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  • Section 115 Stamp Duties Act Section 115 of Stamp Duties Act 1939 is about Power to make regulations relating to stamp duties. It provides as follows: In addition to the powers conferred on him by sections 15 and 105 of this Act the President and the Governor of a State may make regulations relating-(a) to…

  • Section 114 Stamp Duties Act Section 114 of Stamp Duties Act 1939 is about Fines and penalties recoverable within five years. It provides as follows: All proceedings for the recovery of any duty, fine, penalty and debt due to the Government of the Federation imposed by this Act may be commenced or prosecuted at any…

  • Section 113 Stamp Duties Act Section 113 of Stamp Duties Act 1939 is about Power to mitigate fines and stay proceedings. It provides as follows: (1) The President or Governor, as the case may be, may in his discretion mitigate any fine or penalty or debt due to the Government of the Federation under this…

  • Section 112 Stamp Duties Act Section 112 of Stamp Duties Act 1939 is about Fixed penalties. It provides as follows: The amount to which any person is declared to be liable in respect of any fine or penalty and the amount due as a debt to the Government of the Federation under this Act shall…

  • Section 111 Stamp Duties Act Section 111 of Stamp Duties Act 1939 is about Duties and fines may be recovered summarily. It provides as follows: All duties, fines, penalties and debts due to the Government of the Federation imposed by this Act shall be recoverable in a summary manner in the name of the Attorney…

  • Section 110 Stamp Duties Act Section 110 of Stamp Duties Act 1939 is about Duty and debts recoverable with lines and penalties. It provides as follows: Proceedings for the recovery of any duty imposed by this Act or for the recovery of any debt due to the Government of the Federation under this Act may…

  • Section 109 Stamp Duties Act Section 109 of Stamp Duties Act 1939 is about Provision for remission of duty in certain cases. It provides as follows: Where it is shown to the satisfaction of the President or Governor that duty has been paid on an instrument in Nigeria in addition to stamp duty already paid…

  • Section 108 Stamp Duties Act Section 108 of Stamp Duties Act 1939 is about Conditions and agreements as to duty void. It provides as follows: Every condition of sale framed with the view of precluding objection or requisition upon the ground of absence or insufficiency of stamp upon any instrument executed after the commencement of…

  • Section 107 Stamp Duties Act Section 107 of Stamp Duties Act 1939 is about Power to make regulations for compounding duty. It provides as follows: Where the collection of duty or the stamping of instruments according to the provisions of this Act is impracticable or inexpedient, or where such collection or stamping causes undue inconvenience…

  • Section 106 Stamp Duties Act Section 106 of Stamp Duties Act 1939 is about Innocent person suffering loss may recover against guilty person. It provides as follows: Where any person by the production of an unstamped or insufficiently stamped instrument or otherwise, renders himself subject to a fine, penalty or forfeiture and is made thereby…