Act Number: 4

Act Name: Tobacco Duty (Town of Bombay) Act, 1857

Year: 1857

Enactment Date: 1857-02-09

Long Title: AN ACT to amend the law relating to the duties payable on Tobacco, and the retail sale and warehousing thereof in the Town of Bombay.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 7: Tobacco not to be imported otherwise than by Sea. Landing places to be prescribed.
    It shall not be lawful, without the permission of the Commissioner of Customs, Salt, and Opium, or other Officer empowered by Government to grant such permission, to bring any Tobacco or any preparation thereof into Bombay otherwise than by sea, nor to land the same at any other landing places than such as may from time to time be prescribed by the Government of Bombay.
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