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Where adhesive Stamps are used, same to be cancelled by writing Name on it.
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IV. In any Case where an adhesive Stamp shall be used for the Purpose aforesaid on any Receipt or upon any Draft or Order respectively chargeable with the Duty of One Penny by this Act, the Person by whom such Receipt shall be given or such Draft or Order signed or made shall, before the Instrument shall be delivered out of his Hands, Custody, or Power, cancel or obliterate the Stamp so used, by writing thereon his Name or the Initial Letters of his Name so and in such a Manner as to show clearly and distinctly that such Stamp has been made use of, and so that the same may not be again used; and if any Person who shall write or give any such Receipt or Discharge or make or sign any such Draft or Order with any adhesive Stamp thereon, shall not bonâ fide in manner aforesaid effectually cancel or obliterate such Stamp, he shall forfeit the Sum of Ten Pounds.
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