An Act to impose duties on Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange

Contents
An Act to impose duties on Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange.
 * Preamble.
 * 1. Duties imposed on Notes, Drafts and Bills.
 * The duties.
 * 2. What shall be deemed instruments liable to duty.
 * 3. Exemptions from duty.
 * 4. How the duties shall be paid.
 * Stamped paper.
 * Adhesive stamps.
 * Provision for cancelling adhesive stamps.
 * Or date to be written on Stamp.
 * Penalty for non-complience with this Act.
 * Avoidance of Instrument.
 * 5. Stamped paper may be prepared and used.
 * 6. Or adhesive stamps.
 * 7. As to duty payable in Nova Scotia.
 * 8. Sale and distribution of stamps and stamped paper.
 * 9. Governor in Council may make further regulation, to provide for doubtful cases.
 * 10. By whom the stamps shall be affixed.
 * Penalty in default and duty doubled.
 * 11. Penalty for not affixing the proper stamps.
 * Exception in favor of subsequent parties : double duty to be paid.
 * Presumption in suits for penalties.
 * 12. Provision in favor of innocent parties.
 * Holder may pay duty without becoming a party.
 * 13. Penalty for affixing stamps already used.
 * 14. Penalty incurred on each instrument, tho' several be made on the same day, &c.
 * 15. Recovery of penalties.
 * 16. Punishment for forging stamps, or making or having instruments of forging.
 * Offence to be within the lands relative to forgery.
 * 17. Duties to be withing the Revenue Act.
 * 18. No duty under certain Canadian Acts on notes &c., made &c., on or after 1st February, 1868.
 * Acts to apply to notes, &c., made before that day.

Source
Early Canada Online