If you cant move goods from one Place to another you cant trade, which means you cant bye or sell anything. If the system ist bad, it Takes longer and costs more to Transport goods which is Bad because of the competition in the (world's)marcet(you shouldnt be too slowly and the prices very cheap)
However its widespread and indiscriminate use in stifling genuine political discourse made it deeply unpopular, and became increasingly reviled within India. ... The act was re-enacted during World War II as Defence of India act 1939.