Port Duties Act, 1839, 13 of 1839 (Rep., Act 12 of 1875)

Section III. And it is hereby enacted, that if any vessels, British, Native or Foreign, anchoring in the Port of

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III. And it is hereby enacted, that if any vessels, British, Native or Foreign, anchoring in the Port of Madras, shall not break bulk therein and shall not remain four complete days from the time of dropping anchor, there shall be levied upon such vessels reduced duties as follows; that is to say, two-fifths of the tonnage duty prescribed above shall be levied upon every vessel which without breaking bulk shall after anchoring therein sail again out of the Port within forty-eight hours, and seven-tenths upon every vessel which without breaking bulk shall stay more than forty-eight hours and less than four complete days.

Source: India Code