The Protection of Muslim Pilgrims Act, 1896
An Act to provide for the protection of Muslim Pilgrims.
1An Act to provide for the protection of Muslim Pilgrims. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the protection of Muslim Pilgrims; It is hereby enacted as follows:-
Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Protection of 12Muslim Pilgrims Act, 1896;
(2) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette extend it to any place in Bangladesh; and
(3) It shall come into force-
Section 2. Definitions
In this Act, unless there be something repugnant in the subject or context,-
Provided that a Muallem who is an Arab subject shall be excluded from the restrictions imposed by or under this Act;
Section 3. Grant of licenses to act as pilgrim brokers or Muallems
(1) The Commissioner of Police shall from time to time grant licenses empowering persons to act as pilgrim brokers or Muallems.
(2) The Government may, from time to time, make rules to regulate the grant of such licenses and to prescribe the conditions to be embodied therein.
(3) All such rules shall be published in official Gazette.
Section 4. Licenses what to specify
Every such license shall specify,-
Section 5. Penalty for acting as pilgrim broker or Muallem without a license, or for lending license
Any person who, without a license granted under section 3, acts as a pilgrim broker or Muallem, or who lends to another person a license granted to himself under that section, shall, on conviction, be liable to fine which may extend to two hundred Taka for each offence.
Section 6. Penalty for misbehaviour of licensed pilgrim broker or licensed Muallem
If any licensed pilgrim broker or licensed Muallem-
he shall, on conviction, be liable to fine which may extend to two hundred Taka for each offence.
Penalty receipt of commission exceeding five per cent of the price of passage-tickets
46A. If any licensed pilgrim broker receives from the master, owner or agent of any ship, or from any railway servant, any fee or commission in respect of the sale of any passage-ticket for a pilgrim, exceeding five per centum of the price of such ticket he shall, on conviction, be liable to fine which may extend to two hundred Taka for each offence.
Section 7. Power to suspend and cancel licences
The Commissioner of Police may-
[Repealed]
8-10. [Repealed by section 24(2) of the Port Haj Committees Act, 1932 (Act No. XX of 1932).]
Section 11. [Repealed]
[Repealed by section 4 of the Indian Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1927 (Act No. XIV of 1927).]
Section 12. [Repealed]
[Repealed by section 4 of the Indian Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1927 (Act No. XIV of 1927).]
Section 13. [Repealed]
[Repealed by section 10 of the Protection of Muhammadan Pilgrims (Bengal Amendment) Act, 1929 (Act No. II of 1929).]
Section 14. [Repealed]
[Repealed by section 10 of the Protection of Muhammadan Pilgrims (Bengal Amendment) Act, 1929 (Act No. II of 1929).]
Section 15. Certain provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1923, to apply to offences and fines under this Act
Sections 281, 282, 286 and 288 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1923, shall apply to all offences punishable and fines leviable under this Act.
Section 16. Certain penalties to be enforced only at the instance of the Commissioner of Police
The penalties to which masters, owners and agents of ships are made liable by this Act shall be enforced only on information laid at the instance of the Commissioner of Police.
Section 17. [Repealed]
[Repealed by section 10 of the Protection of Muhammadan Pilgrims (Bengal Amendment) Act, 1929 (Act No. II of 1929).]