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Power to reduce, remit or compound duties. — 3[(1)] 4[The 5***Government] may, by rule or order published in the Official Gazette, — (a) reduce or remit, whether prospectively or retrospectively, in the whole or any part of 6[the territories under its administration], the duties with which any instruments or any particular class of instruments, or any of the instruments belonging to such class, or any instruments when executed by or in favour of any particular class of persons, or by or in favour of any members of such class, are chargeable, and