86 tal-1988
Statutory Text (2 Articles)
L.N. 86 or 1988
DUTY ON OOCUI\IENTS ACT, 1981
(ACT NO . XXXI OF 1981)
"uly on Cheq ue Forms (Amend~nt) Regulations, 1988
IN cxcrcir.e of the powers co nferred by section 22 of the Duty 011
Documents Act. 1981, the Minister of Finance h.as made the following
regulations:-
I. These regulations may be cited as the Duty on Cheque Forms
(Ame ndment) Regu lations, 1988, and shaH be read and construed as
one with the Duty on Cheque Forms Regulat ions, 1982, hereinafter
referred to as "the principal regulalions~.
For regulation 2 of the principal regulations there shall be sub-
stimted the following
2. ( I) Payment of duty on cheque forms supplied or
issued by any person carrying out the business of banking in
Malta shall be dcnoted by mean, of an impressed stamp on
the cheque fonn.
(2) The imprcssion shall be made at the Office of
the Comm issioner.
(3) Notwitllstanding the provisions of paragraphs
(I) and (2) of this regulation, travellers cheques may be
supplied or issued without having denoted thereon the pay-
ment of duty by mea ns of an impressed stamp
Provided tllat the duty due on the said travellers
cheques is paid 10 the satisfaction of the Commissioner before
the supply or issue of th e said cheques.·' .