Clarke, Richard [Editor]: 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 (3): Acts from 1834 to 1853 (London, 1854)

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ACT XXV.

[A.D. 1836.




ticulars to be registered
in the registerof bonds.
When registry shows
all the bonded goods
to have been cieared
out, bond to be can-
celled, and returned to
the obligee.

The custom-house
godowns, and other
Government godowns,
houses.
These to be under
the collector's or ware-

may be due on account of such goods, and of any charges or penalties that
have been incurred on account of the goods, the bond executed at the
time of lodging the goods in warehouse shall be deemed to have been
discharged, and be cancelled accordingly.
XI. And it is hereby enacted, that if any goods lodged in warehouse
in the manner aforesaid, shall be removed or taken from the warehouse
otherwise than for exportation by sea, or if the goods be not cleared from
the warehouse and exported at the expiration of the time during which
such goods are permitted by this Act to remain in warehouse, the collector
of customs shall demand the full amount of import duty chargeable
thereon, and any charges or penalties that may have been incurred. And
if the amount so claimed be not paid within ten days from the date of
the demand, the collector of customs shall be entitled to realize the same
either by putting the bond in suit, or, at his option, by causing the
goods, or any sufficient portion thereof, to be sold in satisfaction of the
demand.
XII. And it is hereby enacted, that whenever any goods warehoused
and bonded as aforesaid shall be removed from any public or licensed
warehouse, the collector of customs shall cause such removal to be noted
on the back of the bond ; and every note so made shall specify the quan-
tity and description of goods removed, the purposes for which they have
been removed, the date of removal, and the name of the person removing
them, and the number and date of the export pass under which they have
been taken away, if removed for exportation by sea; and of the import
pass or order, if removed for importation; and the amount of duty
paid.
XIII. And it is hereby enacted, that a register shall be kept of all
bonds entered into for customs duties on goods warehoused as aforesaid,
and entry shall be made in the said register of all particulars prescribed in
the preceding section of this Act, as to be noted on the bond ; and when
the register shall show that the entire quantity of the goods covered by
any bond has been withdrawn from warehouse, either through importation
and the payment of duties, or through re-exportation by sea and payment
of the reserved duties upon such re-export, it shall then be competent to,
and be the duty of the collector of customs, to cancel the bond as discharged
in full, and to deliver it so cancelled to the parties who shall have exe-
cuted, or who shall be authorized to receive the same.
XIV. And it is hereby enacted, that the warehouses of the custom-
house, together with such other buildings as shall be directed by the
Governor in Council, or Governor of the presidency or settlement, shall
be public warehouses for the reception of goods under the provisions
of this Act. And every public warehouse shall be under the lock and
key of the person whom the Governor, or Governor in Council of the
presidency, shall < appoint to be keeper of such warehouse; and such
keeper shall be responsible for all duties connected with the charge of
goods, their reception into, and delivery from, the warehouses.

SeeSec. lii.
Act VI. and
VII.1848.