Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsOne bill only of a set need be stamped
| 35. When a bill of exchange is drawn in a set and one of the set is duly stamped, the other or others of the set shall, unless issued or in some manner negotiated apart from the stamped bill, be exempt from stamp duty ; and upon proof of the loss or destruction of a duly stamped bill forming one of a set, any other bill of the set which has not been issued or in any manner negotiated apart from the lost or destroyed bill shall, notwithstanding anything in section 33, be admitted in evidence to prove the contents of the lost or destroyed bill. |