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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 NumberTitleActions
1Laws Repealed.
2Municipal Duty on Tobacco intended for consumption in Bombay.
3Municipal when payable.
4Duty if not paid on importation, to be paid on removal from warehouse for consumption.
5Bombay a warehousing port for Tobacco.
6Power for collection and enforcing payment of the Municipal Duty.
7Tobacco not to be imported otherwise than by Sea. Landing places to be prescribed.
8Exemption from Duty.
9Permit necessary for removal of Tobacco. Proviso.
10No Permit for removal from warehouse of less than a bale. Proviso.
11License for retail sale of Tobacco.
12What to be deemed a retail sale.
14Monthly returns of stock to be made by retail dealers.
16Search-warrant.
19Penalty for illegal importation, removal, sale, or possession. Revocation of license.
20Levy of fines, adjudication, and sale of confiscations.
21Interpretation.
13Retail sale to be only at the place mentioned in the license. Name of licensed dealer to be affixed to shop.
15Retail dealer to made entry in a book, of weight, &c., of all Tobacco received. Inspection of book.
17Power to arrest and detain. To search vehicles, &c.,
18 Confiscation of Tobacco illegally imported, removed, & e. Mitigation of penalty.
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