Section XXXI. And it is hereby enacted, in modification of the Rules contained in Sections CIX. and CXII. of Regul

XXXI. And it is hereby enacted, in modification of the Rules contained in Sections CIX. and CXII. of Regulation X. of 1819 of the Bengal Code, whereby the power of final adjudication by Salt Agents or Superintendents of Chokies; in cases of the contravention of the laws enacted for the protection of the Salt Revenue, is restricted to cases in which the quantity of Salt proposed to be confiscated shall not exceed twenty maunds or the fine adjudicated shall not exceed 50 Rupees, that the judgment of any Salt Agent or Superintendent of Chokies, or of any other Officer vested by Government with like jurisdiction in such cases, shall be final in all cases wherein the Salt adjudged to be confiscated shall not exceed eighty maunds, and the fine imposed upon the defendant, or any one of several defendants, shall not exceed 400 Rupees. Provided however that every such judgment may under Section CXVII. of the said Regulation be brought by petition before the Board of Customs, Salt and Opium, and be reversed or amended by that authority.