Stamp Duties Act, 1854

All Bills, Drafts, and Notes deemed Bank Notes under the above recited Acts liable to Stamp Duties, &c.

XII. All Bills, Drafts, and Notes which by or under this Act, or the said Three several Acts last mentioned, or any of them respectively, are declared or deemed to be Bank Notes, shall be subject and liable to the Stamp Duties, and Composition for Stamp Duties, imposed by or payable under any Act or Acts in force upon or in respect of Promissory Notes for the Payment of Money to the Bearer on Demand; and all Clauses, Provisions, Regulations, Penalties, and Forfeitures contained in any Act or Acts relating to the issuing of such Promissory Notes, or for securing the said Stamp Duties and Composition respectively, or for preventing or punishing Frauds or Evasions in relation thereto, shall respectively be deemed to apply to all such Bills, Drafts, and Notes as aforesaid, and to the Stamp Duties and Composition payable upon or in respect thereof, anything in this Act, or any other Act or Acts, to the contrary notwithstanding.