Section 5

5. All duties levied before this Act comes into force on timber floated down any of the rivers of , British Burma, shall be deemed to have been levied in accordance with law. Legalization of prior levy duty. Indemnity. And a11 officers and other persons are hereby indemnified for anything done before this Act comes into force, which might lawfully have been done if this Act had been in force ; and no suit or other proceeding shall be maintained against any such officer or other person in respect of anything so done. Rules for 6. The Chief Commissioner rnay from time to timber floated. time, with the previous sanction of the Governor General in Council, make rules as to all or any of the following matters :- [h)[the collection of royalty due on .timber or ] bamboos so floated, and (i) such other matters connected with timber and bamboos floated down any of the rivers of British Burma ,as the Chief Commissioner may from t h - t o - time think fit to regulate. And all timber and bamboos found on, in or by any of such rivers, or stranded on the seashore, or - adrift on the sea, which has been floated contrary to any rules made under this section and fort the time being in force, may be confiscated. ==> picture [18 x 17] intentionally omitted <== ||SCHEDULE.||| |---|---|---|---| ||(See_section_2).||| |Number and<br>year.|Title.|I|I<br>Extent of repeal.| |XXXof 1854. An Act to provide for the levy of Duties of|of 1854. An Act to provide for the levy of Duties of||Sections one, seven, eight| ||Customs in the Arracan, Fegu, Martaban<br>and Tenasserim Provinces.|I|and twelve.<br>ISections four and six, so| |||I|ftr as they relateto<br>timber floated doan the| ||||Gvers of Britisb Burnla.'| ||An Act to give effect to certain Provisibns|An Act to give effect to certain Provisibns'|'The whole Act, so far, as| ||of a Treaty between His Excellency the Earl|of a Treaty between His Excellency the Earl|itrelatestoduty on| ||of Elgin and Kincardine, Viceroy and Gov-||such timber.| ||ernor General of India, and His Majesty the|ernor General of India, and His Majesty the|| ||King of Bnrma.||Ce| |VII of 1869. An Act togive validity to certain Rules relating Tbe whple Act, so far|VII of 1869. An Act togive validity to certain Rules relating Tbe whple Act, so far<br>to .Forests in British Burma.|VII of 1869. An Act togive validity to certain Rules relating Tbe whple Act, so far|VII of 1869. An Act togive validity to certain Rules relating Tbe whple Act, so faras<br>itgives validitytorules| ||||relating to duty on such| ||||timber.| ||The Rules for the better management and pre- So far as they relate to||The Rules for the better management and pre- So far as they relate to|