Duchy of Lancaster Act 1817

XXII All Deeds, Leases, and other Instruments under this Act, to be exempt from Stamp Duty.

And be it further enacted, That no Deed or Conveyance, Mortgage, Assignment, or other Instrument which shall be made, executed, or signed by any Person or Persons in pursuance of the said recited Articles of Agreement, nor any Minute, Memorandum, Contract, or Agreement to be made or entered into by or with the Commissioners for the Time being of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, for the Sale or Purchase of any other Estates, Manors, Lordships, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments by the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, under the Provisions of this Act; nor any Certificate, Contract, or Receipt, Deed, Covenant, Agreement, or Indemnity to be given or granted, entered into or made to or with any Purchaser or Purchasers of any Estates, Manors, Lordships, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, or of any of the said Rents heretofore Crown Rents, Chief Rents, Fee Farm, Quit Rents, or other Rents to be fold by the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, under the Powers and Authority of this Act; nor any Lease or Leases, or any Contract or Agreement for any Lease or Leases to be entered into, made, or granted by virtue of this Act, shall be subject or liable to any ad valorem or other Stamp Duty whatsoever, imposed by any Act or Acts of Parliament now in force or to be imposed by any future Act or Acts of Parliament, unless the same be specially subjected and specifically charged therewith in and by such future Act and Acts of Parliament.