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A.D. 1839.]
ACT XVII.
81
A.D. 1889.* ACT XIV.
PASSED V'C fAc o/* ^6 of V/zAA/ Az CoMMO^V.
ozz ^Ac 27^A JAyy, 1839.
Amendedand 1. IT is hereby enacted, that Acts No. XXXII. of 1837, and No. V. of
A<!t^ xxiv!' 1837, be repealed on the 1st day of July next.
1852.
II. And it is hereby enacted, that on and after the said 1st day of July
next, every person who shall make with any native of India any contract
for labour to be performed in any British or foreign colony without the
territories of the East-India Company, or who shall knowingly abet or aid
any native of India in emigrating from the said territories for the purpose
of being employed as a labourer, shall be liable, on conviction before a
magistrate or justice of the peace, to a hire not exceeding two hundred
rupees for every native so contracted with, aided, or abetted, and in default
of payment of such hue, shall be liable to be imprisoned for a term not
exceeding three months.
III. Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall be taken
to apply to any native seaman who shall of his own free will contract to
navigate any vessel, or who shall embark on board such vessel in pursuance
of such contract, or to any person who shall contract to serve as a menial
servant only, or who shall embark as such menial servant.
* This Act is repealed as relates to emigration from the port of Calcutta to Mauritius by
Act XV. 1842; to Jamaica, British Guiana and Trinidad, by Act XXI. 1844; and to
Ceylon, by Act XIII. 1847.
A.D. 1839. ACT XVII.
PASSED Ay /"Ac 2*Ac TV'c.si&v/t o/* Ac (VzrnczY of ThiA'u m (Aumez/,
^Ac 1^ 1839.
IT is hereby enacted, in modification of so much of Sections VI. and
XIV. of Act No. XVII. of 1837, as provides that postage duties shall be
levied at the rates set forth in Schedules (A) and (B) appended to the said
Act, that it shall be competent to the Governor-General of India in Council,
by an order and notice to be published in the Government Gazettes of the
several presidencies of India, to authorize the levy of postage duties at
rates different from those severally specified in the Schedules (A) and (B)
annexed to Act XVII. 1837, and to publish revised schedules from
time to time to give effect to such modifications: provided always, there
VOL. III. M
Repeals.
Penalty for contract-
ing with or abetting any
Not to apply to
sailors and menial ser-
Governor-General in
Council may alter rates
of postage, but not
increase them.
ACT XVII.
81
A.D. 1889.* ACT XIV.
PASSED V'C fAc o/* ^6 of V/zAA/ Az CoMMO^V.
ozz ^Ac 27^A JAyy, 1839.
Amendedand 1. IT is hereby enacted, that Acts No. XXXII. of 1837, and No. V. of
A<!t^ xxiv!' 1837, be repealed on the 1st day of July next.
1852.
II. And it is hereby enacted, that on and after the said 1st day of July
next, every person who shall make with any native of India any contract
for labour to be performed in any British or foreign colony without the
territories of the East-India Company, or who shall knowingly abet or aid
any native of India in emigrating from the said territories for the purpose
of being employed as a labourer, shall be liable, on conviction before a
magistrate or justice of the peace, to a hire not exceeding two hundred
rupees for every native so contracted with, aided, or abetted, and in default
of payment of such hue, shall be liable to be imprisoned for a term not
exceeding three months.
III. Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall be taken
to apply to any native seaman who shall of his own free will contract to
navigate any vessel, or who shall embark on board such vessel in pursuance
of such contract, or to any person who shall contract to serve as a menial
servant only, or who shall embark as such menial servant.
* This Act is repealed as relates to emigration from the port of Calcutta to Mauritius by
Act XV. 1842; to Jamaica, British Guiana and Trinidad, by Act XXI. 1844; and to
Ceylon, by Act XIII. 1847.
A.D. 1839. ACT XVII.
PASSED Ay /"Ac 2*Ac TV'c.si&v/t o/* Ac (VzrnczY of ThiA'u m (Aumez/,
^Ac 1^ 1839.
IT is hereby enacted, in modification of so much of Sections VI. and
XIV. of Act No. XVII. of 1837, as provides that postage duties shall be
levied at the rates set forth in Schedules (A) and (B) appended to the said
Act, that it shall be competent to the Governor-General of India in Council,
by an order and notice to be published in the Government Gazettes of the
several presidencies of India, to authorize the levy of postage duties at
rates different from those severally specified in the Schedules (A) and (B)
annexed to Act XVII. 1837, and to publish revised schedules from
time to time to give effect to such modifications: provided always, there
VOL. III. M
Repeals.
Penalty for contract-
ing with or abetting any
Not to apply to
sailors and menial ser-
Governor-General in
Council may alter rates
of postage, but not
increase them.