Salt, Bengal Act, 1838, 29 of 1838 (Rep., Act 12 of 1876)

Section XXV. And it is hereby enacted, that it shall be competent to the Gover

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

XXV. And it is hereby enacted, that it shall be competent to the Gover- nor or Deputy Governor of Bengal to vest with the power of adjudicating cases of contravention of the Laws for protection of the Revenue derived from Salt, any Assistant to a Salt Agent, or Uncovenanted Superintendent of Salt Chokies, who may seem to him qualified; and such Officers, when invested with with such powers, shall exercise them subject to the same rules and restrictions as Covenanted Salt Agents and Superintendents of Chokies; provided that no Officer adjudicating cases of contravention of the Salt Revenue Laws shall receive any part of the rewards that may be decreed or otherwise benefit directly by the adjudication of such cases.

Source: India Code