Central Bare Acts 1857

The Tobacco Duty (Town of Bombay) Act, 1857

State: Central

Year: 1857

Section1 - Laws Repealed Section2 - Municipal Duty on Tobacco intended for consumption in Bombay Section3 - Municipal when payable Section4 - Duty if not paid on importation, to be paid on removal from warehouse for consumption Section5 - Bombay a warehousing port for Tobacco Section6 - Power for collection and enforcing payment of the Municipal Duty Section7 - Tobacco not to be imported otherwise than by Sea. Landing places to be prescribed Section8 - Exemption from Duty Section9 - Permit necessary for removal of Tobacco. Proviso Section10 - No Permit for removal from warehouse of less than a bale. Proviso Section11 - License for retail sale of Tobacco Section12 - What to be deemed a retail sale Section13 - Retail sale to be only at the place mentioned in the license. Name of licensed dealer to be affixed to shop Section14 - Monthly returns of stock to be made by retail dealers Section15 - Retail dealer to made entry in a book, of weight, &c., of all Tobacco received. Inspection of book Section16 - Search-warrant Section17 - Power to arrest and detain. To search vehicles, &c., Section18 - Confiscation of Tobacco illegally imported, removed, & e. Mitigation of penalty Section19 - Penalty for illegal importation, removal, sale, or possession. Revocation of license Section20 - Levy of fines, adjudication, and sale of confiscations Section21 - Interpretation

Opium Act, 1857

State: Central

Year: 1857

.....the produce of land cultivated with poppy on account of 20 [the Central Section12 - Opium to be weighed and classified by district opium officer - All opium delivered by the cultivators to the 24 Section13 - WEIGHING AND EXAMINATION AT SADAR FACTORY All opium forwarded by the 28 [receiving] officers to the sadar factory, and Section14 - CONFISCATION OF ADULTERATED OPIUM When opium delivered by a cultivator, either to a30 [receiving] officer, or at the Section15 - WEIGHTS AND SCALES The weights and scales made use of in the sadar factories and at the district to this shall be Section16 - ADJUSTMENT OF CULTIVATORS' ACCOUNTS AND RECOVERY OF BALANCE BY DISTRESS The accounts of the cultivators shall be Section17 - PENALTY ON OFFICER TAKING BRIBES Any officer of the Opium Department who shall receive any fee, gratuity, perquisite or Section18 - EXACTIONS BY LANDHOLDER FROM RAIYAT RECOVERABLE, TOGETHER WITH PENALTY, IN SUMMARY SUIT BEFORE COLLECTOR If any Section19 - PENALTY FOR EMBEZZLEMENT OF OPIUM BY CULTIVATOR Any cultivator entering into engagements for the cultivation of the Section20 - PENALTY Section21 - PENALTY FOR UNLICENSED CULTIVATION Any person who shall cultivate the poppy without license from a38[district opium Section22 - DUTY OF LANDHOLDER AND OTHERS TO GIVE INFORMATION OF ILLEGAL CULTIVATION All proprietors, farmers, tahsildars, Section23 - DUTY OF POLICE AND OTHER OFFICER TO GIVE INFORMATION OF ILLEGAL CULTIVATION All police and abkari darogas, and opium Section24 - POLICE OR ABKARI DAROGA HOW TO PROCEED IN CASE OF ILLEGAL CULTIVATION Whenever a police or abkari daroga or opium Section25 - LANDHOLDERS, ETC., MAY ATTACH IN CASE OF ILLEGAL CULTIVATION Proprietors, farmers, tahsildars, gumashtas and other Section26 - ADJUDICATION OF PENALTIES Except as otherwise herein provided, all foes, penalties and confiscations prescribed by this Section27 - IMPRISONMENT IN DEFAULT OF PAYMENT OF FINE When any person is sentenced to pay any.....

Oriental Gas Company Act ,1857

Title: Oriental Gas Company Act ,1857

State: Central

Year: 1857

Preamble1 - Oriental Gas Company Act, 1857 Section1 - Power to Break Up Streets, Etc., Under Superintendence, and to Open Drains Section2 - Not to Enter on Private Land Without Consent Section3 - Notice to Be Served on Persons Having Control, Etc., Before Breaking Up Streets or Opening Drains Section4 - Streets or Drains Not to Be Broken Up Except Under Superintendent of Persons Having Control of the Same Section5 - Streets Broken Up to Be Reinstated Without Delay Section6 - Penalty for Delay in Reinstating Streets Section7 - In Case of Delay, Other Parties May Reinstate, and Recover the Expenses Section8 - Power to Enter Buildings for Ascertaining Quantity of Gas Consumed Section9 - Recovery of Rent Due for Gas Section10 - Power to Take Away Pipes when Supply of Gas Discontinued Section11 - Meters Notable to Distress for Rent, Etc Section12 - Penalty for Fraudulently Using Gas Section13 - Penalty for Wilfully Damaging Pipes Section14 - Satisfaction for Accidentally Damaging Pipes Section15 - Penalty for Causing Water to Be Corrupted Section16 - Daily Penalty During Escape of Gas After Notice Section17 - Penalty if Water Be Fouled by Gas Section18 - Power to Examine Gas-pipes to Ascertain Cause of Water Being Fouled Section19 - Expenses to Abide Result of Examination Section20 - How Expenses to Be Ascertained Section21 - Liability to Indictments for Nuisance Section22 - Copies of the Original Deed of Association and of All Rules, Etc., to Be Kept for Inspection at the Office of the Company in Calcutta and in the Office of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, or the Keeper of the Records of the Supreme Court at Fort William Section23 - Service of Process Section24 - Recovery of Penalties, Etc Section25 - Levy by Distress Section26 - No Distress Unlawful for Want of Form, Etc Section27 - Interpretation

Oriental Gas Company 1857

State: Central

Year: 1857

.....USING GAS Every person who shall lay, or cause to be laid, any pipe to communicate with any Section13 - PENALTY FOR WILLFULLY DAMAGING PIPES Every person who shall willfully remove, destroy, or damage any pipe, pillar, Section14 - SATISFACTION FOR ACCIDENTALLY DAMAGING PIPES Every person who shall carelessly or accidentally break, throw down, or Section15 - PENALTY FOR CAUSING WATER TO BE CORRUPTED Daily penalty during the continuance of the offence.- If the said Company Section16 - DAILY PENALTY DURING ESCAPE OF GAS AFTER NOTICE Whenever any Gas shall escape from any pipe, laid down or set up by or Section17 - PENALTY IF WATER BE FOULED BY GAS Whenever any water shall be fouled by the Gas of the said Company, they shall forfeit Section18 - POWER TO EXAMINE GAS-PIPES TO ASCERTAIN CAUSE OF WATER BEING FOULED For the purpose of ascertaining whether such water Section19 - EXPENSES TO ABIDE RESULT OF EXAMINATION If upon any such examination it appears that such water has been fouled by any Section20 - HOW EXPENSES TO BE ASCERTAINED The amount of the expenses of every such examination and repair, and of any injury done Section21 - LIABILITY TO INDICTMENTS FOR NUISANCE Nothing in this Act contained shall prevent the said Company from being liable to Section22 - COPIES OF THE ORIGINAL DEED OF ASSOCIATION AND OF ALL RULES, ETC., TO BE KEPT FOR INSPECTION AT THE OFFICE OF THE Section23 - SERVICE OF PROCESS All services of manse or other process, and all notices whatsoever, which, by law or by the practice Section24 - RECOVERY OF PENALTIES, ETC All penalties and forfeitures imposed by this Act, and all damages and expenses the recovery Section25 - LEVY BY DISTRESS All penalties, forfeitures, damages, and expenses adjudged due under this Act, if the amount be not Section26 - NO DISTRESS UNLAWFUL FOR WANT OF FORM, ETC No distress levied by virtue of this Act shall be deemed unlawful, nor shall Section27 - INTERPRETATION The following words and.....