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THE UNITED PROVINCES EXCISE ACT 1910

संयुक्‍त प्रान्‍त आबकारी अधिनियम, 1910

Uttar Pradesh

THE UNITED PROVINCES EXCISE ACT 1910

Act number
4 of 1910
Department
Excise
Enacted
12 Jun 1910
In force from
24 Feb 1910

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98 sections

  1. Section 1Short title and extent
  2. Section 2Repeal of enactments
  3. Section 3Interpretation
  4. Section 4Power of State Government to declare what is to be deemed liquor
  5. Section 5Country liquor and foreign liquor
  6. Section 6Power of State Government to declare limit of sale by retail
  7. Section 7Possession of intoxicant by wife, clerk servant
  8. Section 8Saving of enactments
  9. Section 9Administration of Excise
  10. Section 10Department in districts
  11. Section 11Appeal and revision
  12. Section 12Import of intoxicants
  13. Section 13Export and transport of intoxicants
  14. Section 14Omitted
  15. Section 15Passes necessary for import, export and transport
  16. Section 16Grant of passes for import, export and transport
  17. Section 17Manufacture of intoxicants prohibited except under the provision of this Act
  18. Section 18Establishment or licensing of distilleries and warehouses
  19. Section 19Removal of intoxicants from distillery, etc
  20. Section 20Possession of intoxicants in excess of the quantity prescribed by State Government prohibited except under permit
  21. Section 20AOmitted
  22. Section 20BOmitted
  23. Section 21Sale of intoxicants without license prohibited
  24. Section 22Prohibition of sale to persons under the age of “twenty-one years”
  25. Section 23Prohibition of employment of persons under the age of 9 twenty-one years and of women
  26. Section 24Grants of exclusive privilege of manufacture, etc
  27. Section 24AGrant of exclusive or other privilege in respect of foreign liquor
  28. Section 24AAAdded of sec 24AA
  29. Section 24BRemoval of doubts
  30. Section 25Manufacture and sale of liquor in military cantonments
  31. Section 26Grantee of exclusive privilege may let or assign
  32. Section 27Recovery by grantee of exclusive privilege of sums due to him
  33. Section 28Duty on excisable articles
  34. Section 28AImposition of additional duty in certain cases
  35. Section 29Manner in which duty may be levied
  36. Section 30Payment for exclusive privileges
  37. Section 30ASaving for duties being levied at commen-cement of the Constitution
  38. Section 31Form and conditions of licenses, etc
  39. Section 32Saving of licenses force at the commen-cement of this Act
  40. Section 33Power of authority granting license to require execution of counterpart agreement, etc
  41. Section 34Power to cancel or suspend licenses, etc
  42. Section 35Further power to cancel licenses
  43. Section 36Surrender of license to sell by retail
  44. Section 36ABar to right of renewal and compen-sation
  45. Section 37Technical irregularities in license, etc
  46. Section 37AProhibition of import, export, transport, possession or consumption of intoxicants
  47. Section 38Measures, weights and testing instruments
  48. Section 38AInterest on arrears of excise revenue
  49. Section 39Recovery of excise revenue
  50. Section 40Power of State Government to make rules
  51. Section 41Power of Excise Commissioner to make rules
  52. Section 42Manufacture of tari
  53. Section 43Sale of tari
  54. Section 44Power of State Government to exempt from provisions of sections 42, area in which exclusive privilege for manufacture etc. for tari has been granted
  55. Section 45Grant of license by grantee of exclusive privilege of manufac-turing tari
  56. Section 46Duty on tari
  57. Section 47Power to make rules
  58. Section 48Power to enter and inspect places of manufacture and sale
  59. Section 49Power of certain officers to investigate into offences punishable under this Act
  60. Section 50Power of arrest, seizure and detention
  61. Section 51Power of Collector to issue warrant of arrest
  62. Section 52Power of Collector or magistrate to issue search warrant
  63. Section 53Power of Collector or officer of the Excise department to search without warrant
  64. Section 54procedure relating to arrest, searches, etc
  65. Section 55Offence to be bailable
  66. Section 56Duty of officers of certain departments to report offences and to assist officers of the excise Department
  67. Section 57Duty of owner, occupier, Lekhpal or village policeman to report certain matters
  68. Section 58Duty of officer in charge of police station to take charge of articles seized
  69. Section 59Power to close shops for the sake of public peace
  70. Section 60Penalty for unlawful import, export, transport manufacture, possession, sale, etc.
  71. Section 60APenalty for mixing noxious substance with intoxicant and selling of noxious substance under the garb of intoxicant
  72. Section 60BOmitted
  73. Section 61Penalty for unlawful selling to persons under twenty-one, or employing persons under twenty-one or women
  74. Section 62Penalty for rendering denatured spirit fit for human consumption
  75. Section 63-Penalty for unlawful import o intoxicant and transport or possession of unlawfully imported intoxicant etc
  76. Section 64Penalty for certain acts by licensee or his servant.
  77. Section 64APenalty for adulteration etc. by licenced vendor or manufacturer
  78. Section 65Penalty for consumption in chemists shop.
  79. Section 66Penalty for excise of refusing to do
  80. Section 67Penalty for excise officer making vexatious search, etc
  81. Section 68Penalty for offence not otherwise provided
  82. Section 69- Enhanced punishment after previous conviction
  83. Section 69ADemand for security for abstaining from commission of certain offences
  84. Section 69BPenalty for abetment
  85. Section 69COffence by companies
  86. Section 70Cognizance of offence
  87. Section 71Presumption as to commission of offence in certain cases
  88. Section 71AProvisions regarding pardon, etc. to apply Offences under the Act
  89. Section 72What things are liable to confiscation
  90. Section 73Further provisions for confiscation
  91. Section 73AOrder for destroying confiscated intoxicant.
  92. Section 74Compounding of offences
  93. Section 74AImposition of penalty
  94. Section 75Exception of medicated articles
  95. Section 76Power of State Government to exempt persons and intoxicants from the provisions of this Act
  96. Section 77Publication of rules and notifications
  97. Section 78- Bar of certain suits
  98. Section 79Power of Excise Commissioner, exercisable from time to time