamps affixed to any document which is filed in the Sheriff’s office, or, failing such a document, to a præcipe.

Fees under “The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867,” The Resident Magistrates Act, 1868,” “The Resident Magistrates Acts Amendment Act, 1872,” and “The Imprisonment for Debt Abolition Act, 1874.”

For every proceeding in any case in which a plaint has been entered | The plaint. |

For any proceeding in any matter in which no plaint has been issued | The principal document relating to such proceeding retained in Court. |

Fees under “The Resident Magistrates Evidence Act, 1870.”

Application | The application for examination. |

Examination, adjourned examination, witness | Ditto. |

Summons and mileage | Ditto. |

Fees under “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

Information, summons, service, mileage | The information. |

Excepting fees recovered under provisions of section 315 of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882,” which are to be placed on | The criminal record-book, opposite the case. |

Deposition, conviction, or order | Ditto. |

Warrant | Ditto. |

Certificate of dismissal or of refusal of case | Ditto. |

Copy of proceeding | Ditto. |

Recognisance, enlargement, or renewal, notice to principal or sureties | The recognisance. |

Case for appeal | The criminal record-book. |

Form of appeal | Ditto. |

Fees under “The Licensing Act, 1881.”

Filing any notice | The notice. |

Grant of a certificate | The application for same. |

Application to open an additional bar | The application. |

Summons to witness | The notice or application. |

Lodging notice of objection | The notice. |

Oath administered | The application necessitating the oath. |

Order for payment of costs on objection made | The notice. |

Depositing memorial against grant of license | The memorial. |

Duties, Fees, Fines, and Penalties under any of the above-mentioned Acts.

Any document not enumerated above | The document, plaint-note, or criminal record-book. |

Every search | The document searched if found, or on the application for search. |

Every fine or penalty paid to the officer of the Court | The criminal record-book, opposite the case |

In Land Registry Offices.

All fees payable in connection with any application to bring any land under the Land Transfer Acts, including contributions to Assurance Fund and fees for advertising | The application. |

On the issue of any new certificate of title | The transfer or application. |

On the registration or deposit of any instrument or copy of same, or plan | The instrument, copy, or plan so deposited, or on the copy of same retained in office on registration. |

Declaration of value.