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STAMP DUTIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1891 - SECT 2

2.(1) Every person who, having received any sum of money as or for any duty,
or any fee collected by means of a stamp, does not apply the money to the due
payment of the duty or fee, and improperly withholds or detains the same,
shall be accountable for the amount of the duty or fee, and the same shall be
a debt from him to Her Majesty, and recoverable as such accordingly.

(2) The Commissioners may sue out of the High Court in ... Ireland ..., a writ
of summons commanding any such person to deliver an account of every sum of
money so received by him, and withheld or detained, and to pay the money to
them, together with the costs of the proceedings, or to show cause to the
contrary.

(3) If cause is shown the court shall make such order as to the court seems
just.

Power to grant licences to deal in stamps.

© 1891 Crown Copyright

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