Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
40. Power to regulate supply of tári and intoxicating drugs to licensed vendors.
41. Recovery of arrears of tax or duty.
42. Power of Excise officers to inspect shops.
43. And to arrest persons carrying spirits, &c., liable to confiscation.
44. And to arrest unlicensed distillers, &c. And to seize stills.
45. And to search on information of illicit manufacture or possession.
40. The Chief Revenue Authority may regulate the mode in which tarl shall be supplied to licensed vendors of the same; and may frame rules for the grant of licenses or passes to persons purchasing, transporting, or storing ganja, bhang, or charas for the supply of the licensed vendors of those drugs.
Recovery of arrears of tax or duty.
Such Authority may also place the cultivation, preparation, and store of such drugs under such supervision as may be deemed necessary to secure the duty leviable thereon.
Source: India Code