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Duties Act 1997
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#### 272 Replicas
272 Replicas
> > (1) Duty is chargeable on a replica—
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> > > (a) at $100, or
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> > > (b) at the same amount as the duty with which the instrument the replica is intended to replace was stampable,
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> > whichever is the lesser.
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> > (2) The persons liable to pay the duty are the parties to the replica or any one or more of them.
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> > (3) A replica that is duly stamped is to be marked in such manner as the Chief Commissioner thinks fit to denote that it is a replica.
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> > (4) In this section, replica means an instrument that—
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> > > (a) is executed to replace, and
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> > > (b) contains the same terms as, but no other terms than, those contained in,
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> > a previously executed instrument that has been lost, spoiled or destroyed and that, in the Chief Commissioner’s opinion, has been duly stamped.
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> **s 272:** Am 2008 No 122, Sch 1.2 \[15\]; 2023 No 26, Sch 1\[1\].