Clarke, Richard [Hrsg.]: The regulations of the government of Fort William in Bengal in force at the end of 1853 - to which are added, the acts of the government of India in force in that presidency: with lists of titles and an index (2): Regulations from 1806 to 1834 (London, 1854)

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REGULATION XI.

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A.D. 1818. REGULATION XI.
A REGULATION ^07* of AfTZA. 1816:
PASSED ^2/ Z7Z UoMTZCz/, 072 ^Ad 6^A AoPP772^P7^ 1818.
I. WHEREAS by Sections XXXIX. and LXXVI. Regulation XIII. 1816,
it is prescribed that all opium, excepting that which may be manufactured
on account of Government, or sold by its authority, which may be found
within the provinces dependent on the presidency of Fort William;
together with opium of whatsoever description, which may be found in the
possession of any person not duly authorized, in quantity exceeding two
tolahs weight, shall be considered contraband ; and all persons in whose
possession such contraband opium may be found are liable to the
penalties prescribed in Section XLV. of the above-mentioned Regulation;
and whereas it appears expedient to exempt, in certain cases, travellers
and visitants from foreign states from the operation of the above rules,
and generally to enlarge the quantity of opium which individuals are per-
mitted to have in their possession ; and whereas it has likewise appeared
advisable to modify certain other parts of the Regulation aforesaid ; the
following rules have been enacted, to be in force from the date of their
promulgation throughout the provinces immediately dependent on the
presidency of Fort William.
II. Section XXXIX. Regulation XIII. 1816, shall not be con-
sidered as authorizing the seizure and confiscation of any opium, the
produce or manufacture of a foreign state or country, which may be found
in the possession of any traveller or visitant from such foreign state or
country, nor the seizure and confiscation of the carriages, cattle, or pack-
ages on or in which the opium may be found; provided that such opium
do not exceed the quantity of two seers, and that it be bona fide intended
for the private use and consumption of such traveller or visitant, or for the
use and consumption of his attendants, and not for sale or traffic. Nor
shall the section above quoted be considered as authorizing the seizure and
confiscation of any opium, the produce or manufacture of a foreign state or
country, which may be found in the possession of any dealers in horses
from beyond the south-west frontier of the Conquered Provinces, travel-
ling with a string of horses; nor the seizure and confiscation of the
carriages, cattle, or packages on or in which the opium may be found;
provided that such opium do not exceed the proportion of ten weight
for each horse.
'SccmzzA In like manner Section XLV. of the said Regulation shall not
be considered as authorizing the imposition of any fine or a sentence
of imprisonment on any such traveller or visitant, or dealer in horses,
from a foreign state or country, in whose possession any greater quantity
of opium, the produce or manufacture of any foreign state, may be found,
than the quantity specified in the foregoing clause ; nor the infliction of
any other penalty besides the confiscation of the opium in excess to such
limitation.
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Reg. XI. 1818.

Preamble.

Sec. xxxix. Reg.
XIII. 1816, not to
the quantity found in
the possession of any
traveller or visitant
from a foreign state
may not exceed two
tended for private use.
Nor the seizure of
opium found in the

opium found in excess
to such limitation.