17. When value of subject matter is indeterminate

Terms defined in s 2

• chargeable

  chargeable

  Defined · s 2

  “chargeable” means, as applied to an instrument executed or first executed after the commencement of this Act, chargeable under this Act, and as applied to any other instrument chargeable under the law in force in Brunei Darussalam when such instrument was executed or, when several persons executed the instrument at different times, first executed;

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• Collector

  Collector

  Defined · s 2

  “Collector” means any officer whom His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may by public notification appoint in that behalf by name or in virtue of his office;

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• duty

  duty

  Defined · s 2

  “duty” means any stamp duty for the time being chargeable by law;

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• instrument

  instrument

  Defined · s 2

  “instrument” includes every document by which any right or liability is or purports to be created, transferred, limited, extended, extinguished or recorded;

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