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  2. Stamp Duty Ordinance - Wikipedia

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    Section 19 - Contract notes, etc. in respect of sale and purchase of Hong Kong stock; Section 22 - Stamp duty chargeable where consideration in respect of immovable property consists of stock or security other than stock; Section 24 - Stamp duty chargeable where conveyance etc. is in consideration of debt etc. Section 29H - Exemptions and relief

  3. List of Hong Kong legislation - Wikipedia

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    Hong Kong Sea Cadets Corps Cap.1134 Ordinance 1984 Originally Cap.75 1983 City University of Hong Kong Ordinance Cap.1132 Ordinance, establishment of post-secondary institution 1984 1994 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport Ordinance Cap.539 Establish the right to create and issue travel document 1997 Ocean Park Ordinance Cap. 388

  4. Stamp duty - Wikipedia

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    Historic Hong Kong stamp duty revenue stamp and overembossing die (1905). Actual stamps are no longer used. According to Schedule 1 of Hong Kong Stamp Duty Ordinance Cap.117 (SDO), Stamp duty applies to some legal binding documents as classified into 4 heads: Head 1: All sale or lease transactions in Hong Kong immovable property.

  5. LGBTQ rights in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Article 365 of the Sri Lankan Penal Code, which dates from the time of colonial British Ceylon, criminalizes sexual acts deemed "against the order of nature".The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has ruled favourably for decriminalization and has agreed that any imposition of penalties are incompatible with the current times, but does not have the authority to invalidate laws, acts, or governmental ...

  6. List of acts of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, 2010–present

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    Sri Lanka Chamber of Small Industry (Incorporation) (Amendment) Act 2010: 13 January: 2/2010: Wariyapola Rajamaha Vihara Development Foundation (Incorporation) Act 2010: 21 January: 3/2010: Hampton Village Sri Lanka Trust (Incorporation) Act 2010: 9 February: 4/2010: Siriniwes Prajamithra Sahayogitha Kendraya (Incorporation) Act 2010: 9 ...

  7. The Sri Lanka Gazette - Wikipedia

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    The Gazette is published in Sinhalese, Tamil, and English which are the three official languages of Sri Lanka. It publishes promulgated bills, presidential decrees, governmental ordinances, major legal acts as well as vacancies, government exams, requests for tender, changes of names, company registrations and deregistrations, land restitution notices, liquor licence applications, transport ...

  8. Article 365 of the Sri Lankan Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    Article 365 of the Sri Lankan Penal Code criminalizes "carnal intercourse against the order of nature" and provides for a penalty of up to ten years in prison. [ 1 ] The 135-year-old British law criminalizing homosexual acts remains on the books; however, the law is not used and remains a dormant law.

  9. Law of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The legal system in Sri Lanka comprises collections of codified and uncodified forms of law, of many origins subordinate to the Constitution of Sri Lanka which is the highest law of the island. Its legal framework is a mixture of legal systems of Roman-Dutch law , English law , Kandian law , Thesavalamai and Muslim law .