(1) The Governor General may declare and direct, by notice in the Gazette, that from and after the time specified in such notice all or any fees payable in any court, or in any public department or office connected with the public service, or to any officer thereof respectively, shall be collected by means of stamps, and from and after the time specified in any such notice, the fees therein mentioned shall be received in stamps denoting the amount of fees payable, and not in money.