The Cantonments Act, 1889, 13 of 1889, (Rep., Act 15 of 1910) · III — .

Section 14. If

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

1889.] Cantonments. 185 (Chapter III 14. If 1889.] Cantonments. 185 (Chapter III.—Spirituous Liquors and Intoxicating Drugs.—Sections 14-15.) 14. If within a cantonment, or within such limits around a cantonment as the Local Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, prescribe in this behalf,— (a) any person subject to military law otherwise than as an officer or soldier, or (b) the wife or servant of any such person or of a soldier, has in his or her possession except on behalf of the Government or for the private use of an officer more than one quart of any spirituous liquor other than fermented malt-liquor without the written permission of the commanding officer of the cantonment or of some person authorised by the commanding officer to grant such permission, he or she shall be punished in the case of a first offence against this section with fine which may extend to fifty rupees, and in the case of a subsequent offence against this section with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months.

Source: India Code