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Property-Tax Act 1882

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Preamble

Short Title.

Rate of property tax.

Manner of collection of tax.

Property-Tax Act 1882

Public Act		1882 No 72
Date of assent		15 September 1882

	Title
	Preamble
1	Short Title.
2	Rate of property tax.
3	Manner of collection of tax.

An Act to Impose a Property-Tax.

MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN,—We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the House of Representatives of New Zealand, in Parliament assembled, towards raising the necessary supplies to defray Your Majesty’s public expenses, and making an addition to the public revenue, have freely and voluntarily resolved to give and grant unto Your Majesty the duties hereinafter mentioned, and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted: And be it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1 Short Title.

The Short Title of this Act is “The Property-Tax Act, 1882.”

2 Rate of property tax.

For the twelve months commencing on the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, there shall be charged, levied, collected, and paid for the use of Her Majesty, the several duties hereinafter mentioned, that is to say,—

For and in respect of all property: for every twenty shillings of the value thereof, the duty of	One halfpenny.
For and in respect of all fire, marine, or guarantee policies issued by any insurance company: for every one hundred pounds of premiums received by such company in the twelve months prior to the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, in respect of such policies, the duty of	Twenty-two shillings and sixpence.

And such duties shall be paid either in one or two sums, and in such proportions and on such day or days as the Governor in Council may direct.

3 Manner of collection of tax.

The duties hereby charged shall he levied, collected, and paid under or by virtue of “The Property Assessment Act, 1879,” and the Acts amending the same, which Acts shall be read and construed with this Act.

Property-Tax Act 1882