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The Tea Act

24Board to maintain accounts of quotas

Nothing in this Chapter shall apply to tea--

(a) proved to the satisfaction of the 1[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

(c) exported by post in packages 2[not exceeding five kilograms] in weight; 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.

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1. Subs. by Act 22 of 1995, s. 86, for "Customs Collector" (w.e.f. 26-5-1995).

2. Subs. by Act 40 of 1960, s. 8, for "not exceeding ten pounds avoirdupois" (w.e.f.1-10-1960).

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