| REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE |
| GOVERNMENT GAZETTE |
| ACTS SUPPLEMENT |
| Published by Authority |
| NO. 38] | Friday, December 13 | [2002 |
| The following Act was passed by Parliament on 25th November 2002 and assented to by the President on 30th November 2002:— |
| Stamp Duties (Amendment) Act 2002 |
(No. 38 of 2002)
I assent.
President. 30th November 2002. |
| An Act to amend the Stamp Duties Act (Chapter 312 of the 2000 Revised Edition) and to make consequential amendments to other written laws. |
| Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows: |
| Short title, commencement and application |
| Amendment of section 2 |
| 2. Section 2 of the Stamp Duties Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended by deleting the definition of “contract note”. |
| Amendment of section 16 |
3. Section 16 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsections:
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| Amendment of section 22A |
| 4. Section 22A(3) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “effected” in the 3rd line, the words “or agreed to be effected”. |
| Repeal and re-enactment of section 33 |
5. Section 33 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:
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| Amendment of section 36 |
6. Section 36 of the principal Act is amended —
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| Amendment of section 37 |
7. Section 37 of the principal Act is amended —
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| Amendment of section 39A |
| 8. Section 39A(1) of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “section 37” and substituting the words “any provision of this Act”. |
| Amendment of First Schedule |
9. The First Schedule to the principal Act is amended —
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| Amendment of Third Schedule |
10. The Third Schedule to the principal Act is amended by deleting Articles 2 and 3 and substituting the following Articles:
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| Consequential amendments to other written laws |
| 11. The provisions of the Acts specified in the first column of the Schedule are amended in the manner set out in the second column thereof. |