The Cotton Duties Act 1894, 17 of 1894 (Rep., Act 2 of 1938)

Section 36. Levy of duties on cotton yarns and manufactures passing into British India from foreign territory

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

PART II. INLAND CUSTOMS DUTIES. 36. Levy of duties on cotton yarns and manufactures passing into British India from foreign territory. PART II. INLAND CUSTOMS DUTIES. Levy of duties on cotton yarns and manufactures passing into British India from foreign territory. 36. (1) Duties of customs shall be levied at the rates for the time being prescribed in the Indian Tariff Act, 1894, upon cotton yarn, and upon cotton manufactures of all kinds, 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 yarns or cotton manufactures into British India from any such foreign territory, or may 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. Application of provisions of Sea Customs Act as to drawback to goods taxed under this Part.

Source: India Code