UTTAR PRADESH EXCISE ACT, 1910

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S.1 Short title and commencement

S.2 Repeal of enactments

S.3 Interpretation

S.4 Power of State Government to declare what is to be deemed "liquor"

S.5 Section 5

S.6 Power of State Government to declare limit of sale by retail

S.7 Possession of intoxicant by wife, clerk or servant

S.8 Saving of enactments

S.9 Section 9

S.10 Administration of Excise Department in districts

S.11 Appeals and revisions

S.12 Import of intoxicants

S.13 Export and transport of intoxicants

S.14 .

S.15 Passes necessary for import, export and transport

S.16 Grant of passes for import, exports and transport

S.17 Manufacture of intoxicants prohibited except under the provisions of this Act

S.18 Establishment or licensing of distilleries and warehouses

S.19 Removal of intoxicants from distillery, etc.

S.20 Possession of intoxicants in excess of the quantity prescribed by State Government prohibited except under permit

S.20(a) .

S.20(b) .

S.21 Sale of intoxicants without licence prohibited

S.22 Prohibition of sale to persons under the age of twenty one years

S.23 Prohibition of employment of persons under the age of twenty-one years, and of women

S.24 Grant of exclusive privilege of manufacture, etc.

S.24(a) Grant of exclusive or other privilege in respect of foreign liquor

S.24(b) Removal of doubts

S.25 Manufacture and sale of liquor in military cantonments

S.26 Grantee of exclusive privilege may let or assign

S.27 Recovery by grantee of exclusive privilege of sums due to him

S.28 Duty on excisable articles

S.28(a) Imposition of additional duty in certain cases

S.29 Manner in which duty be levied

S.30 Payment of exclusive privileges

S.30(a) Saving for duties being levied at the commencement of the Constitution

S.31 Form and conditions of licences, etc.

S.32 Saving of licences in force at the commencement of this Act

S.33 Power of authority granting licence to require execution of counterpart agreement, etc.

S.34 Power to cancel or suspend licences, etc.

S.35 No compensation or refund claimable for cancellation or suspension of licence, etc., under this section

S.36 Surrender of licence to sell by retail

S.36(a) Bar to right of renewal and compensation

S.37 Technical irregularities in licences, etc.

S.37(a) Prohibition of import, export, transport, possession or consumption of intoxicants

S.38 Measures, weights and testing instruments

S.38(a) Interest on arrears of excise revenue

S.39 Recovery of excise revenue

S.40 Power of State Government to make rules

S.41 Power of Excise Commissioner to make rules

S.42 Manufacture of Tari

S.43 Sale of Tari

S.44 Power of State Government to exempt from provisions of Section 42, area in which exclusive privilege for manufacture etc. of Tari has been granted

S.45 Grant of licence by grantee of exclusive privilege of manufacturing Tari

S.46 Duty on Tari

S.47 Power to make rules

S.48 Power to enter and inspect place of manufacture and sale

S.49 Powers of certain officers to investigate into offences punishable under this Act

S.50 Power of arrest, seizure and detention

S.51 Power of Collector to issue warrant of arrest

S.52 Power of Collector or Magistrate to issue a search warrant

S.53 Power of Collector or officer of the Excise Department to search without warrant

S.54 Procedure relating to arrest, searches, etc.

S.55 Certain Offences to be non-bailable

S.56 Duty of officers of certain departments to report offences and to assist officers of the Excise Department

S.57 Duty of owner, occupier, lekhpal or village policeman to report certain matters

S.58 Duty of officer in-charge of police station to take charge of articles seized

S.59 Power to close shops for the sake of public peace

S.60 Penalty for unlawful import, export, transport, manufacture, possession, sale, etc.

S.60(a) Penalty for use of place for commission of an offence respecting Cocaine

S.60(b) Security for abstaining from cocaine offences

S.61 Penalty for unlawful selling to persons under twenty-one or employing persons under twenty-one, or women

S.62 Penalty for rendering denatured spirit fit for human consumption

S.63 Penalty for possession of intoxicant unlawfully imported, etc.

S.64 Penalty of certain acts by licensee or his servant

S.64(a) Penalty for adulteration etc. by licensed vendor or manufacturer

S.65 Penalty for consumption in chemists shop, etc.

S.66 Penalty for excise officer refusing to do duty

S.67 Penalty for excise officer making vexatious search, etc.

S.68 Penalty for offences not otherwise provided for