Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
11. The master of any stedmer, fiat or boat wllich shall departJrom, by any person authorized to collect & receive the tolls under this Act, specif whence he is come and whither he is bound. If any master of any suc steamer, fiat or boat shall refuse or neglect so to do, or shall make a false statf merit as to the place from which he is come or to which he is bound, or sha' to evade the payment of any toll payable under this Act, lie shall b pnishable by a Magistrate by a fine not exceeding two hundred rupees.
12.[If ][any dispute shall arise respecting the liability of any steamer, fia ] Magistrate to decide or boat to the payment of toll under this Act, or in respec disputes respecting of the burden of any steamer, flat or boat, or the amount ( toll payable, or the amount of any charges on accouut of any sale under thl Act, such dispute shall be heard and determined by a Magistrate, and the dec sion of such Magistrate shall be final.
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report the same to' the nearest Collektor or Deputy Collector pf the District. `in` whicli the seizure has been made, or otheryublic officw! duly anth6riaed b$ - the Lieutenant Governor in this behalf. On receipt of such report, the Collector, Deputy Collecto~ or other officer as aforesaid shall publish a notice appointing a day for the sale of the said steamer, flat 07 boat and any furniture thereof. The sale shall be held at some period not less than fifteen days from the date of the publication of notice of sale. If the toll and also any expenses occasioned by non-payment be not paid, or sufficient cause for non-payment be not shown, at or before the time of sale, to the Collector, Deputy Collector orother.officer as aforesaid, such officer shall sell the steamer, flat or boat and furniture seized, or so much thereof as may be necessa~ to pay the toll, and also any expenses occasioned by non-payment. So much of the property seized as `= e`[may not have been sold, and so much of tho sale-proceeds as may be in excess ] of the sum necessary for satisfying the toll and for defraying the expenses occasioned by non-payment, shall be returned to tlie master of the steamer, flat or boat.
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9. Notwithstanding anything in this Act contained, the person auPower to sue for re-[thoriaed to collect the tolls payable under this Act at any such ] corery of tolls. place as last aforesaid, may, in his own name, sue for and . racover, on behalf of the Government of India, the amount of any tolls payable to him under this Act, by suit & any of the Civil Courts against the owner or master of any steamer, flat or boat liable thereto.
`10.` Upon the refusal or neglect of any owner or master of any steamer, flat ABcertainment by or boat liable to pay toll under this Act, to satisfy the person Of burauthorized to collect such toll as to what is the true6burden, den of steamer, flat or boat. as ascertained under Section 3 of this Act, of the sleamcr, flat or boat, it shall be lawful for such person to cause such steamer, flat or boat to be measured at tlie expense8f the master thereof, and such expense shall be recoverable in the same manner as tolls payable under this Actr ; or it shall be lawful for such person to deliver to the master or owner of such steamer, flat or boat, or to leave for him on bomd such steamer, flat or boat a notice in writing specifying what, in his judgkent, is the burden of the steamer, flat 01. boat, and the burden specified in such notice shall be deemed to ' be the real burden of the steamer, flat 4 boat, and be treated as such for all the purposes of this Act, until the owner or maste~ of the steamer, flat or boat shall give sufficient proof of the true burden thereof, as ascertained ~~nder-' section 3 of this Act. `e`
ACT No. I OF 1867.
Source: India Code