(Secs. 12-14.) Vexatious entries, searches and seizures. Penalty for refusing to comply with notice under section 9, or 12. (1) Whoever, being an Inspector appointed under this Act, vexatiously and unnecessarily enters or searches any field, building or other place, or seizes or detains any horse on the pretence that it is diseased, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both. (2) No prosecution under this section shall be instituted after the expiry of three months from the date on which the offence has been committed. 13. Whoever refuses or neglects to comply with any notice issued by the Inspector under section 9, or removes any horse in contravention of section 11, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one for removing month, or with fine which may extend to fifty rupees, or with both. horse con trary to section 11. Power to make rules. 14. (1) The Local Government may make rules to carry out the purposes and objects of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules as aforesaid may (a) regulate entries, searches and seizures by Inspectors under this Act; (b) regulate the use of tests and the isolation of horses subjected thereto, and provide for recovering the expense of detaining, isolating and testing horses from the owners or persons in charge thereof as if it were a fine; (c) regulate the destruction or treatment, as the case may be, of horses certified under section 8 to be diseased, and the disposal of the carcases of diseased horses; (d) regulate the disinfecting of buildings and places in which diseased horses have been, and prescribe what things found therein or near thereto shall be destroyed; and (e) regulate the grant of licenses under section 11 and the conditions on which those licenses shall be granted. (3) All rules under this section shall be published in the local official Gazette, and, on such publication, shall have effect as if enacted by this Act. 1 For rules made by the Government of— (1) the United Provinces, see North-Western Provinces and Oudh Gazette, 1900, Pt. I, p. 155 see also, as regards "surra," United Provinces Gavette, 1902, Pt. I, pp. 254 and 299; (2) Bengal, see Calcutta Gazette, 1900, Pt. I. p. 915; 3) Bombay City and Harbour, see Bombay Government Gazette, 1899, Pt. I, pp. 1799 and 1802, and bid, 1902, Pt. I, p. 1996; ibid, 1903, Pt. I, p. 119; Presidency proper, see Bombay Government Gazette, 1901, Pt. I, p. 1415; (4) Punjab, see Punjab Gazette, 1901, Pt. I, p. 65; (5) Burma, see Burma Cazette, 1902, Pt. I, p. 291. (Secs. 15-17. The Schedule.) (4) In making any rule under this section, the Local Government may direct that a breach of it shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to fifty rupees, or with both. 15. Any Veterinary Practitioner may be appointed by the Local Govern ment to be both Inspector and Veterinary Practitioner for all or any of the purposes of this Act or of any rule thereunder. 16. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person for anything which is, in good faith, done or intended to be done under this Act. 17. The enactments mentioned in the schedule are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the fourth column thereof. Short title and commencement. Addition of new section 8A after section 8, Act VIII, 1894. Additional import-duty on bounty fed articles. Act not to apply in certain cases. (Secs. 1-3.) ACT No. XIV or 1899.1 [20th March, 1899.] An Act to further amend the Indian Tariff Act, 1894. WHEREAS it is expedient to further amend the Indian Tariff Act, 1894; VIII of 1894, It is hereby enacted as follows: and 1. (1) This Act may be called the Indian Tariff Amendment Act, 1899 ; (2) It shall come into force at once. 2. After section 8 of the Indian Tariff Act, 1894, the following section VII of 1894. shall be added, namely: "8A. (1) Where any country, dependency or colony pays or bestows, directly or indirectly, any bounty or grant upon the exportation therefrom of any article and the article, is chargeable with duty under the provisions of this Act, then, upon the importation of any such article into British India, whether the same is imported directly from the country of production or otherwise, and whether it is imported in the same condition as when exported from the country of production or has been changed in condition by manufacture or otherwise, the Governor General in Council may, by notification in the Gazette of India, impose an additional duty equal to the net amount of such bounty or grant, however the same be paid or bestowed. "(2) The net amount of any such bounty or grant as aforesaid shall be, from time to time, ascertained, determined and declared by the Governor General in Council, and the Governor General in Council may, by notification in the Gazette of India, make rules for the identification of such articles and for the assessment and collection of any additional duty imposed upon the importation thereof under sub-section (1)." 3. This Act shall not apply to any imported article the bill of lading for which was signed and given before the commencement of this Act. 1 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1899, Pt. V, p. 55; for Proceed- The Act has been declared in force in the Santhal Parganas by s. 3 of the Santhal Parganas 2 General Acts, Vol. VI. 3 For notification imposing such duty, see No. 1327 S. R., dated 20th March, 1899, Gazette of India, 1899, Pt. I, p 190; No. 3559 S. R., dated 3rd August, 1899, see ibid, Pt. I, p. 721; No. 2635 S. R, dated 9th June, 1899, see ibid, 1899, Pt. I, p. 461; also see ibid, pp. 704, 869, 1067; ibid, 1900, Pt. I, pp. 293 and 665; ibid, 1901, Pt. I, pp. 298 and 399; ibid, 1902, l't. I, p. 877. As to the refund of excess duty, see Gazette of India, 1900, Pt. I, p. 526. For rules under this sub-section for the identification of sugar chargeable with additional or special duty and for the assessment and collection of the duty, see notification No. 4439 S. R., dated the 14th August, 1902, Gazette of India, 1902, Pt. I, p. 696. 1899: Act XVIII.] Land Improvement Loans. (Secs. 1-2.) ACT No. XVII OF 1899.1 [ 14th July, 1899.] III of 1877. III of 1877. An Act further to amend the Indian Registration Act, 1877. WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Indian Registration Act, 18772; It is hereby enacted as follows: 1. (1) This Act may be called the Indian Registration (Amendment) Short title and Act, 1899; and commencement. (2) It shall come into force at once. 2. Section 22 of the Indian Registration Act, 1877, is hereby repealed, Repeal of and the following section is substituted therefor, namely :— "22. (1) Where it is, in the opinion of the Local Government, practicable to describe houses, not being houses in towns, and lands by reference to a Government map or survey, the Local Government may, by rule, require that such houses and lands as aforesaid shall, for the purposes of section 21, be so described. "(2) Save as otherwise provided by any rule made under sub-section (1), failure to comply with the provisions of section 21, clause (6), shall not disentitle a document to be registered if the description of the property, to which it relates, is sufficient to identify that property." section 22, Act III, 1877, and substitu. tion of new section. Description of houses and land by reference to Government maps or surveys. ACT No. XVIII OF 1899.$ [14th July, 1899.] XIX of 1883. XIX of 1883. An Act to amend the Land Improvement Loans Act, 1883. 1883; It is hereby enacted as follows: 1. (1) This Act may be called the Land Improvement Loans (Amend- Short title and ment) Act, 1899; and (2) It shall come into force at once. 2. In section 6, sub-section (1), of the Land Improvement Loans Act, 1883, for the words "from the date of the actual advance of the last instalinent", the words "from the date of the advance of the last instalment 1 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1899, Pt. V, p. 71; for Proceed- The Act has been extended to the Santhal Parganas by notification under s. 3 (3). (a) of the See the revised edition of the Act as modified up to 1st April, 1900. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1839, Pt. V, p. 77; for Proceed- The Act has been extended to the Santhal Parganas by notification under s. 3 (3) (a) of the • General Acts, Vol. IV. commence ment. Amendment, spective effect, of with retro section 6, Act XIX, 1883. actually paid" shall be substituted and shall be deemed to have been substi- ACT No. XIX OF 1899.1 [ 28th July, 1899.] Short title, extent and commencement. Rate of exchange fixed An Act to provide for the conversion into British Indian currency of sums WHEREAS it is provided by section 169 of the Army Act that the Governor 44 & 45 Vict., be deemed, for the purposes of the said Act, to be equivalent to any sum of And whereas it is expedient, in exercise of the power so conferred, to It is hereby enacted as follows : 1. (1) This Act may be called the Currency Conversion (Army Act, 1899. (2) It extends to the whole of British India; and * * *) c. 58. c. 58. 2. For the purposes of the Army Act or of any similar Act for the time 44 & 45 Vict., for calculating being in force, fifteen rupees of British Indian currency shall be deemed to be the equivalent the equivalent of one pound of British currency, and any sum of British currency mentioned in the said Act or in any similar Act as aforesaid shall be deemed to be the equivalent of a sum of British Indian currency calculated at that rate of exchange. in British Indian currency of sums of British currency mentioned in the Army Act. Short title and commencement. 3. [ Duration of Act.] Rep. by Act VII of 1900, s. 2. ACT No. XX OF 1899.5 [1st September, 1899.] An Act further to amend the Presidency Banks Act, 1876. WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Presidency Banks Act, XI of 1876. 1876; It is hereby enacted as follows: 1. (1) This Act may be called the Presidency Banks Act, 1899; and (2) It shall come into force at once. 1 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1899, Pt. V, p. 85; for Proceedings in Council, see ibid, Pt. VI, pp. 189 and 191. 2 Collection of Statutes relating to India, Vol. I, p. 614. The word "Annual" was repealed by Act VII of 1900, s. 2, infra, p. 139. This section was substituted by Act VII of 1900, s. 1. 5 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1899, Pt. V, p. 116; for Proceedings in Council, see ibid, 1899, Pt. VI, pp. 196 and 199. "General Acts, Vol. III. |