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129 Exemption from duty on grants, transfers to charities, etc.
(1) Where any conveyance, transfer or lease is made or agreed to be made to a charitable company or to the trustees of a charitable trust or to the Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund ..., no stamp duty shall be chargeable under Part I or II... of Schedule 13 to the Finance Act 1999—
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
on the instrument by which the conveyance, transfer or lease, or the agreement for it, is effected.
(2) An instrument in respect of which stamp duty is not chargeable by virtue only of subsection (1) above shall not be treated as duly stamped unless it is stamped in accordance with section 12 of the Stamp Act 1891 with a stamp denoting that it is not chargeable with any duty.
(3) This section applies to instruments executed on or after 22nd March 1982 and shall be deemed to have come into force on that date.
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129 Exemption from duty on grants, transfers to charities, etc.
(1) Where any conveyance, transfer or lease is made or agreed to be made to a charitable company or to the trustees of a charitable trust or to the Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund ..., no stamp duty shall be chargeable under Part I or II... of Schedule 13 to the Finance Act 1999—
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
on the instrument by which the conveyance, transfer or lease, or the agreement for it, is effected.
(2) An instrument in respect of which stamp duty is not chargeable by virtue only of subsection (1) above shall not be treated as duly stamped unless it is stamped in accordance with section 12 of the Stamp Act 1891 with a stamp denoting that it is not chargeable with any duty.
(3) This section applies to instruments executed on or after 22nd March 1982 and shall be deemed to have come into force on that date.
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