Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsOnly one instrument to be on a piece of stamped paper
| 8. No second instrument chargeable with stamp duty shall be written upon a piece of stamped paper upon which an instrument chargeable with duty has already been written: Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent any endorsement which is duly stamped or is not chargeable with stamp duty being made upon any instrument for the purpose of transferring any right created or evidenced thereby or of acknowledging the receipt of any money or goods the payment or delivery of which is secured thereby or for extending the time for payment of a bill of exchange or promissory note. |