Stamp Act · s 44

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44.
(1) Subject to this section, no instrument chargeable with duty shall be admitted in evidence for any purpose by any person having by law or consent of parties authority to receive evidence, or shall be acted upon, registered or authenticated by any such person or by any public officer, unless the instrument is duly stamped.
(2) Any instrument referred to in subsection (1) shall, subject to all just exceptions, be admitted in evidence on payment of the duty and the penalty, if any, chargeable in respect thereof under section 39.
(3) When a contract or agreement of any kind is effected by correspondence consisting of two or more letters and any one of the letters bears the proper stamp, the contract or agreement is deemed to be duly stamped.
(4) Nothing in this section shall prevent the admission of any instrument in evidence —
(a) in any criminal court; or
(b) in any court when the instrument has been executed by or on behalf of the Government, or of any other government, country or territory, or where it beats the certificate of the Collector as provided by this Act.
Instruments impounded how dealt with  [S 13/2013]

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s 44

(1)

Subject to this section, no instrument chargeable with duty shall be admitted in evidence for any purpose by any person having by law or consent of parties authority to receive evidence, or shall be acted upon, registered or authenticated by any such person or by any public officer, unless the instrument is duly stamped.

(2)

Any instrument referred to in subsection (1) shall, subject to all just exceptions, be admitted in evidence on payment of the duty and the penalty, if any, chargeable in respect thereof under section 39.

(3)

When a contract or agreement of any kind is effected by correspondence consisting of two or more letters and any one of the letters bears the proper stamp, the contract or agreement is deemed to be duly stamped.

(4)

Nothing in this section shall prevent the admission of any instrument in evidence —

(a)

in any criminal court; or

(b)

in any court when the instrument has been executed by or on behalf of the Government, or of any other government, country or territory, or where it beats the certificate of the Collector as provided by this Act.

Instruments impounded how dealt with [S 13/2013]