22. Section 133 of the principal enactment is 'hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor: -
| 133. Every person who shall assist or be otherwise concerned in the unshipping, landing, or removal, or in the harbouring of such goods, or into whose hands or possession the same shall knowingly come, shall forfeit treble the value thereof, or the penalty of two thousand rupees, at the election of the Collector of Customs; and the averment in. any information to be exhibited for the recovery of such penalty that the Collector of Customs has elected to sue for the sum mentioned in the information shall be deemed sufficient proof of such election, without any other or further evidence of such fact.". |
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