The Indian Coinage Act 1870, 23 of 1870, (Rep., Act 03 of 1906)

Section 28. The Governor General in Council may also, from time to time, by notification in the Gazette of India,

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(9) abolish any Mint so established or any Mint now existing in British India: (1) diminish the amount of remedy allowed by sections five, seven and nine in the case of any coin: (8) establish a Mint at any place in British India, other than Calcutta and Bombay: (5) prescribe the charge to be made on account of the loss and expense of refining: (7) fix the fee payable under section twenty-five: (4) prescribe rules for the guidance of officers authorized to cut or break coin under section sixteen: (11) revoke or alter any notification previously made under this Act. Every such notification shall come into force on the day therein in that behalf mentioned, and shall have effect as if it were enacted in this Act. SCHEDULE. 224 Indian Coinage. [ACT XXIII SCHEDULE. | Number and year. | Title or subject. | | --- | --- | | Bengal Regulation II of 1812. | A Regulation for levying a Duty on the Coinage of Silver Bullion and on the Recoinage of Rupees and other Coins, with certain Exceptions, at the Mints established at Calcutta, Furruckabad, and Benares; for defining the Weight and Standard of the Benares Rupee; for modifying the Rates of Duty at present levied on the Coinage of Gold Bullion in the Mint of Calcutta; and also for establishing certain Rules for the Conduct of the Business of the above-mentioned Mints, respectively. | | Bengal Regulation XIV of 1817 | A Regulation for amending certain Parts of Regulation II, 1812. | | Bengal Regulation XIV of 1818 | A Regulation for altering the Standard of the Calcutta Sicca Rupee and Gold Mohur, and for further modifying some of the Rules in force respecting those Coins. | | Bengal Regulation V of 1819. | A Regulation for modifying certain Parts of the Rules in force in regard to the Conduct of the Business of the Mints subordinate to this Presidency. | | Act No. XVII of 1835 | Gold and Silver coinage. | | Act No. XIII of 1862 | An Act to provide for a new Silver and a new Copper Coinage. | (2) determine in the case of any coin the date and embellishments to be put thereon: (6) determine the period for which certificates granted under section twenty-four shall run: (10) regulate any matters relative to coinage and to the Mint, which are not provided for by this Act: (3) call-in coins of any date or denomination, or any coins coined before the date in the notification mentioned: 28. Rules by notification. Schedule. 1870.] Indian Coinage. 217 ACT No. XXIII of 1870. PASSED BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA IN COUNCIL. *(Received the assent of the Governor General on the 6th September 1870).* 28. The Governor General in Council may also, from time to time, by notification in the Gazette of India,— Rules by notification.

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