The Indian Emigration Act 1871, 7 of 1871, (Rep., Act 21 of 1883)

Section 81

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

81. All t l ~ e powers vested by law in the officers Custorns'offiof Custollls in regard to tlle searchillg ailcl detention :z:.$:td of vessels. or otherwise. .- ..- I --- fov t,he ---ni*e'i:e13t,ini-1 - -; -.---of - - -- S~IIIE------ `3` ,I,+,;., SJCU'Z,,, .L L,. glillg on board thereof, iliay be exercisecl by such 0%purposes ccrs for ~ h c l~revention of the illegal e~uharliation of this Act, emigrants on board vessels baud for any place to .Etj~iyr~~tio~z. '1'0 J:llnxica, British chi:rn a,, `1` Trini(lat1, St. Lucia, Circnada, I I st Croix, Mart.inirl~~c, G ~ ~ a d e - Viocellt:, st.. Icitts, st ~ lon11e and its tlepeudcncies, I :rnd Frencl~ Guiann i ~ , , t ~ ~ ~ . . . Ten wccli~. Fr:o~r Boarntir :- rBctwecn t l ~ c 111011tlis of April I n ~ ~ t i Sel~teml~cr inc!r~sive, five ""(' . . ' { I weeks ; :rad beancell tbc months of October and Marc h i~~clnsivc, six ~veclis, 'Yo Jla.u~itius, Seychelles To Jamaic:~, British Guiana,] . . . Ten weelis. Iii the case of vessels propelled either holly or in part by steam, the Local Government may, by nbtification in the official Gazette, fix, for tlie purposes of this Act, the probable length of the voyages aforesaid.

Source: India Code