Metal Tokens Act : APPLICATION OF CERTAIN OF THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT TO IMPORTATION OF PIECES OF

Metal Tokens Act,1889

Act No : 1

Section : APPLICATION OF CERTAIN OF THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT TO IMPORTATION OF PIECES OF METAL FOR USE AS MONEY

SECTION 06: APPLICATION OF CERTAIN OF THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT TO IMPORTATION OF PIECES OF METAL FOR USE AS MONEY

If at any time the6[Central Government] sees fit, by notification under section 19 of the Sea Customs Act, 1878, to prohibit or restrict the bringing by sea or by land into7[India] of any such pieces of metal as are mentioned in section 3-, it may by the notification direct that any person contravening the prohibition or restriction shall be liable to the punishment to which he would be liable if he were convicted under this Act of making such pieces in7[India], instead of to the penalty mentioned in section 167 of the Sea Customs Act, 1878, and that the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 4-and sub-section (1) of section 5-, or of either sub-section, in relation to the offence of making such pieces shall, notwithstanding anything in the Sea Customs Act, 1878, apply, so far as they can be made applicable, to the offence of contravening the prohibition or restriction notified under section 19of that Act.