Stamp Duties Act, 1854

Contracts for certain Purposes exempted from Stamp Duty.

XXI. All Indentures of Apprenticeship, Bonds, Contracts, and Agreements entered into in the United Kingdom for or relating to the Service in any of Her Majesty’s Colonies or Possessions abroad of any Person as an Artificer, Clerk, domestic Servant, Handicraftsman, Mechanic, Gardener, Servant in Husbandry, or Labourer shall be and the same are hereby exempted from all Stamp Duty.