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PART VI.
Stamp Duties.
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Stamp duty to be levied on the Racing Board.
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29.—(1) In this section “the Board” means the Racing Board.
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(2) There shall be levied on the Board in respect of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1957, a stamp duty of £140,000, which shall be paid by the Board to the Revenue Commissioners on or before the 15th day of March, 1957.
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(3) Upon payment of the duty, the Revenue Commissioners shall certify that the Board has complied with this section, and the certificate shall be stamped with the amount of the duty paid and shall be issued to the Board.
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(4) If the Board fails to comply with this section, the amount of the duty unpaid, together with interest thereon at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum from the 16th day of March, 1957, to the day on which the duty is paid, shall be a debt due from the Board to the Minister for Finance for the benefit of the Central Fund and shall be recoverable at the suit of the Attorney General in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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