Stamp Act 1891

48 Date and duration of certain certificates

The certificates in this section specified are to be dated and to expire at the times herein-after in that behalf mentioned; that is to say,

(a) The certificates of law agents, writers to the signet, and notaries public in Scotland, and of conveyancers, special pleaders, and draftsmen in equity in England, are to be dated, if taken out between the thirty-first of October and the first of December, on the first of November, and if taken out at any other time, on the day on which they are issued, and are in all cases to expire on the thirty-first of October next after their date.

(b) The certificates of notaries public in England are to be dated, if taken out between the fifteenth of November and the sixteenth of December, on the sixteenth of November, and if taken out at any other time, on the day on which they are-issued, and are in all cases to expire on the fifteenth of November next after their date.

(3) The certificates of conveyancers, special pleaders, draftsmen in equity, and notaries public in Ireland are to be dated on the-day on which they are issued, and are to expire, as to the certificates of notaries public, on the twenty-fifth day of March next after their date, and in all other cases on the sixth day of January next after their date.