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Abkari, Calcutta, 1849, 11 of 1849 (Rep., Ben. Act 07 of 1879)

37 sections · As amended up to 2026-08

Sections

  1. XXXIVAll fines levied under this Act, the disposal of which is not specially provided for, shall belong t
  2. IXWhenever a license shall be granted under this Act, the Collector shall be authorised to demand, in
  3. XXXIAll fines leviable under this Act, except under Section XXXVIII., shall be adjudged by any Justice of the Peace, for the Town
  4. XIIIThe Collector, after demand made in writing, may levy any
  5. XXXVIWhen any penalty or confiscation shall be adjudged by the Justice of the Peace under this Act, the C
  6. XXVAny Abkaree Officer, who shall delay carrying to the Collector any person arrested or any illicit ar
  7. XXIVEvery person, who shall obstruct or molest any Abkaree Officer, or any person acting in aid of such
  8. VIThe sale of Bengal Arrack or Rum, or other country Spirit, or of Tauree, or of Ganjah, or Bhang, or
  9. XXXIIIOne-half of all fines levied from persons convicted of the illicit possession, carrying, or sale of
  10. XVIIIEvery person holding a license for the sale of Spirituous or Fermented Liquors, or intoxicating drug
  11. XXVIAny Abkaree Officer, who shall vexatiously and unnecessarily seize the goods or chattels of any pers
  12. XXVIIIAny Abkaree Officer, who shall ask or take any gratuity, not authorized by any Law or Order of Gover
  13. XXXVIIAll actions and prosecutions to be commenced against the Collector or any Abkaree Officer, or any pe
  14. VIIIEvery person taking out a license for the retail sale of Spirituous or Fermented Liquors, or intoxic
  15. XThe Collector may withhold or recall a license, if any such fee, tax or duty be not duly paid, accor
  16. XVAny person, not being a licensed Dealer, having in his possession, and any person carrying within th
  17. XIAny licensed retail dealer may surrender his license on giving
  18. XXVIIAny Officer, employed in the Abkaree Department, who shall unlawfully release or connive at the esca
  19. XXXIIWhenever any person shall be convicted before any such Justice as aforesaid of an offence against th
  20. XXIIWhenever any Abkaree Officer, duly authorized under this Act, shall arrest any person, or shall seiz
  21. XIIIt shall not be lawful for the Justices of the Peace for the
  22. IIThe collection of the Revenue arising from the retail sale of Spirituous or Fermented Liquors and in
  23. VA sale of English or Foreign Beer, Wines or Spirits, in any quantity, not exceeding two gallons, or
  24. IIIThe Collector may appoint Constables, Darogahs, Jemadars, Burkundauzes, and other Officers, for coll
  25. VIISection VII
  26. IVEvery person who shall sell, by retail, any Spirituous or Fermented Liquors or intoxicating drugs, h
  27. IAct I. 1842, Act XXVI. 1845, Section 26, Regulation II. 1802, of the Bengal Code, and so much of Cla
  28. XXIXWhenever any goods or chattels shall be seized by an Abkaree Officer, as liable to confiscation unde
  29. XXIIIEvery person, who shall maliciously give false information against any person for being engaged in t
  30. XVIIAny Abkaree Officer above the rank of a Peon or Chauprassy may enter and inspect at any time, by day
  31. XVIBeside the penalties above specified for the illicit sale, possession, and carrying of Spirituous or
  32. XXIf the Collector has good reason to believe, either from information given by any Abkaree Officer or
  33. XIVA breach of any of the conditions of a license granted under
  34. XXIAll Constables, and other Ministerial Officers of the Peace are required to help the Abkaree Officer
  35. XXXVNo Writ of Certiorari shall be issued at the suit of any party out of the Supreme Court of Judicatur
  36. XIXAny Abkaree Officer may stop and detain any person carrying any Spirituous or Fermented Liquors, or
  37. XXXWhenever any goods or chattels shall be seized as aforesaid, and within one Calendar month, no perso