Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
XIV. And it is hereby enacted, in modification of Section XXXVI, Regulation X. of 1819 of the Bengal Code, that if any person shall be found in the act of conveying Salt without Ruwana, or other protecting document, exceeding in quantity five seers of 80 tolahs to the seer, within the tract of country in Bengal or Orissa wherein the transportation of Salt is prohibited unless so protected, or if several persons be found carrying Salt so unprotected, in gangs or companies, which Salt shall exceed in the whole quantity five seers for each person in such gang or company, every such person shall be subject to the penalties prescribed by Regulation X. of 1819 aforesaid, and by this Act, for the illegal possession and transportation of Salt.
Source: India Code