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REGULATION XI.
[A.D. 1818.
foreign opium be of-
fered for sale.
Penalty for the illicit
dealings in foreign
ModihcationofSec.
lxxvi.Reg.XIH.1816.
Under what circum-
stances the opium to
be considered contra-
band.
Power reserved to the
Board of Revenue to
allow native medical
practitioners or other
individuals to retain
larger quantities of
opiumthanhvetolahs
weight.
Penalty for selling
or giving away opium
contrary to the pur-
poses stated in the pre-
ceding clause.
Provided, however, that if any such traveller or visitant, or
dealer in horses, shall at any time offer such opium for sale, or shall be
proved to have at any time sold such opium, he or they shall be liable to
all the penalties prescribed by the above-quoted Regulation.
Provided also, that nothing contained in the above clauses
shall be considered applicable to persons fraudulently or clandestinely
importing foreign opium into the provinces dependent on the presidency
of Fort William, in violation of the law: all such persons shall be and
continue subject to the penalties which are or may be prescribed for illicit
dealings in opium.
III. In modification of Section LXXVI. of the above-quoted
Regulation, it is hereby declared, that all persons may have in their pos-
session any quantity of opium, not exceeding five tolahs weight, of the
weight in use at the public shops in the district, being opium duly manu-
factured on account of Government, or sold by its authority, and intended
for private use and consumption, and not for sale or traffic.
/Se<?07?<A If a greater quantity of opium than that above specified shall
be found on or in possession of any person not duly authorized, and not
being of the description specified in Section II. of this Regulation, the
opium shall be considered contraband, as heretofore, and the offender shall
be liable to the penalties prescribed in the above-quoted section.
fTAzW. Provided, however, that in cases in which the Board of Revenue,
or other authority exercising the powers of that Board, may deem it expe-
dient to authorize native medical practitioners, or other individuals, to
retain in their possession for medical purposes a larger quantity of opium
than five tolahs weight, or to supply such persons with opium directly from
the collector's office, at a lower price than it can be furnished by the
licensed venders, the Board, or other authority aforesaid, shall be
empowered to direct the collectors, or other officers in charge of the
abkarry mehaul, to grant to such persons a special license to that effect
free of tax, and to supply them with opium on such terms as under the
circumstances of the case may appear reasonable and proper.
Parties receiving such licenses shall in no case sell or give any
of the opium received by them under the above provision, unless for the
purpose of its being bona fide administered under their own directions as
medicine, in cases of actual sickness duly ascertained by them. All such
licenses shall be liable at all times to be cancelled by the collector or other
officer in charge of the abkarry mehaul, with the sanction of the Board of
Revenue, or other authority exercising the powers of that Board; and any
person having such a license, who shall sell ox give opium to any person
otherwise than for the purpose and in the manner above stated, or shall
have in his possession a larger quantity of opium than that specified in his
license, shall be subject to all the penalties prescribed for the illicit vend
and possession of the drug.
IV. In modification of the rules contained in Sections L. and LW
Regulation XIII. 1816, and the other provisions contained in that Regu-
lation, for determining the rewards granted on the seizure and confiscation
of contraband opium, it is hereby enacted, that all illicit opium that may
be hereafter seized shall be valued at seven rupees per seer, and that in
REGULATION XI.
[A.D. 1818.
foreign opium be of-
fered for sale.
Penalty for the illicit
dealings in foreign
ModihcationofSec.
lxxvi.Reg.XIH.1816.
Under what circum-
stances the opium to
be considered contra-
band.
Power reserved to the
Board of Revenue to
allow native medical
practitioners or other
individuals to retain
larger quantities of
opiumthanhvetolahs
weight.
Penalty for selling
or giving away opium
contrary to the pur-
poses stated in the pre-
ceding clause.
Provided, however, that if any such traveller or visitant, or
dealer in horses, shall at any time offer such opium for sale, or shall be
proved to have at any time sold such opium, he or they shall be liable to
all the penalties prescribed by the above-quoted Regulation.
Provided also, that nothing contained in the above clauses
shall be considered applicable to persons fraudulently or clandestinely
importing foreign opium into the provinces dependent on the presidency
of Fort William, in violation of the law: all such persons shall be and
continue subject to the penalties which are or may be prescribed for illicit
dealings in opium.
III. In modification of Section LXXVI. of the above-quoted
Regulation, it is hereby declared, that all persons may have in their pos-
session any quantity of opium, not exceeding five tolahs weight, of the
weight in use at the public shops in the district, being opium duly manu-
factured on account of Government, or sold by its authority, and intended
for private use and consumption, and not for sale or traffic.
/Se<?07?<A If a greater quantity of opium than that above specified shall
be found on or in possession of any person not duly authorized, and not
being of the description specified in Section II. of this Regulation, the
opium shall be considered contraband, as heretofore, and the offender shall
be liable to the penalties prescribed in the above-quoted section.
fTAzW. Provided, however, that in cases in which the Board of Revenue,
or other authority exercising the powers of that Board, may deem it expe-
dient to authorize native medical practitioners, or other individuals, to
retain in their possession for medical purposes a larger quantity of opium
than five tolahs weight, or to supply such persons with opium directly from
the collector's office, at a lower price than it can be furnished by the
licensed venders, the Board, or other authority aforesaid, shall be
empowered to direct the collectors, or other officers in charge of the
abkarry mehaul, to grant to such persons a special license to that effect
free of tax, and to supply them with opium on such terms as under the
circumstances of the case may appear reasonable and proper.
Parties receiving such licenses shall in no case sell or give any
of the opium received by them under the above provision, unless for the
purpose of its being bona fide administered under their own directions as
medicine, in cases of actual sickness duly ascertained by them. All such
licenses shall be liable at all times to be cancelled by the collector or other
officer in charge of the abkarry mehaul, with the sanction of the Board of
Revenue, or other authority exercising the powers of that Board; and any
person having such a license, who shall sell ox give opium to any person
otherwise than for the purpose and in the manner above stated, or shall
have in his possession a larger quantity of opium than that specified in his
license, shall be subject to all the penalties prescribed for the illicit vend
and possession of the drug.
IV. In modification of the rules contained in Sections L. and LW
Regulation XIII. 1816, and the other provisions contained in that Regu-
lation, for determining the rewards granted on the seizure and confiscation
of contraband opium, it is hereby enacted, that all illicit opium that may
be hereafter seized shall be valued at seven rupees per seer, and that in