Section 0

PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF ISDTA. (Remised the assent of the Governor General on the 23,-d L4i!uy 1860.) An Act to amend Act `lYXI` of 1856 (to consoliclate ancl anzend the law relating to the Abkaree Revenue in the Presidency of Fort mz'llia?n i?z Beizgc~l.) WBEREAS it is expe&ent to increase the rate of duty levied on spirits manufactured at distilleries worked according to the English Preamble. method, and oth'erwise to amend Act X X I of 1856 ; It is ellacted as follows :- e t . .!,,. .!,,. 3 wit11 Olle `0r` more suretieg tdt &,$ '+&6$&$112ent ill the forln Ilereunto a.nnexed for payment of the lrresnibed dilty-&in such portion of the said spiritl `C!` as m8.y llot be exported mithin four months .: frbm . . .. ~ : the date of the bond, or up011 such . portion `as` may b.e, exported to any other Port witllin British India not being free Port, proof of the landing ;liere& a i d o f the payment of the duty wlrereon . . .. ><., shall not be furnished to ~1le satisfaction . . af . thk Boa-rd of Revenue 1ilt11il.l six rnontlls from the date of such bond. provided however that it shall be la~rf~ll for t.lle Collector, with the sanction of tile Comlllissioner, on sufficient cmse fiho~m, to extend the period allowed for tlie eqortatioa of the spirits, or a.s tlle case may time being iri force. not exceeding two months ~vlleil the amount of the fine or forfeiture shall not exceed fifty4 Rupees, or for a.ny term not exceeding foir montl~s wlren t l ~ e ainoul~t of the fine or forfeiture shall not exceed t,wo hundred Rupees, or for . any term not exceeding six months when the alnouilt of the fine or fol-fejt~u-e sllall exceed two hundred Rupees : but in any case the imprisonment shall --determine up011 t311e pnymelrt of the fine or forfeiture adjudged. -ITT. Every Collector or other Officer is hereby iildernuified for any thing done on aud after the said 21st of January 1860 in collectInilernuity to Collectors, lev$ of ally such dut,~, or in otherwise carrying out this Act; and no action or other proceecli~rg sllall be illailltallled a ~ i n s t ; any such Collector or other OEcer n respect of t,hing so d.one. Know all men by'these presents, That we are jointly and severally held and firmly bound- unto t l ~ e Secretary of State for India in tlie sum of Company's Rupees to be paid to the said Secretary of State for Illclia ; for which payment well and truly to be made, we jointly and severally bind ourselves and each of us binds himself binds himself and each and every one of our respective heirs, arlministrators, aiici represerltatives by these presents. to be paid to the be us binds himself binds himself * Sealed with our -seulIs. are justly and tfuly indebted Wliekkis the above bounden t,o the S'ecretaq of State for India in the sum of Company's Rupees