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)

A.D. 1848.]

ACT VII.

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A.D. 1848. ACT VI.
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see Act v. 1. IT is hereby enacted, that from and after the 25th day of March,
1848, all goods imported on foreign bottoms by sea into any port of the
presidencies of Fort William in Bengal, Fort St. George, or Bombay, shall
be charged only with the same rates of duty as such goods would now by
law be charged with if such goods were imported into any of the said ports
on British bottoms, anything in any Act of the Council of India contained
to the contrary notwithstanding.
II. And it is hereby enacted, that from and after the said day all goods
exported on foreign bottoms by sea, from any port of the said presidencies,
shall be charged only with the same rates of duty as such goods would now
by law be charged with if such goods were exported from any of the said
ports on British bottoms, anything in any Act of the Council of India
contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

Modified by
Act VII. 1848.

III. And it is hereby enacted, that from and after the said day no duty
shall be charged on any goods lawfully carried from any port in the terri-
tories subject to the Government of the East-India Company to any other
port in the said territories, anything in any Act of the Council of India
contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

IV. Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall apply to
the articles of salt or opium.

A.D. 1848. ACT VII.
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ATazrA, 1848.
1. IN modification of Section III. Act No. VI. of 1848, it is hereby
enacted, that the provisions of the said section shall not apply to goods
exported from any part of the territories subject to the Government of the


Goods imported on
foreign bottoms to pay
same duty as if im-
ported on British bot-
toms.

The like in respect
of goods exported.

No duty on goods
carried from port to
port in the Company's
territories.

Not to apply to salt
or opium.

Sec. iii. Act VI.
1848, not to apply to
the Straits, Tenasserim,
^r Arracan.