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ACT XXI.
[A.D. 1838.
Same in respect of
Table.!, Sched. (A).
VII. And it is hereby enacted, that whoever shali send, or cause to be
sent, by the Government post, under the provisions of this Act, any packet
of the description mentioned in Table 3 of Schedule (A), Act No. XVII.
A.D. 1837, which shall contain any writing whatsoever, except the direc-
tion on the cover, knowing that it contains any writing other than the
direction on the cover, shall be punished with a fine of hfty rupees.
How Rnes incurred VIII. And it is hereby enacted, that all fines incurred on account of
under Secs, ix.^and x. letters or packets sent by the letter-post, or by the bhangi-post, in con-
^ct^xvn. 1837, are travention of the provisions of Sections IX. and X. of Act XVII. of 1837,
as well as all fines by this Act authorized to be imposed, shall be demanded
from the parties liable thereto by notice in writing from the postmaster-
general, or from any postmaster; and if not paid upon such demand, the
same shali, upon conviction of the odender before any magistrate for the
place where the party charged may be residing, be levied, together with
the costs attending the information and conviction, by distress and sale of
the goods and chattels of the party or parties offending, by warrant under
the hand of such magistrate; and if upon the return of such warrant it
shall appear that no sufficient distress can be had thereon, then it shall be
lawful for any such magistrate, by warrant under his hand and seal, to cause
such offender or offenders to be committed to prison, there to remain for the
space of two calendar months, unless such fines and all reasonable charges
attending the same shall be sooner paid and satisfied.
Letters may be de.
tained tilt hne is paid.
IX. And it is hereby enacted, that it shall be lawful for the postmaster
to detain any letter or packet in respect of which any party shall become
liable to fine for a contravention of Sections JX. and X. of Act XVII.
1837, or of any of the provisions of this Act, until the fine and all reason-
able charges attending the same shall have been duly paid.
A.D. 1838. ACT XXI.
PASSED <^7/ McV7c730M7'a<5/c F*7'aS2&72^ 272 (7o2272cM,
072 Mo 27M yl222/22.^, 1838.
silver coins of even 1. is hereby enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Governor-General
issued ^b^Go^ernor- of India in Council, in his executive capacity, to direct the coinage and
General in Council. issuing of any silver coins, of a value represented in even annas or six-
teenths of the Company's rupee, provided they be of^the same standard as
that prescribed for such rupee by the Act No. XVII. of 1835, and of pro-
portionate weight.
impressions on such II. And it is hereby enacted, that the provisions of Act No. XVII. of
1835, and of Act No. XXXI. of 1837, applicable to the devices, inscrip-
tions, and embellishments of the coins coined and issued by virtue of the
Act No. XVII. of 1835, shall be applicable to the coins which may be
coined and issued by virtue of this Act.
ACT XXI.
[A.D. 1838.
Same in respect of
Table.!, Sched. (A).
VII. And it is hereby enacted, that whoever shali send, or cause to be
sent, by the Government post, under the provisions of this Act, any packet
of the description mentioned in Table 3 of Schedule (A), Act No. XVII.
A.D. 1837, which shall contain any writing whatsoever, except the direc-
tion on the cover, knowing that it contains any writing other than the
direction on the cover, shall be punished with a fine of hfty rupees.
How Rnes incurred VIII. And it is hereby enacted, that all fines incurred on account of
under Secs, ix.^and x. letters or packets sent by the letter-post, or by the bhangi-post, in con-
^ct^xvn. 1837, are travention of the provisions of Sections IX. and X. of Act XVII. of 1837,
as well as all fines by this Act authorized to be imposed, shall be demanded
from the parties liable thereto by notice in writing from the postmaster-
general, or from any postmaster; and if not paid upon such demand, the
same shali, upon conviction of the odender before any magistrate for the
place where the party charged may be residing, be levied, together with
the costs attending the information and conviction, by distress and sale of
the goods and chattels of the party or parties offending, by warrant under
the hand of such magistrate; and if upon the return of such warrant it
shall appear that no sufficient distress can be had thereon, then it shall be
lawful for any such magistrate, by warrant under his hand and seal, to cause
such offender or offenders to be committed to prison, there to remain for the
space of two calendar months, unless such fines and all reasonable charges
attending the same shall be sooner paid and satisfied.
Letters may be de.
tained tilt hne is paid.
IX. And it is hereby enacted, that it shall be lawful for the postmaster
to detain any letter or packet in respect of which any party shall become
liable to fine for a contravention of Sections JX. and X. of Act XVII.
1837, or of any of the provisions of this Act, until the fine and all reason-
able charges attending the same shall have been duly paid.
A.D. 1838. ACT XXI.
PASSED <^7/ McV7c730M7'a<5/c F*7'aS2&72^ 272 (7o2272cM,
072 Mo 27M yl222/22.^, 1838.
silver coins of even 1. is hereby enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Governor-General
issued ^b^Go^ernor- of India in Council, in his executive capacity, to direct the coinage and
General in Council. issuing of any silver coins, of a value represented in even annas or six-
teenths of the Company's rupee, provided they be of^the same standard as
that prescribed for such rupee by the Act No. XVII. of 1835, and of pro-
portionate weight.
impressions on such II. And it is hereby enacted, that the provisions of Act No. XVII. of
1835, and of Act No. XXXI. of 1837, applicable to the devices, inscrip-
tions, and embellishments of the coins coined and issued by virtue of the
Act No. XVII. of 1835, shall be applicable to the coins which may be
coined and issued by virtue of this Act.