Stamp Act · s 66A

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66A.
Any person who —
(a) sells or offers for sale a stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication;
(b) fraudulently attaches a stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication to an instrument other than the instrument for which the stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication was issued;
(c) fraudulently detaches a stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication or fraudulently causes a stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication to be detached from an instrument;
(d) counterfeits, or knowingly performs any part of the process of counterfeiting, any stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication issued by the Collector;
(e) sells or offers for sale any certificate which he knows or ought reasonably to know to be a counterfeit of any stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication issued by the Collector;
(f)
has in his possession any certificate which he knows to be a counterfeit of any stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication, intending to use or dispose of it as a genuine stamp certificate or

Stamp certificate of adjudication, or in order that it may be used as a genuine stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication; or
(g) uses as a genuine stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication, knowing it to be a counterfeit of any stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
$10,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both.

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s 66AAny person who —

(a)

sells or offers for sale a stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication;

(b)

fraudulently attaches a stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication to an instrument other than the instrument for which the stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication was issued;

(c)

fraudulently detaches a stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication or fraudulently causes a stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication to be detached from an instrument;

(d)

counterfeits, or knowingly performs any part of the process of counterfeiting, any stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication issued by the Collector;

(e)

sells or offers for sale any certificate which he knows or ought reasonably to know to be a counterfeit of any stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication issued by the Collector;

(f)

has in his possession any certificate which he knows to be a counterfeit of any stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication, intending to use or dispose of it as a genuine stamp certificate or

Stamp certificate of adjudication, or in order that it may be used as a genuine stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication; or

(g)

uses as a genuine stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication, knowing it to be a counterfeit of any stamp certificate or certificate of adjudication, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding

$10,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both.