The Cotton Duties Act 1895, 2 of 1896 (Rep., Act 19 of 1926)

Section 37. (1) Duties of customs shall be levied at the rates for the time being prescribed in the Indian Tarif

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

PART II. INLAND CUSTOMS DUTIES. 37. (1) Duties of customs shall be levied at the rates for the time being prescribed in the Indian Tariff Act, 1894, upon cotton goods passing into British India out of any territory declared, under the power hereinafter in this section conferred, to be foreign territory. (2) The Governor General in Council may, by notification in the Gazette of India, declare that any territory situated within or bordering on, but not forming part of, British India shall be deemed, for the purposes of this section, to be foreign territory. (3) The Governor General in Council may, from time to time, by notification in the Gazette of India, prohibit or restrict the bringing of cotton goods into British India from any such foreign territory, or prescribe the routes by which alone they may be brought. (4) The provisions of section 19A of the Principal Act shall apply to all goods brought or attempted to be brought into British India in contravention of any such notification. PART II. INLAND CUSTOMS DUTIES. 37. Levy of duties on cotton goods passing into British India from foreign territory.

Source: India Code