Section 24: Board to maintain accounts of quotas.

The Tea Act, 1953Central Act · Act 29 of 1953

Nothing in this Chapter shall apply to tea--

(a) proved to the satisfaction of the [Commissioner of Customs] to have been imported into India from any part outside India; or

(b) shipped as stores on board any vessel or aircraft in such quantity as the Customs-Collector considers reasonable having regard to the number of the crew and passengers and length of the voyage on which the vessel or aircraft is about to depart; or

(d) exported with the previous sanction of the Central Government, within the limits prescribed in this behalf, by a Red Cross Society or by any organisation for providing amenities for troops overseas; or

(e) taken as part of the personal luggage of a passenger.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Tea Act, 1953
Section	24
Marginal note	Board to maintain accounts of quotas.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Act 22 of 1995. . Subs. by Act 22 of 1995, s. 86, for "Customs Collector" (w.e.f. 26-5-1995).
substituted, Act 40 of 1960. . Subs. by Act 40 of 1960, s. 8, for "not exceeding ten pounds avoirdupois" (w.e.f.1-10-1960).

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