Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
LIX. .The Governor of Bombay in Council may establish rules for the &&ndgei `A .` tb& :cmkgI and; oeuntny mttft; ofi $& ; &$f&&,(~&&~&,, fo.r the deli.yigy; &.maaif&s-. `o g q ~ e :` emgo coFsm@p@ss& 'm@if&vW 1m%iiw ofi &- .$hmEfiom, an& &ippi~g ad; b~gjh+,,!i&g `go` &st thgfeiai; AH& w.h~eveq ; being. in charge d:aaycs~& 'rraa :of bgin$ 6mer `d` j$je ~~~~E or of any part of her cargo, shall knowingly contravene any such rule, `8w` `be` liable .to fine: noti exeeedQmg on& fi~a&&&&g~~~:& eacli . : . .
,Lx. a D d B l be bn&ugh& to :be p&,&&&&&agh:the CU&-J~ house, either for importation. or expoMan *.sea$ sh%il'be: iiable `t,tj` cation if the packages in which the same may be contained shall be found not to . m & a p . ~ ~ ~ l ; k t b the description of them. give^ `ifi` tlie app&&tion f&>.p,m&ng thm through; the oustom honSb, if the.: o&ift&@$$be&idrb@ foYnd i no& ,,to ., have been co&c~lJr dewFfbed. ;in-.w&&&& b b ~ g O ~ , `qfirtlft$,` or quantity,
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quantity, or if in or among the packages any goods not stated in the application be found concealed in or mixed up with the specified goods.
LXI. Any exported goods which shall be found in the harbour, or any imported goods which shall be found on the wharf, of any port under the Bombay Presidency, shall be liable to confiscation, unless the owner, consignee, or other parties interested in the said goods, shall prove in the case of exported goods that they have been duly passed through the custom house, or, in the c&e of imported goods, that they have been landed according to the, rules prescribed by this Act, preparatory to their being so passed;
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"LXI.1. The Govemo~ of Bombay in Council, by rtn order ' in C~uncil, *may flx and from time $0 -time alter rates of rent to be charged on goode placed in *he Government warehouses, or which may be, beyond . `4` such pe iod as may be determined by the Governor in Council, 'lying on the custom house wharf or other authorized landing places.
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LXIII. The- unshipping, carrying, shipping and landing of `all` goods, and the bringing of $he same to the proper place for examination or for weighment, and the putting the same:into and out of the scales, shall be performed by or at the expense of the importer or exporter of such goods.
LXIV. The Collector of Customs, whenever he shall see fit, may require that goods brought by sea, and stowed in bulk, shall be weighed or measured on, board ship before being sent to land, and may levy duty according to the result of such weighing or measurement.
LXV. The Governor of Bombay in Council, from time to time, may issue such rules as appear to him expedient for landing or shipping passengers' baggage, and passing the same through the custom house, and also for
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landing, shipping and clearing parcels forwarded by Her Majesty's or the East India Company's mails, or by other regular packets and passenger vessels ; and when any baggage or parcels are made over to the custom house officer, for the purpose of being landed, a fee of such amount as the Governor of Bombay in Council may from time to time direct shall be chargeable thereon, as compensation for the expense and trouble incurred in landing and depositing the same in the custom house.
Source: India Code