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The Indian Salt Act 1882, 12 of 1882, (Rep., Act 1 of 1944)

30 sections · As amended up to 2026-08

Sections

  1. V — .
  2. 1Whenever the Assistant Commissioner is informed of the seizure of any article exceeding five sers in
  3. IV — .
  4. 2All salt or saltpetre in respect of which any offence mentioned in section nine has been committed,
  5. V — .
  6. 3Whenever the Assistant Commissioner is informed of the arrest of any person, he shall (unless such p
  7. 4Section 4
  8. 5Any Salt-revenue officer who
  9. 6The Governor General in Council may, from
  10. VI — .
  11. 7The Governor General in Council may, from time to time, by rule, prohibit absolutely, or subject to
  12. 8In addition to the rules which the Governor General in Council is hereinbefore empowered to make, he
  13. 9All rules made under this Act shall be published in the Gazette of India, and shall thereupon have the force of law
  14. IV — .
  15. 10Any person convicted of an offence under section nine, after having been previously convicted of an
  16. 11A charge of an offence under section nine, or under section 11 of the Inland Customs Act, 1875, shal
  17. 12All salt or saltpetre in respect of which any offence mentioned in section nine has been committed,
  18. 13The Governor General in Council may, from time to time, by rule, direct that any Salt-revenue office
  19. 14Any zamindar or other proprietor of land, and any agent of a zamindar or proprietor of land, who wil
  20. V — .
  21. 15Any Salt-revenue officer empowered in this behalf by the Local Government may at any time enter and
  22. 16Power to detain suspected person and to seize goods liable to confiscation
  23. 17Any Salt-revenue officer may arrest any person whom he has reason to believe to have committed any such offence as last aforesaid
  24. 18Whenever
  25. 19Failure of Police—officer to attend
  26. 20Whenever a Salt-revenue officer under the rank of Assistant Commissioner arrests under this Act any person,
  27. 21Whenever the Assistant Commissioner is informed of the seizure of any article exceeding five sers in
  28. 22Any article in respect of which a penalty is imposed under section thirteen may be detained dependin
  29. 23Whenever the Assistant Commissioner is informed of the arrest of any person, he shall (unless such p
  30. 24Section 24
  31. 25Any Salt-revenue officer who
  32. VI — .
  33. 27The Governor General in Council may, from time to time, by rule, prohibit absolutely, or subject to
  34. 28In addition to the rules which the Governor General in Council is hereinbefore empowered to make, he
  35. 29All rules made under this Act shall be published in the Gazette of India, and shall thereupon have the force of law
  36. 30Power to confer powers of Assistant Commissioner and Salt-revenue officers
  37. 31Amendment of Madras Act VI of 1871