Revenue Act, 1862

What cards may be sold without wrappers.

36. Provided, that . . . cards duly imported, enclosed in wrappers according to the Act of the sixteenth and seventeenth years of Her present Majesty, chapter one hundred and seven[1] , may lawfully be sold as if this Act had not been made; and provided, that it shall be lawful for any person possessed of cards previously sold and opened, used and played with, to sell the same to any licensed maker of cards without having a licence for selling cards, and without such cards being enclosed in a wrapper provided under this Act; and if any such cards shall be afterwards sold or sent or delivered out by the said maker, they shall be subject to all the provisions of this Act, and for the purposes of this Act such maker shall be deemed to be the maker of such cards; and provided, that this Act shall not extend to charge with stamp duty bonâ fide toy cards not exceeding in length one inch and three quarters, or in width one inch and a quarter.

[1 This reference applies to the clauses of 16 & 17 Vict. c. 107. relating to cards as saved by Schedule (A) to 39 & 40 Vict. c. 36. See s. 286 of that Act]