Stamp Act, 1853

Stamp Duties in Ireland granted by 5 & 6 Vict. c. 82. and continued by 8 & 9 Vict. c.2.

11 & 12 Vict. c. 9.

14 & 15 Vict. c. 18.

15 & 16 Vict. c. 21. made perpetual.

Acts continued in force.

XX. ‘And whereas by an Act passed in the Session of Parliament held in the Fifth and Sixth Years of Her Majesty’s Reign, Chapter Eighty-two, certain Rates and Duties denominated Stamp Duties were granted and made payable in Ireland for a limited Term; and by Four several Acts passed respectively in the Eighth, Eleventh, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Years of Her Majesty’s Reign the same Rates and Duties were continued for Four other several and successive Terms, the last of which will expire on the Tenth Day of October One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three; and it is expedient to make the said Rates and Duties perpetual:’

All the several Sums of Money and Duties and Composition for Duties granted and made payable in Ireland by the said Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Eighty-two, and not repealed by any subsequent Act, and also all Duties now payable in lieu or instead of any of the said Duties which may have been so repealed, shall be and the same are hereby continued and made perpetual, and shall be charged, raised, levied, collected, and paid unto and for the Use of Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors for ever: The said Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of Her Majesty, and all and every other Act and Acts now in force in relation to the Duties and Composition for Duties which are continued by this Act, shall severally be continued and remain in full Force in all respects in relation to the said Duties and Composition for Duties hereby continued and granted, and all and every the Powers and Authorities, Rules, Regulations, Directions, Penalties, Forfeitures, Clauses, Matters, and Things contained in the said Acts or any of them, and in force as aforesaid, shall severally and respectively be duly observed, practised, applied, and put in execution in relation to the said Duties and Composition for Duties hereby continued and granted, for the charging, raising, levying, paying, accounting for, and securing of the said Duties and Composition for Duties, and all Arrears thereof, and for the preventing, detecting, and punishing of all Frauds, Forgeries, and other Offences relating thereto, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if the same Powers, Authorities, Rules, Regulations, Directions, Penalties, Forfeitures, Clauses, Matters, and Things were particularly repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this Act with reference to the said Duties and Composition for Duties hereby granted.