STAMP DUTIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1891 - SECT 18 Licensed person in possession of forged stamps to be presumed guilty until contrary is shown.

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STAMP DUTIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1891 - SECT 18

Licensed person in possession of forged stamps to be presumed guilty until contrary is shown.

18.(1) If any forged stamps are found in the possession of any person
appointed to sell and distribute stamps, or being or having been licensed to
deal in stamps, that person shall be deemed and taken, unless the contrary is
satisfactorily proved, to have had the same in his possession knowing them to
be forged, and with intent to sell, use, or utter them, and shall be liable to
the punishment imposed by law upon a person selling, using, uttering, or
having in possession forged stamps knowing the same to be forged.

(2) If the Commissioners have cause to suspect any such person of having in
his possession any forged stamps, they may by warrant under their hands
authorise any person to enter between the hours of nine in the morning and
seven in the evening into any house, room, shop, or building of or belonging
to the suspected person, and if on demand of admittance, and notice of the
warrant, the door of the house, room, shop, or building, or any inner door
thereof, is not opened, the authorised person may break open the same and
search for and seize any stamps that may be found therein or in the custody or
possession of the suspected person.

(3) All officers of the peace are hereby required, upon request by any person
so authorised, to aid and assist in the execution of the warrant.

(4) Any person who

(a)Refuses to permit any such search or seizure to be made as aforesaid; or

(b)assaults, opposes, molests, or obstructs any person so authorised in the
due execution of the powers conferred by this section or any person acting in
his aid or assistance,

Mode of proceeding when stamps are seized.

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STAMP DUTIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1891 - SECT 18