Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
LXVIII. If the Governor of Bombay in Council shall see fit for the security of customs at any port to maintain special establishment8 of boats for lauding and shipping merchandise, or to license and regist& `1` G the
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the cargo boats plying in any ports, then, after due notification thereof, no person shall convey goods to or 'om any vessel in such port otherwise than in the boats so authorized and prescribed, except under special permit &om the Collector of Customs at the port: and any goods found on board of other boats than those so authorized for the port, shall be liable to be seized by any officer of customs and shall be liable to confiscation ; and the tindal or owner of any such boat shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees for each offence.
LXIX. When the Governor of Bombay in Council shall see fit to maintain at any port an establishment of officers to be sent on board of vessels to watch their unlading and lading, then, after due notification shall have been given that such establishment is so maintained at any port, the Collector of Customs at that port shall have power at his discretion to send one or more officers of such establishment to remain on board of any vessel in such port by night and by day until the vessel shall leave the port, or it shall be otherwise ordered by the Collector.
LXX. Any master of such vessel at such port, who shall rehse to receive an officer so deputed with one servant on board, or who shall not afford such officer and servant suitable shelter and accommodation while on board, and likewise .furnish them with a due allowance of fresh water if necessary, and with the means of cooking on board, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees for each day during which such .offieel* and servant continue on board, and shall not be received and provided with suitable shelter and accommodation.
LXXI. If application be made to the Collector for an extension of the period allowed in Section LI. of this Act for the discharge of the import cargo of any vessel on board of which a custom house officer shall have been placed, and the Collector may see fit to grant, any such exten-
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sion, 'the master of such vessel $hall be cli~lrged with tl& wages of su(;lk oBem and ~ t h e r expenses, fth. such period as sINhoffroe~ Why be +letdined `OW` boltrd beyond the period fixed by Sect3011 LI. of €&is Act.
LHXf I. If any officer shall Be pkced oir boa,$& f o ~ €116 purpose of superintending `the` lading `d` any vessd. and the atllsding and `lading` of vessel be cbntimorrs, %hen a period of twenty day& shall be altsw-ed `for` fhking in export; cargo ; `M` bhe said p i & SWI' `BB` c%lcuIde'd ffoa tion LI. of this Act; and the master thereof sM% <W &&&sg-& fot wages and expenses of the customs officer an board after the expiration &-@I& d;dziti@~~%~ pe?i&. `hW$ if` tlve mla&ag `-d` ladifit$ of my $&ssel hiding the~eof', then the pri6& of &iPty dws sh&lT `be` idfbwed: `&@m` t&& cha~pd. fbr the mges and: expenses `of.` fhe eubdB* of&%$ on-bo*&&&d~ hikes expiraton `of` l a c period. , . I q > 8 I '
L~ILI.I$. Whew tihe ~ H a t d i a g and h&Gg of axiy vdgsil is not coil.: tinuom, tlie e u s b w offht?~~ shall b&r&h~~6d'.fib% oh h;oa$d shb& vbsbl~ su~sionLws `&a.` import aargo' beea. &illy dis(shargc$ and shW be? mdt.thtf master- of any such veabl- ~ 1 ~ 8 ' ~ - Eefortt a c~storns odeerz has aghiii: been. plttadin. such ~ e ~ w l , shdl put: 011) bewd cr! O w e 61. mffer to ileIpat: on board. `d` mch vessel, `aay` goods:m~.hht~el: slialb be punished 6t!hra' fine not exceeding- one tl~ousamdi rup&es, an$ &e' goods shall' be liatj1.6 to' be re-landed for euamihatibn at the* expense of $he shippers, upo& requi-i sftion `te` tha6 e&ct from the Collector of @ust8omrs. , I 7 ' , I S
: EXXIV. Whenever Collet&-,i3 sf Cust;o~~3~shl&Il see came td tl~at any v e s d sBa4l be. se~rohed;. `hp,` slldi - issue big wapiant or @$>tte~ . ' order
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order for such search, addressed to ally officer under his authority ; and upon production of such order, the officer bearing it may reqi~ire `any` cabins, lockeis, or bulk-heads to be opened in his presence, and if they be not opened upon his requisition, inay break the same open ; and any goods found concealed, and not duly accounted for to the satisfaction of the Collector of Customs, shall be liable to seizure and confiscation ; and any master or person in charge of a vessel who shall resist such officer, or .refuse to allow the vessel to be searched when so ordered by the Collector of Customs, shall be liable for every such offence to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees.
LXXV. If any officer of customs shall see .cause to search any person on board, or who shall have landed from any vessel, or any person passing or having passed through the custom house or any custom station, such person, before being searched, may require such officer to take him before the Collector or a Justice of the Peace, who shall determine whether there is reasonable ground to suppose that such person has any uncustomed or prohibited goods on his person ; and if such Collector or Justice shall think there is reasonable ground for such supposition, then he shall direct such person to be searched in such manner as he shall think fit, otherwise he shall f~rthwit~h discharge such person ; but no female shall be searched otherwise than privately, or by any other person than a female duly authorized by such Collector or Justice ; and any officer who shall not take such person with reasonable despatch before such Collector or Justice when so required, or who shall require any person to be searched without having reasonable ground to suppose that he has uncustomed or prohibited goods on his person, or who shall cause any female to be unlawfully searched, shall be liable to forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding one hundred rupees; and if any person suspected of having any uncustomed or prohibited goods on his person, or in his possession, shall, on being questioned by any officer of customs in regard thereto, deny the same,
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. and any such goods shall after such denial he found on his person, or in his
possession, such goods shall be seized and confiscated, and such person shall forfeit double the value of such goods in addition to the goods confiscated.
LXXVI. Any officer of customs acting under the warrant of any Commissioner or Collector of Customs, may take a constable and a su6cient number of peons, (who shall, on the requisitions of the Collector for such purpose, be furnished by the superintendent of police in Bombay or the proper police authority in any zillah,) and between sunrise and sunset may enter into and search any house, shop, cellar, warehouse, room, or other place, and in case .of resistance may break open doors, chests, &punks . . and other packages, and may seize and bring thence any uacmtorned or prohibited goods, and put and secure the . .. same . . in the custom house warehouse in the port next to the place whence, such goods shall be - so taken as aforesaid; and such goods shall be-liable to confiscation ; provided always, that no Commissioner or Colleoto+ of Customs shall issue any such semch-warrant except upon information on oath or solemn detdaration formally laid before him.
LXXVII. No cargo-boat laden with goods intended for exportation by sea shall make fast to, or lie a>longside of any vessel on board of which there shall be a custoGs officer stationed, unless there shall be on board the boat, or have been received by the said customs officer, a custom house permit or order for the shipment of the goods, and the goods on board of any boat that may so be alongGde,. .or be made fast to a vessel, and not covered by a custom house pass accompanying them, or previously received by the customs o 6 m . o n board the said vessel, shall be liable to seizure and confiscation.
LXXVIII. All fines, for the recovery of which no special provision is herein-before made, may `be` recovered, on conviction `of` the offender, before a magistrate or other person cornyetent to adjudicate on the offences, ~ n d payment thereof may be enforced under Act 11. of 1839.
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Rates of duty to be charged on goods imported by sea into any port of the Pre- . sidency of Bombay from any port or place not subject to the Government of the East India Company, or from Aden, or from any port or place in the straits of Malacca, the Tenasserim Provinces, and the Province of Arracan.
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|I<br>i||the value.|||||||
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||1.|Bullion and Coin,..........................................|..........................................<br>Free.||||||
|I<br>1|2.<br>3.<br>4.<br>5.|Precious Stones and Pearls,..............................<br>..........................................<br>Grain and Pulse,<br>]I<br>Horses and otherlivingAnimals,.....................<br>.........................................................<br>Ice,<br>I|Ditto.<br>Ditto.<br>I<br>itt to.<br>I||I||||
||6.,|,Cod Coke Bricks, Chalk and-Stones, (marbles1<br>andwrought stones excepted,).....................I|I||||||
||7.|Cotton Wool,9nnnaaperIndianMaund,|||||||
||8.<br>9.|AllMachinery importedintoTniii~,for improvement,<br>of the communications and for development of<br>the commercial resources of the country,"Y""1<br>-<br>Opium coveredbya Pass,...............................|1<br>Ditto.<br>Ditto.||||||
||10. Opium not covered by<br>11.|10. Opium not covered byaPass,........................f<br>\<br>~ooks,......................................................I|24 rupees<br>per Seer of80<br>.Tolahs.<br>\<br>IFree,<br>...|80<br>...I|3per Cent.||||
|1<br>i<br>I|12. Marine Stores,<br>13.<br>14. Woollcns,|12. Marine Stores,.............................................<br>........................<br>Metals, wsought or u~~wrought,<br>...................................................<br>14. Woollcns,|.............................................<br>...................................................<br>5per Cent.<br>_5_per Cent.<br>5per Cent.|per Cent.<br>per Cent.|10 per Cent..<br>10 per Cent.<br>10 per Cent.||||
||15. Cotton and Silk Piece Goods, and all manufactures|15. Cotton and Silk Piece Goods, and all manufactures||||||-|
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|||of Cotton and Silk, (except Thread, Twist and<br>Yarn), or of Cotton or Silk mixed with any other|5per Cent.|per Cent.|10 per Cent.||||
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||16. ~otton.?hread, Twist and Yarn,|16. ~otton.?hread, Twist and Yarn,............'............|33per Cent.|per Cent.|10 per Cent.|10 per Cent.|||
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|18.|Salt not covered by|a Pass,|....................................|
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|19.|Alum,|............|............|............|.....,..,...|IQ|per|Cent.|
|20.|Camphor,|............|............|............|.......... .-,|10|ditto.|
|21.|Cassia,|............|............|............|....,...a.P.|,.|I0|.|dijito.|
|Cloves,|............|............|............|............|10|ditto.|
|Coffee,|............|............|ditto;|-|
|Coral,|. :- .|.|- ............ ~,|........,...|10,|.|ditto.|.|
|Nutmegs|. . . . . . . . . . .|and Mace,|........... .:|10|ditto.|
|Pepper,|. . . . .|............|...........|10|ditto.|
|Ratans,|. . . . .|............|............|7+|&$to.|
|Tea,|............|............|3|o|ditto.'|
|Verrnillion,|. . . . . . . . . . . . .|. . . . ............ ,|,|z|,|.............|10|ditto.|
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|Spk+ts, of European and|. . . .|'.|.|.|Foreip manufacture|.|.|., . . . . . .|..,|.l,.|at or below London|mnas per Gal-|I|Rupee|8|
|proof,|............|........ !.,..|...... . . .|,|.....|............. .|.|. . . .|.|
|32.|Spirits, of. Country manufacture. including Ceylon Arrack,|.........|9|annas per|
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|Tobacco and all preparations thereof when the market|
|not exceed|30|Rupees.|per. h t l i e Maundj|...........|
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|Ditto ditto, on removal from' Bond for.|con sump ti or^|i s|
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|3.6,.|All allicles|,|,|.|n& iuuluded|k|h e|&ve enmieration,|.............|on the value.|.|
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Rates of Duty to be charged on goods exported b i sea from any port or place in the
Presidency of Bombay to any port or place not s u ~ e c t to the Government `of` the East India Company, or to Aden, or any port or place in the Straits of ,Malacca, the Tenasserim Provinces, and the Province of Arracan.
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||1.<br>2.<br>3.|Bullion and Coin,...<br>......<br>......<br>......<br>-<br>Precious Stones and Pearls,....,:..........<br>......<br>/..---<br>,-<br>Books, Maps and Drawings, printed in India;<br>......||.......<br>......<br>-<br>..:...||Free.<br>Ditto.<br>Ditto.<br>.|
||4.||..<br>Horses and living Animals,.:..-c'............|......||Ditto.|
||5.||Opium covered by a ,Pass,<br>i.....<br>......<br>......|....<br>;.||Ditto.|
||6.||Opium not' covered by a Pass;,........<br>......|......||Prohibited.|
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||7.||Cotton Wool,<br>......<br>......<br>......<br>......|......||Free.|
||8.||............<br>Sugar and Rum,<br>......<br>.....,..|......||Ditto.|
||9.||Salt having paid Excise duty as. pre'scribed by Law,|......||Ditto.|
||10.||Salt not covered by a Passor-Certificate of having paid Excise<br>-2|-Certificate of having paid Excise|-Certificate of having paid Excise|Prohibited.|
|.|11.<br>.|.|duty orimport-bustomsduty,<br>......<br>......<br>......<br>............<br>Spirits,<br>......<br>.<br>......|......(9annas per<br>......<br>(Gallon.|||
|( '-,<br>..............................<br>12.Tobaccd and all preparations thereof,<br>\<br>\---|||||..............................|1Rupee8<br>..............................<br>annas perIn-<br>dian Msund of<br>80Tolahs to<br>the Seer.|
||13.||All Articles produced<br>or manufactured in the territories<br>governed by the East India Company, arid not enumerated||or manufactured in the territories<br>governed by the East India Company, arid not enumerated|3per Cent.|
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||14.|' ~ 1 1<br>Articles produced or manufactured in any foreign territory<br>uncovered byacertificae of having paid import duty,......||||Articles produced or manufactured in any foreign territory<br>3percent.<br>......<br>on the value.<br>{|
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Source: India Code