Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
XXII. Whenever any Abkaree Officer, duly authorized under this Act, shall arrest any person, or shall seize any Spirituous or Fermented Liquors, or intoxicating drugs, or shall enter any house or shop for the purpose of searching for such illicit Articles, he shall carry the person arrested, with the illicit Articles, seized, with all convenient despatch, to the Collector, and shall, within twenty-four hours thereafter, make a full report to the Collector of all the particulars of such arrest, seizure, or search. And the Collector, after such further enquiry as he deems necessary, shall forthwith either release the person arrested, or send him in custody to a Justice of the Peace for the Town of Calcutta.
Source: India Code