Clause 9

The Stamp Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 46 thereof the following new section: —“Period of time for stamping to commence on day after execution46A. Where it is provided in this Ordinance that an instrument is to be stamped within a certain period of time after execution, such period shall be reckoned as commencing on the day after the execution of the instrument by the person who first executed it unless otherwise stated in this Ordinance.”.