Part II Regulations applicable to Particular Instruments
Conveyances on Sale
55 How ad valorem duty to be calculated in respect of stock and securities.
(1)
Where the consideration, or any part of the consideration, for a conveyance on sale consists of any stock or marketable security, the conveyance is to be charged with ad valorem duty in respect of the value of the stock or security.
F1(1A)
For the purposes of subsection (1), it is immaterial—
(a)
whether, at the time of the execution of the conveyance on sale, the stock or marketable security is or has been issued or is to be issued; and
(b)
in a case where the stock or marketable security is to be issued, when it is to be, or is, issued and whether the issue is certain or contingent.
(2)
Where the consideration, or any part of the consideration, for a conveyance on sale consists of any security not being a marketable security, the conveyance is to be charged with ad valorem duty in respect of the amount due on the day of the date thereof for principal and interest upon the security.