STAMP DUTIES ACT

Section 38: Statement of duty payable on promissory note containing guarantee

1939Section 38 of 118Federal Republic of Nigeria

Where an instrument under hand only contains both a promissory note by a principal debtor and a guarantee by a surety but there is no memorandum of charge, pledge or deposit or other form of security, such instrument shall be stamped both as a promissory note and as a guarantee, and all other matter contained in a promissory note which would be liable to duty if contained in a separate instrument shall be charged separately.

Cite this section

Section 38, STAMP DUTIES ACT (1939).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/stamp-duties-act/section/38/