Section XXVII. And it is hereby enacted in modification of Clauses XXXII. and XXXIII. of Regulation X. 1819 of the

XXVII. And it is hereby enacted in modification of Clauses XXXII. and XXXIII. of Regulation X. 1819 of the Bengal Code, that it shall be the duty of every party under direct engagements with Government for the Land Revenue, either as a proprietor or farmer, and of every proprietor of lakhiraj lands upon whose zemindaree, farm or lakhiraj estate there shall be any works producing Salt, otherwise than under contract with a Salt Agent or on account of Government, to give notice of the same in writing to the nearest public Officer of Police or Land Revenue or of the Salt Department, within ten days from the date on which the works were first prepared; and in like manner it shall be the duty of every person employed in the collection of the Land Revenue of any Muhal on the part of Government, or of the Court of Wards, or of joint proprietors, to give like notice in respect to Salt manufactured on the the lands under their management; and every such proprietor, farmer, proprietor of lakhiraj estate or manager, who shall knowingly omit to give such notice, shall be liable on conviction before the Judge of any Zillah or City to a fine of 500 Rupees, for every Khalaree or Salt Work established on his lands; and such knowledge shall not be required to be established by direct proof, but may be inferred from circumstances at the discretion of the Judge deciding the case; and any fine that may be adjudged under this Section shall be recoverable by distress and sale of the goods and chattles of the offender, or by process of execution taken out by any Salt Agent or Superintendent of Chokies in the manner provided for decrees of the Civil Courts.