56. Any person
| (1) who draws, makes, issues, endorses, transfers or signs, otherwise than as a witness, or presents for acceptance or repayment, or accepts, pays, or receives payment of, or in any manner negotiates, any bill of exchange, cheque or promissory note, without the same being duly stamped; or |
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| (2) who executes otherwise than, as witness, any instrument chargeable with duty without the same being duly stamped; or |
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| (3) who fails to cancel an adhesive stamp in the manner prescribed by section 7 ; or |
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| (4) who fails or neglects to give a receipt, in contravention of the provisions of section 23 ; or |
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| (5) who votes or attempts to vote under any proxy not duly stamped, |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts