TNCSP ActTamil Nadu1878
The Tamil Nadu Coffee-Stealing Prevention Act, 1878
Act No. 8 of 1878
- Sections
- 18
- Classified offences
- 5
Contents
- 1Short title
- 2Commencement and local extent of the Act
- 3Interpretation
- 4Coffee not to be taken from labourer
- 5Coffee not to be taken from other than labourer, unless particulars entered in book
- 5A[ Person in charge of coffee estate to maintain a book of his transactions. [Inserted by section 3 of the of the Tamil Nadu Coffee-stealing Prevention (Amendment) Act, 1900 (Tamil Nadu Act II of 1900).]
- 6Books to be produced on Police Officer's requisition
- 7Conditions under which coffee may be taken from a carrier
- 8Penalty for breach of section 4, 5, [5-A] [The figure and letter '5-A' were inserted by section 5 of the Tamil Nadu Coffee-Stealing Prevention (Amendment) Act, 1900 (Tamil Nadu Act II of 1900).], 6 or 7
- 9Penalty in case of labourer being found in possession of green coffee for which he cannot account
- 10Coffee not to be carried without permission of owner or agent
- 11Hours of gathering or removing coffee
- 12Procedure of gathering, etc., was done to commit theft
- 13[This section was repealed by section 3 of, and the Second Schedule to, the Tamil Nadu Repealing and Amending Act, 1957 (Tamil Nadu Act XXV of 1957). In so far as its application to the added territories is concerned, this section was repealed by section 12 of the Tamil Nadu (Added Territories) Extension of Laws (No. 2) Act, 1961 (Tamil Nadu Act 39 of 1961)]
- 14Fines to be paid into public treasury
- 15[ Duties of a person in charge of coffee-estate. [Inserted by section 9 the Tamil Nadu Coffee-stealing Prevention (Amendment) Act, 1900 (Tamil Nadu Act II of 1900).]
- 16[ Power to make rules. [Inserted by section 9 the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1970, which was deemed to have come into force on the 14th January 1969.]
- 17Penalty for failure to comply with the provisions of section 15

