Section 19. (1) No consignment of tea or tea seed shall be shipped or waterborne to be shipped for export or sha

19. (1) No consignment of tea or tea seed shall be shipped or waterborne to be shipped for export or shall be exported until the owner has delivered to the Customs-collector a valid export licence or special export licence in duplicate or a permit issued by or on behalf of the Central Government covering the quantity to be shipped. (2) No consignment of tea or tea seed shall be shipped or waterborne to be shipped for carriage to any of the French or Portuguese Settlements bounded by India until the owner has delivered to the Customs-collector a permit issued by or on behalf of the Committee or issued by or on behalf of the Central Government, as the case may be, covering the quantity to be shipped. (3) No permit for the passage of any tea by land into any of the French or Portuguese Settlements bounded by India shall be granted under sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Land Customs Act, 1924, unless the application for such permit is accompanied by a permit granted in this behalf by the Committee covering the quantity to be passed.