Section 39 of Stamp Duty Act CAP 480: Charge of duty on capital of companies

(1) For the purposes of this Act, "contract note" means the note sent by a broker or agent to his principal, or by any person who by way of business deals, or holds himself out as dealing, as a...

(1) Any person who effects any sale or purchase of any stock or marketable security as a broker or agent, and any person who by way of business deals, or holds himself out as dealing, as a principal...

(1) The provisions of this Act as to contract notes shall apply to any contract under which an option is given or taken to purchase or sell any stock or marketable security at a future time at a...

(1) For the purposes of this Act, "conveyance on sale" includes— (a) an instrument, and a decree or order of a court, whereby any property, or any estate or interest in property, upon the sale...

(1) Where the consideration, or any part of the consideration, for a conveyance on sale consists of any stock or marketable security, the conveyance shall be charged with ad valorem duty in respect of...

(1) Where the consideration, or any part of the consideration, for a conveyance on sale consists of money payable periodically for a definite period not exceeding twenty years, so that the total...

A conveyance on sale made for any consideration in respect whereof it is chargeable with ad valorem duty, and in further consideration of a covenant by the purchaser to make, or of his having...

Where any property is conveyed to any person in consideration, wholly or in part, of any debt due to him, or subject either certainly or contingently to the payment or transfer of any money or stock,...

(1) Where property contracted to be sold for one consideration for the whole is conveyed to the purchaser in separate parts or parcels by different instruments, the consideration shall be apportioned...

(1) Any agreement or memorandum of an agreement for the sale of any estate or interest in any property (except lands, tenements or hereditaments, or property locally situated out of Kenya, or goods,...

(1) Where upon the sale of any annuity or other right not before in existence the annuity or other right is not created by actual grant or conveyance, but is only secured by bond, warrant of attorney,...

The parties may determine for themselves which of several instruments shall be deemed to be the principal instrument and may pay the ad valorem duty thereon accordingly: Provided that the duty...

(1) Any conveyance or transfer operating as a voluntary disposition inter vivos shall be chargeable with stamp duty as if it were a conveyance or transfer on sale, with the substitution in each case...

Every instrument, and every decree or order of any court, whereby any property on any occasion, except a sale or mortgage, is transferred to or vested in any person, shall be charged with duty as a...

The duplicate or counterpart of an instrument chargeable with duty shall not be deemed to be duly stamped unless it is stamped as an original instrument, or unless it appears by some stamp impressed...

(1) An agreement for a lease, or in respect of any letting, shall be charged with the same duty as if it were an actual lease made for the term and consideration mentioned in the agreement. (2) A...

Every lease shall, so far as the consideration therefor consists of rent, whether reserved as a yearly rent or otherwise, be charged with duty in accordance with the heading Lease in the Schedule.

A lease shall, so far as the consideration therefor consists of any premium or other consideration whatsoever other than rent, moving either to the lessor or to any other person, be charged with ad...

A lease granted in perpetuity shall be charged with ad valorem stamp duty as if it were a conveyance on sale, and the duty shall be computed on the value of the property.

(1) Where the consideration, or any part of the consideration, for which a lease is granted or agreed to be granted, consists of any produce or other goods, the value of the produce or goods shall be...

(1) An instrument, whereby the rent reserved by any other instrument chargeable with duty and duly stamped as a lease is increased, shall not be charged with duty otherwise than as a lease in...

A lease granted for a consideration which in the opinion of the Collector is inadequate, unless it is a lease granted by the Government, shall, in respect of the consideration therefor, be charged in...

Where, in the opinion of the Collector, the amount of the consideration for a lease cannot be ascertained with reasonable accuracy, he may either disregard that consideration to the extent to which...

(1) Every licence relating to immovable property shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be a lease by the grantor of the licence to the grantee, and shall be charged with duty...

Marketable securities for the purpose of the charge of duty thereon, whether or not transferable by delivery, include— (a) a marketable security made or issued by or on behalf of any company or body...

Every person who in Kenya makes, issues, assigns, transfers, negotiates or offers for subscription any foreign security or Commonwealth government security, not being duly stamped, shall be guilty of...

A collector may at any time, without reference to the date thereof, allow a foreign security or Commonwealth government security to be stamped without the payment of any penalty, upon being satisfied,...

An instrument used for the purpose of assigning, transferring or in any manner negotiating the right to any marketable security, share or stock shall, if the delivery thereof is by usage treated as...

(1) For the purposes of this Act, "mortgage" means a legal charge or security by way of mortgage for the payment of any definite or certain sum of money advanced or lent at the time, or previously due...

In any mortgage under which— (a) a financial institution provides an Islamic finance arrangement that enables a person to own property or land; and (b) where the title or interest in the property or...

(1) A security for the transfer or re-transfer of any stock shall be charged with the same duty as a similar security for a sum of money equal in amount to the value of the stock; and a transfer,...

(1) A security for the payment or repayment of money to be lent, advanced or paid, or which may become due upon an account current, either with or without money previously due, shall be charged, where...

(1) Every instrument and every decree or order of any court, whereby the co-owners of any property divide or agree to divide such property in severalty, shall be charged with duty as a partition. (2)...

For the purposes of this Act, "policy of insurance" includes any writing whereby a contract of insurance is made or agreed to be made, or is evidenced; and "insurance" includes assurance.

(1) For the purposes of this Act, "policy of marine insurance" means a policy within the meaning of the Marine Insurance Act (Cap. 390). (2) Where a person, in consideration of a sum of money paid or...

(1) A stamp duty of five shillings shall be charged on a policy of marine insurance containing a continuation clause, in addition to the stamp duty which is otherwise chargeable on the policy. (2) If...

Where any marine insurance is made for or upon a voyage and also for time, or to extend to or cover any time beyond thirty days after the ship shall have arrived at her destination and been there...

A policy of marine insurance shall not be stamped at any time after it is signed or underwritten by any person, except in the two following cases— (a) a policy of mutual insurance having a stamp...

(1) Where the premium or consideration for a policy of marine insurance is expressed to be a sum not exceeding the rate of two shillings and fifty cents per centum of the sum insured, and is subject...

Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the making of any alteration which may lawfully be made in the terms and conditions of any policy of marine insurance after the policy has been underwritten,...

A policy of insurance made or purporting to be made upon or to cover any ship or vessel, or the machinery or fittings belonging to the ship or vessel, whilst under construction or repair or on trial,...

(1) If any person— (a) becomes an assurer upon any marine insurance, or enters into any contract for marine insurance, or directly or indirectly receives or contracts or takes credit in account for...

(1) For the purposes of this Act, "policy of life insurance" means a policy of insurance upon any life or lives or upon any event or contingency relating to or depending upon any life or lives except...

For purposes of this Act, the stamp duty payable for "policy of life insurance" and "policy of insurance against accident" shall be payable monthly as an aggregate of all policies issued within the...

The provisions of section 82 in reference to the expression "policy of insurance against accident" shall extend to and include policies of insurance or indemnity against liability incurred by...

Any person who— (a) receives, or takes credit for, any premium or consideration for any insurance and does not within three months after receiving, or taking credit for, the premium or consideration...

(1) No assignment of a policy of life insurance shall confer on the assignee therein named, or his executors, administrators or assigns, any right to sue for the money assured or secured thereby, or...

For the purposes of this Act, "receipt" includes any note, memorandum or writing whereby any money amounting to one hundred shillings or upwards, or any bill of exchange, cheque or promissory note for...

Neither the name of a banker (whether accompanied by words of receipt or not) within the ordinary course of his business as a banker upon a bill of exchange, cheque or promissory note duly stamped,...

(1) Any person receiving any money of one hundred shillings or upwards in amount, or any bill of exchange or promissory note for an amount of one hundred shillings or upwards, or receiving in...