Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
25. Recovery of penalties due under bond.
SCHEDULE.
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ACT No. I of 1878.
PASSED BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA IN COUNCIL.
(Received the assent of the Governor General on the 9th January 1878.)
25. When any person in compliance with any rule made hereunder gives a bond for the performance of any duty or act, such duty or act shall be deemed to be a public duty or an act in which the public are interested, as the case may be, within the meaning of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, section 74, and upon breach of the condition of such bond by him, the whole sum named therein as the amount to be paid in case of such breach may be recovered from him as if it were an arrear of land-revenue.
SCHEDULE.
1878.]
Opium.
SCHEDULE.
ACTS OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
| Number and year. | Subject or title. | Extent of repeal. |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Act XI of 1849 | Abkári Revenue of Calcutta | In section 5, the word "opium."
In section 6, the word "opium" and the last thirty-one words.
In section 15, from and including the words "except in the case," to the end of the section.
In section 33, from and including the words "except opium" down to and including the words "each seer;" and the words "or in the case of opium as aforesaid, a reward of one rupee eight annas for each seer." |
| Act III of 1852 | Spirituous Liquors, Bombay | Section 10, so far as it relates to opium. |
| Act XXI of 1856 | Bengal Abkári Act | In section 28, the word "opium."
Sections 34, 51, 52, 53 and 87.
In section 35, the words "or opium."
In section 49, the words "except opium."
Section 59, so far as it relates to opium.
In section 75, the words "except opium" and from and including the words "opium seized," down to the end.
In section 76, from and including the words "except opium," down to and including the words "each seer;" and from and including the words "or in," |
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SCHEDULE—continued.
ACTS OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN COUNCIL—continued.
| Number and year. | Subject or title. | Extent of repeal. |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Act XIII of 1857. | Cultivation of the poppy and manufacture of opium. | Section 2. |
| Act X of 1871. | The Northern India Excise Act... | In paragraph 5 of section 3, the word "opium."
Sections 18, 65, 66, 67 and 87.
In section 19, the words "or opium."
Section 46, so far as it relates to opium.
In section 46, paragraph 3, from and including the words "as well as," down to and including the words "dealings in opium."
In section 63, the words "except opium."
In section 78, the words "except opium," and paragraph 2.
In section 79, from and including the words "except opium," down to and including the words "each ser," and from and including the words "or in," down to and including the words "each ser." |
| Act IV of 1872. | The Panjáb Laws Act ... | Section 49. |
| Act XXVI of 1872. | Panjáb Opium Law Amendment | The whole Act. |
| Act VI of 1873. | Transhipment of goods ... | Section 7. |
| Act XVI of 1875. | The Indian Tariff Act ... | Section 9. |
1878.]
Opium.
SCHEDULE—continued.
ACTS OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN COUNCIL—concluded.
| Number and year. | Subject or title. | Extent of repeal. |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Act XXIII of 1876. | To amend the law relating to Opium. | The whole Act. |
| Act VI of 1877. | For postponing the day on which the Opium Act, 1876, is to come into force. | The whole Act. |
Act of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal in Council.
| Number and year. | Subject. | Extent of repeal. |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Act II of 1876 | To amend Act XI of 1849, Act XXI of 1856, and Act IV (B. C.) of 1866. | In section 3, in the section substituted for section 33 of Act XI of 1849, the words "except opium," and from and including the words "confiscated opium," down to and including the words "general order."
In section 3, in the section substituted for section 34 of Act XI of 1849, the words "except in the case of opium;" and from and including the words "and in the case of opium," down to and including the words "similarly distributed."
In section 10, in the section substituted for section 75 of Act XXI of 1856, the words "except opium," and from and including the words "confiscated opium," down to and including the words "general order."
In section 10, in the section substituted for section 76 of Act XXI of 1856, the |
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SCHEDULE—concluded.
| Number and year. | Subject. | Extent of repeal. |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | | words "except in the case of opium," and from and including the words "and in the case of opium," down to and including the words "similarly distributed." |
Bombay Regulations.
| Number and year. | Subject. | Extent of repeal. |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bombay Regulation XXI of 1827. | Duty on opium ... | The preamble, from and including the words "with the combined," down to and including the words "the prohibited." |
| Bombay Regulation XX of 1830. | Malwa opium ... | Chapters I, II, III and IV.
So much as has not been repealed. |
Source: India Code