Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
81. Within the limits of any Military Cantonment, and within such distance from those limits as the Local Government in any case prescribes, no licenses for the manufacture of spirits, or for the sale of spirituous and fermented liquors, shall be granted, nor shall the duties leviable upon such spirits and liquors be let in farm, unless with the knowledge and consent of the Commanding Officer;
and upon his requisition any license which has been granted, either by the Collector or by a farmer, within such distance or limits shall be immediately withdrawn.
Mode of making arrest or search within Military Cantonments.
1. This Act may be called "The Excise Act, Short title. 1871."
It extends to the territories respectively under the Government of the Lieutenant-Governors of the North-Western Provinces and the Panjáb, and under the administration of the Chief Commissioners of Oudh, the Central Provinces, British Burma and Coorg.
It shall come into force in the North-Western Provinces, the Panjáb, Oudh and the Central Provinces on the passing thereof, and in British Burma and Coorg on the first day of April 1872.
2. The Acts mentioned in the schedule hereto annexed are repealed.
Source: India Code