The Excise Act 1881, 22 of 1881, (Rep., Act 12 of 1896)

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1. 0Section 0
2. 1Short title
3. I — .
4. 3In this Act
5. 4Saving of Acts XVI of 1863 and III of 1880
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7. 5The Chief Controlling Revenue-authority may, from time to time, make rules consistent with this Act
8. 6The Local Government may from time to time, by notification in the official Gazette, exempt within a
9. 7Section 7
10. II — .
11. 8Power to make rules as to distilleries and breweries licensed under section 5
12. 9Section 9
13. 10Except in the territories respectively administered by the Chief Commissioners of Oudh, the Central
14. 11Production of intoxicating drugs
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16. 12Spirit, fermented liquor and drugs not to be sold without license
17. 13Subject to the rules made by the Chief Controlling Revenue-authority under the power hereinafter conferred, the Collector may grant licenses for the
18. 14Whenever the Collector considers that the license of a vendor of country spirit, country fermented l
19. 15Any retail vendor licensed under this Act may surrender his license on the expiration of one month's
20. 16Power to farm fees
21. 17The Collector may, with the sanction of the Chief Revenue-authority, cancel any farm granted under this Act
22. 18If any such farm be cancelled for any cause other than a breach on the part of the farmer of the con
23. 19Section 19
24. 20Power to regulate supply of tári and intoxicating drugs to licensed vendors
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26. 21No person shall have in his possession any quantity of any spirit or fermented liquor larger than th
27. 22In British Burma no person shall have in his possession any intoxicating drugs except under, and in
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29. 23No person shall bring into any territory to which this Act extends any spirit manufactured at any pl
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31. 24The Collector may appoint persons, by name or by virtue of their office, to be officers for the coll
32. 25The Collector may recover any amount due to the Government under this Act or the rules made hereunde
33. 26Any Excise-officer may enter and inspect at any time by day or by night the shop or premises in whic
34. 27Any Excise-officer may stop and detain any person carrying any spirit, fermented liquor, or intoxicating drug liable to confiscation under this Act;
35. 28To arrest persons in possession of article liable to confiscation, and to seize article
36. 29Whenever any Excise-officer in receipt of such monthly salary as aforesaid has reason to believe, fr
37. 30The Collector may issue his warrant for the arrest of any person whom he has reason to believe, eith
38. 31Collector may issue search-warrant
39. 32Excise-officer to report arrest, &c. and to take person arrested to Magistrate
40. 33Whenever any person is arrested or any article is seized under the warrant of a Collector issued und
41. 34All Police-officers are required to aid the Excise-officers in the due execution of this Act, upon request made by such officers
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43. 36For illegally introducing country spirit
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45. 37Any
46. 38Section 38
47. 39Section 39
48. 40Section 40
49. 41Section 41
50. 42Section 42
51. 43Section 43
52. 44Section 44
53. 45Section 45
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55. 46For delay in reporting arrest, &c., or in taking person arrested to Magistrate
56. 47Section 47
57. 48Section 48
58. 49Section 49
59. 50Section 50
60. 51Section 51
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62. 52Within the limits of any military cantonment, and within such distance from those limits as the Loca
63. 53In all other respects the provisions of this Act shall have effect within such limits or distance: P
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65. 54The Collector shall in all proceedings under this Act be subject to the control of the Commissioner
66. 55The Chief Controlling Revenue-authority may, from time to time, make rules consistent with this Act
67. 56Power to exempt articles and persons