Import of Rum, Bengal Act, 1841, 6 of 1841 (Rep., Act 6 of 1863)

Section I. It is hereby enacted, that if any person after the passing of this Act lands or attempts to land, or

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

I. It is hereby enacted, that if any person after the passing of this Act lands or attempts to land, or shall introduce by land in any part of the Territories subject to the Government of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal, any Rum or Rum Shrub, which is the produce of any foreign Country, or of any British possession into which foreign Sugar or Rum can be legally imported, such Rum or Rum Shrub shall be seized by the Collector of the Customs, or by any other Officer authorized to the Rules in force for confiscating such Goods, unless the District in which such Rum or Rum Shrub is landed, or in which an attempt has been made to land such Rum or Rum Shrub, be as District in which the Governor General of India in Council has authorized the importation of such Rum or Rum Shrub, and it shall be lawful for the Governor General of India in Council to authorize the importation of such Rum and Rum Shrub into any District of the Territories aforesaid by an order in the Official Gazette. I. A B, solemnly declare that all the Rum or Rum Shrub hereinunder described in the produce of the Licensed Distillery named -------in the District of ---------, and that the said Rum or Rum Shrub is the produce of the Sugar Cane, Date, or Palm-tree, and wholly free from any admixture of Spirits manufactured from Rice, Grains, or any other substance whatever. The -------day of -------18----. (Signed) A B. * I, B B, Government Officer in charge on the part of Government of the ------- Distillery, do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct Declaration. B B, Govt. Officer attached to the --------Distillery. ==> picture [400 x 160] intentionally omitted <== Seal of the Collector. ==> picture [62 x 56] intentionally omitted <== SCHEDULE B. I, C D. Collector of Land Revenue ( or Collector or Custom Revenue, or being an Officer appointed by the Governor General of India in Council to act in this behalf) for the District of _____ do hereby in conformity with the provisions of Act______ grant this Certificate under my hand and seal, that the Rum or Rum Shrub described in the Declaration hereunto annexed, which is sealed with the seal of this office, numbered _______ of ______ 18 _______, dated the ______ of ______ 18 _____, and signed by ______ Manger or Owner of the Licensed Distillery called ______ is the produce of the District of _______and is declared to be free from any admixture of Spirits manufactured from other substance than the Sugar Cane, Date or Palm-tree, and that t he importation of Foreign Sugar and Rum and of Sugar and Rum the growth or produce of any British possessions into which Foreign Sugar and Rum can be legally imported, is prohibited in the said District of _____.

Source: India Code