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REGULATION VII.
[A.D. 1824.
And to recover ba-
, cultivators, &c. by a
distraint and sale of
lands, with such powers
as are vested in the
collectors of the land
revenue.
Unlicensed persons
residing in Calcutta
prohibited from having
in their possession more
than a pound of foreign
opium, unless under a
certificate from the
secretary to the Board
of CM3fO?7M, S*aJ2,
OpiKTM.
Penalty in cases where
more than a pound of
foreign opium is dis-
covered without such a
certificate to protect.
whom the fine may have been adjudged, in the event of its not being
immediately discharged, not only to transmit the party fined to the judge
of the Dewanny Adawlut, in order that he may be confined as already pro-
vided for, but likewise to have recourse to the attachment and sale of
any personal property belonging to the party ; and in the event of the
amount of the fine not being liquidated by the sale of such personal pro-
perty, recourse shall then be had to the sale of any real property which
may belong to the party, under the rules for the sale of lands in liquidation
of arrears of revenue.
XXIII. It is hereby enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for
the opium agents and deputy opium agents, subject to the orders of the
Board of (722^277723, X22A, 6026? 0/7272772, to punish any of the native officers
belonging to their establishments, as well as muhtos and other interme-
diate managers between the officers of Government and the opium ryots,
for any neglect or breach of duty, or any act of oppression which may not
appear to be such as to require the interposition of the magistrate or
Criminal Courts, by a moderate fine, not exceeding in any case fifty rupees,
and commutable, if not paid, into imprisonment in the dewanny gaol for a
period not exceeding one month.
/Scco72(A Provided also, that it shall and may be lawful for the opium
agents and deputy opium agents, with the sanction of the said Board, to
recover any balances or sums of money due by any opium cultivator, or
by any of the subordinate officers of the factory, or by any muhto or
intermediate manager, or by the surety of such cultivator, officer, or
manager aforesaid, by the process of distraint and sale, in the same manner
and with the same powers as collectors of the land revenue are authorized
to exercise in distraining for the recovery of rents due by ryots and other
tenants in estates held khas.
SPECIAL RULES FOR CALCUTTA.
XXIV. AY^. With a view of better securing the duty imposed on the
importation of foreign opium by sea, under the rules of Regulation XVI.
of 1817,* it is hereby enacted, that no person not being specially licensed by
the collector of sea customs in Calcutta, or by the Board of (72232*277723, NYA,
22222^ 0/7222772, shall, within the city of Calcutta, have in his possession more
than one pound of opium at a time, without a certificate from the secre-
tary to the said Board, evidencing that the same has been regularly
imported by sea, and paid the duty prescribed in such case, or that it has
been purchased at one of the sales held on the public account in Calcutta;
and any opium exceeding one pound in quantity, which maybe found
without such a document to protect it, or which may disagree in any
respect with the certificate in the possession of individuals not being
licensed as aforesaid, shall be forfeited to Government, and shall be seized
by or under the warrant of the said collector or any of the magis-
trates of Calcutta, and the person or persons in whose possession it was
found shall forfeit to Government a sum equal to three times the amount
of the duty imposed on the importation of the article by sea under the
Regulation aforesaid.
See Act XI.
1849,
*SeeSched.
A, Act XIV.
1836.
REGULATION VII.
[A.D. 1824.
And to recover ba-
, cultivators, &c. by a
distraint and sale of
lands, with such powers
as are vested in the
collectors of the land
revenue.
Unlicensed persons
residing in Calcutta
prohibited from having
in their possession more
than a pound of foreign
opium, unless under a
certificate from the
secretary to the Board
of CM3fO?7M, S*aJ2,
OpiKTM.
Penalty in cases where
more than a pound of
foreign opium is dis-
covered without such a
certificate to protect.
whom the fine may have been adjudged, in the event of its not being
immediately discharged, not only to transmit the party fined to the judge
of the Dewanny Adawlut, in order that he may be confined as already pro-
vided for, but likewise to have recourse to the attachment and sale of
any personal property belonging to the party ; and in the event of the
amount of the fine not being liquidated by the sale of such personal pro-
perty, recourse shall then be had to the sale of any real property which
may belong to the party, under the rules for the sale of lands in liquidation
of arrears of revenue.
XXIII. It is hereby enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for
the opium agents and deputy opium agents, subject to the orders of the
Board of (722^277723, X22A, 6026? 0/7272772, to punish any of the native officers
belonging to their establishments, as well as muhtos and other interme-
diate managers between the officers of Government and the opium ryots,
for any neglect or breach of duty, or any act of oppression which may not
appear to be such as to require the interposition of the magistrate or
Criminal Courts, by a moderate fine, not exceeding in any case fifty rupees,
and commutable, if not paid, into imprisonment in the dewanny gaol for a
period not exceeding one month.
/Scco72(A Provided also, that it shall and may be lawful for the opium
agents and deputy opium agents, with the sanction of the said Board, to
recover any balances or sums of money due by any opium cultivator, or
by any of the subordinate officers of the factory, or by any muhto or
intermediate manager, or by the surety of such cultivator, officer, or
manager aforesaid, by the process of distraint and sale, in the same manner
and with the same powers as collectors of the land revenue are authorized
to exercise in distraining for the recovery of rents due by ryots and other
tenants in estates held khas.
SPECIAL RULES FOR CALCUTTA.
XXIV. AY^. With a view of better securing the duty imposed on the
importation of foreign opium by sea, under the rules of Regulation XVI.
of 1817,* it is hereby enacted, that no person not being specially licensed by
the collector of sea customs in Calcutta, or by the Board of (72232*277723, NYA,
22222^ 0/7222772, shall, within the city of Calcutta, have in his possession more
than one pound of opium at a time, without a certificate from the secre-
tary to the said Board, evidencing that the same has been regularly
imported by sea, and paid the duty prescribed in such case, or that it has
been purchased at one of the sales held on the public account in Calcutta;
and any opium exceeding one pound in quantity, which maybe found
without such a document to protect it, or which may disagree in any
respect with the certificate in the possession of individuals not being
licensed as aforesaid, shall be forfeited to Government, and shall be seized
by or under the warrant of the said collector or any of the magis-
trates of Calcutta, and the person or persons in whose possession it was
found shall forfeit to Government a sum equal to three times the amount
of the duty imposed on the importation of the article by sea under the
Regulation aforesaid.
See Act XI.
1849,
*SeeSched.
A, Act XIV.
1836.