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Rh shall be sentenced, in addition to the penalty attaching to such offence, to imprisonment in the Foujdaree Gaol for a period of six months, and a like punishment of six months imprisonment shall be incurred, in addition to the punishment which may be inflicted for a first offence, upon every subsequent conviction after the second.

XVIII.And it is hereby enacted, that it shall be lawful for any Salt Agent to proceed for the recovery of any balance that may be due to Government within the year, upon any contract made for the manufacture of Salt in the limits of his Agency, by the process of distraint; and for the demand and levy of the same, to exercise the powers vested by the Regulations and Acts of the Government in Zemindars and Sudder Farmers, being subject to like restrictions, and with the like remedies to any parties aggrieved thereby.

XIX.And it is hereby enacted, that if any person shall by threats or by violence prevent the lawful arrest of any person by an Officer duly authorized to seize Salt, or shall procure his release after arrest, or if the party found with the Salt in possession, or any other persons resist any such Officers, they shall severally and respectively be liable to the punishment prescribed in Section LVI. of Regulation X., 1819, of the Bengal Code.

XX.And it is hereby enacted, that if any Officer making an arrest upon account of Salt smuggling shall neglect to carry the person arrested to the proper Officer of the Salt Department, or shall delay to report the arrest to his superior, or shall release or connive at the escape of the person arrested, every such Officer shall, on conviction of any one of the above offences, besides dismissal from office, be liable to be sentenced for the same to a fine not exceeding 200 Rupees, and to imprisonment not exceeding three months; and the sentence may be adjudged by any Officer competent to adjudicate a forfeiture of contraband Salt, and in case of of the fine, to a further imprisonment not exceeding three months, at the discretion of the Officer deciding the case.

XXI.And it is hereby enacted, that whenever any person may be arrested by an Officer of the Salt Department, or by any other Officer of other Departments duly empowered to make a seizure of Salt, the person making the arrest shall be bound to