Gualter Dykes & Co v Begg - (1910) 30 NZLR 99

The Stamp Act, 1908, Sections 132, 141 — Sale and Purchase of Mining Shares — Omission to transmit duly stamped Contract-notes to Vendor and Purchaser within Twenty-four Hours — Contracts illegal — Claim by Brokers to recover Money paid for Principal on the Contracts — Money irrecoverable — No Proof by Brokers of Compliance with the Proviso to Section 139 — Nonsuit — Mistake in the Consolidation of Prior Enactments — Reference to the Wrong Section in the Proviso to Section 139 — Power of Court to ascertain the True Reference and to so construe the Proviso.