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A.D. 1837.]
ACT XVI.
45
A.D. 1837. ACT XVI.
PASSED Vc do Z' or - Ae % 6 ?' ^ / o/* m doMMCzJ,
o^z 3ft/ 1837.
I. IT is hereby enacted, that from the 15th day of July, 1837, Regula-
tion XV. 1817, of the Bengal code shall be repealed.
II. And it is hereby enacted, that when the customs duties fixed to be
levied upon goods exported by sea from any port of Bengal or Orissa shall
be ad valorem, the value of such goods shall be declared by the exporter
in the manner prescribed by Regulation VI. 1833, of the Bengal code, for
goods imported into Calcutta by sea, and the provisions of that Regulation
for cases of disputed value (excepting Section IV. thereof, which pre-
scribes the levy of duty when the goods are taken for Government), shall
apply to goods intended to be exported by sea in like manner as for
imported goods, and the value so to be declared by the exporter shall
include the packages or materials in which the goods may be contained.
III. And it is hereby enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Governor
of the presidency of Fort William in Bengal, from time to time, by
notice in the official gazette, to fix a value for any article liable to
ad-valorem duty, and that the value so fixed by the Governor of the said
presidency shall, till altered by a similar notice, be taken to be the value
of such article for the purpose of levying duty on the same.
IV. And it is hereby enacted, that every master of a vessel who shall
remove from such vessel, or put on board thereof, any goods, or cause or
suffer any goods to be removed thence, or put on board thereof, between
sunset and sunrise, or on any day when the custom-house is closed for
business, without leave in writing obtained from the collector of customs,
'shall be punished with a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees.
V. And it is hereby enacted, that when, upon application from the
commander of any vessel, the custom-house officer shall be removed from
on board thereof under the provisions to that effect contained in Sec-
tion XVI. of the Act XIV. of 1836, if the commander of such vessel
shall, before a custom-house officer have again been placed in such vessel,
put on board of such vessel, or cause or suffer to be put on board of such
vessel, any goods whatever, such commander shall be punished with a fine
not exceeding one thousand rupees, and the goods shall be liable to be
re-landed for examination at the expense of the shipper or shippers, upon
requisition to that effect from the collector of customs.
VI. And it is hereby enacted, that the commander of every vessel who
is bound to receive a custom-house officer on board of such vessel shall
also be bound to receive on board one servant of such officer, and to pro-
* .
Repeal.
how to be declared by-
exporter.
Penalty for shipping
goods after custom-
house officer is re-
moved, and before
another is placed on
board.
to accommodate cus-
tom-house officer and
one servant on board.
ACT XVI.
45
A.D. 1837. ACT XVI.
PASSED Vc do Z' or - Ae % 6 ?' ^ / o/* m doMMCzJ,
o^z 3ft/ 1837.
I. IT is hereby enacted, that from the 15th day of July, 1837, Regula-
tion XV. 1817, of the Bengal code shall be repealed.
II. And it is hereby enacted, that when the customs duties fixed to be
levied upon goods exported by sea from any port of Bengal or Orissa shall
be ad valorem, the value of such goods shall be declared by the exporter
in the manner prescribed by Regulation VI. 1833, of the Bengal code, for
goods imported into Calcutta by sea, and the provisions of that Regulation
for cases of disputed value (excepting Section IV. thereof, which pre-
scribes the levy of duty when the goods are taken for Government), shall
apply to goods intended to be exported by sea in like manner as for
imported goods, and the value so to be declared by the exporter shall
include the packages or materials in which the goods may be contained.
III. And it is hereby enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Governor
of the presidency of Fort William in Bengal, from time to time, by
notice in the official gazette, to fix a value for any article liable to
ad-valorem duty, and that the value so fixed by the Governor of the said
presidency shall, till altered by a similar notice, be taken to be the value
of such article for the purpose of levying duty on the same.
IV. And it is hereby enacted, that every master of a vessel who shall
remove from such vessel, or put on board thereof, any goods, or cause or
suffer any goods to be removed thence, or put on board thereof, between
sunset and sunrise, or on any day when the custom-house is closed for
business, without leave in writing obtained from the collector of customs,
'shall be punished with a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees.
V. And it is hereby enacted, that when, upon application from the
commander of any vessel, the custom-house officer shall be removed from
on board thereof under the provisions to that effect contained in Sec-
tion XVI. of the Act XIV. of 1836, if the commander of such vessel
shall, before a custom-house officer have again been placed in such vessel,
put on board of such vessel, or cause or suffer to be put on board of such
vessel, any goods whatever, such commander shall be punished with a fine
not exceeding one thousand rupees, and the goods shall be liable to be
re-landed for examination at the expense of the shipper or shippers, upon
requisition to that effect from the collector of customs.
VI. And it is hereby enacted, that the commander of every vessel who
is bound to receive a custom-house officer on board of such vessel shall
also be bound to receive on board one servant of such officer, and to pro-
* .
Repeal.
how to be declared by-
exporter.
Penalty for shipping
goods after custom-
house officer is re-
moved, and before
another is placed on
board.
to accommodate cus-
tom-house officer and
one servant on board.