ASSAM EXCISE ACT, 2000

ASSAM EXCISE ACT, 2000

S.1 Short title, extent and commencement

S.2 Definitions

S.3 Power to define country liquor and foreign liquor respectively

S.4 Wholesale or retail sale

S.5 Saving of certain enactments

S.6 Appointment of officers and conferment, withdrawal and delegation of power

S.7 Appeal

S.8 Restriction on import

S.9 Restriction on import and transport

S.10 Prohibition of Import, export and transport

S.11 Prohibition of publication of and entry of newspaper, periodical, journals, etc

S.12 Passes for import, export and transport

S.13 Grant of passes

S.14 Manufacture and preparation for manufacture permitted only under licence

S.15 Establishment or licensing of distilleries, breweries and ware#31;houses

S.16 Limit of possession with exceptions and prohibitions, in special cases

S.17 Prohibition of sale without licence and exceptions to such prohibitions

S.18 Exclusive privilege of manufacture and supply

S.19 Manufacture and sale in or near cantonment

S.20 Duty on excise articles

S.21 Method of levy of duty

S.22 Payment for grant of exclusive privilege

S.23 Saving for duties being levied at commencement of Constitution

S.24 Existing licenses etc.

S.25 Form and conditions of licenses etc.

S.26 Rules for settlement of shops

S.27 Counterpart agreement and security

S.28 Technical defects, irregularities and omissions

S.29 Ascertainment of local public opinion

S.30 Cancellation or suspension of licences, etc in certain cases

S.31 Cancellation of licences in other cases

S.32 Surrender of licence

S.33 No right to renewal

S.34 Measures, weights and instruments

S.35 Departmental management and resale

S.36 Recovery of dues

S.37 Inspection places of manufacture and sale

S.38 Arrest, seizure and search without warrant

S.39 Issue of warrants

S.40 Search and arrest in presence of Collector and Magistrate

S.41 Search, seizure and arrest following upon entry without warrant, in emergent cases

S.42 Power to investigate

S.43 Powers of investigating officers

S.44 Production of persons arrested or article seized

S.45 Police custody of articles seized

S.46 Report of arrests, seizure and searches

S.47 Procedure in executing warrants and in making arrests and search

S.48 Maximum period of detention

S.49 Bail

S.50 Information and aid to Excise Officers

S.51 Obligation on landholders and other to give information in certain cases

S.52 The closing of retail shops for the preservation of public peace

S.53 Unlawful import, manufacture, possession, sale, etc

S.54 Unlawful possession in certain cases

S.55 Penalty for altering or attempting to alter any denatured spirit

S.56 Adulteration etc.

S.57 Fraud by licensee or his employee

S.58 Breach of rule or condition of licence

S.59 Liability of licenses for offence committed by his agent

S.60 Import, export, transport, manufacture, sale or possession by one person on account of another

S.61 Consumption of intoxicants in druggists shop

S.62 Vexatious search seizures, detention or arrest or refused of duty or cowardice on part of Excise Officer

S.63 Punishment for allowing premises to be used for the commission of an offence

S.64 Offences not specifically provided for

S.65 Attempts

S.66 Abatements

S.67 Enhanced punishment after previous conviction

S.68 Security for abstaining from commission from certain offences

S.69 Initiation of prosecution

S.70 Magistrate empowered to try case under this Act

S.71 Presumptions

S.72 Presumptions as to offence under Section 55 in certain cases

S.73 Presumptions as to any spirit which contains any denaturant

S.74 Liability to confiscation

S.75 Procedure in regard to articles liable to confiscation

S.76 Power to compound offences

S.77 Contempt of Court

S.78 Exception of medicated article

S.79 Power of State Government to exempt intoxicants from the provisions of this Act

S.81 Publication of rules and notifications

S.82 Bar of certain suits

S.83 Limitation of suits and proceedings

S.84 Power of the State Government to make rules

S.85 Repeal and saving

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