FIJI

STAMP DUTIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 1998

NO. 24 OF 1998

I assent.
[L. S.]
K.KT. MARA
President

[19 June 1998]

AN ACT
TO AMEND THE STAMP DUTIES ACT

ENACTED by the Parliament of Fiji-

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Stamp Duties (Amendment) Act 1998.

Amendment of Schedule

2. Part I of the Schedule to the Stamp Duties Act (Cap. 205) is amended -

(a) Under the heading "DEBENTURE OR DEBENTURE STOCK," in the "Exemption" provision, by adding after "authority" the words, "or any refinancing or re-conveyance of the stamped amount of a debenture";

(b) Under the heading "MORTGAGE," in the "Exemption" provision, by adding after "purposes" the words, "or any refinancing or re-conveyance of the stamped amount of a mortgage".

Passed by the House of Representatives this Thirteenth day of May, in year of our Lord one Thousand, Nine Hundred and Ninety-Eight.

Passed by the Senate this Fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Ninety-Eight.

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