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 10: No Permit for removal from warehouse of less than a bale. Proviso.
    No Permit shall be granted for the removal from warehouse of any quantity of Tobacco less than an entire bale or package. Provided that, when Tobacco is to be removed for consumption in the said Town, the Commissioner of Customs, salt and Opium may give permission to open any bale or package previous to removal, and to set aside such portion thereof as may be refuse or waste ; and the said refuse or waste may be re-exported, under the rules for the re-export of Tobacco, at any time within one month from the date of such permission, or, if it be not so re-exported, may be destroyed by order of the Commissioner.
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