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(1) Where the duty chargeable on an instrument is required or permitted under this Act to be denoted by an adhesive stamp, the instrument is not duly stamped with the stamp unless

(a) the adhesive stamp is properly cancelled; or

(b) it is otherwise proved that the stamp that appears on the instrument was fixed to it at the proper time.

(2) An adhesive stamp is properly cancelled if the person required by law to cancel it writes on or across the stamp, the name or initials of that person or the name or initials of that person's firm together with the true date of the writing, or otherwise renders the stamp incapable of being used for another instrument or purpose.

(3) Where two or more adhesive stamps are used to denote the stamp duty on an instrument, each of these stamps shall be cancelled in the manner provided by this section.