Hong Kong Ordinances

STAMP DUTY ORDINANCE - SECT 3

Collector of Stamp Revenue and assistant collectors

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively made-see 12 of 1999 s. 3

(1) There shall be a Collector of Stamp Revenue who shall be appointed by the
Chief Executive, and such number of assistant collectors as the Chief
Executive may appoint for the purposes of this Ordinance. (Amended 12 of 1999
s. 3)

(2) The office of the Collector shall be at such place as the Collector may
determine.

(3) A reference in any provision in this Ordinance to the Collector shall, in
relation to the exercise of any function conferred by that provision on the
Collector, include a reference to any assistant collector who is for the time
being authorized in writing by the Collector to exercise such function.

(4) Any person appointed under section 2 of the Stamp Ordinance ( Cap 117 1978
Ed.) as Collector of Stamp Revenue or assistant collector and holding such
office immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance shall be deemed
to be appointed under this section as Collector of Stamp Revenue or assistant
collector, as the case may be.