ANDHRA PRADESH EXCISE ACT, 1968

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S.1 Short title, extent and commencement

S.2 Definitions

S.3 Appointment of Commissioner

S.4 General control of Commissioner over Collector

S.5 Appointment of certain officers and staff

S.6 .

S.7 .

S.8 Delegation

S.9 Import of Intoxicant

S.10 Export of Intoxicant

S.11 Regulation of transport of intoxicants periods

S.12 Permits for transport of intoxicants

S.13 Manufacture etc., of excisable articles prohibited except under a licence

S.14 Possession of excisable articles in excess of the quantity prescribed

S.15 Sale or buying of excisable article without licence prohibited

S.16 Establishment of Distilleries and warehouses

S.17 Grant of exclusive privilege of manufacture, etc.

S.18 Duties of licensee with regard to measurement and testing

S.19 Prohibition of employment of children and of persons suffering from contagious diseases

S.20 Closing of shops for preservation of public peace

S.21 Excise duty or countervailing duty on excisable articles

S.22 Modes of levying duties

S.23 Payment for exclusive privilege

S.24 Owner or other person in possession of excise trees to give intimation of unwillingness to tap excise trees etc

S.25 Recovery of duty under this Act from person other than the licensee in certain cases

S.26 Rent to which the owner or person in possession of excise trees is entitled

S.27 Prohibition of cutting down or destroying [x x x x] excise trees

S.28 Forms and conditions of licence etc.

S.29 Power to take security and counterpart agreement

S.30 Technical defects, irregularities and omissions

S.31 Power to cancel or suspend licence etc.

S.32 Power to withdraw licence

S.33 Surrender of licence

S.34 Penalties for illegal import etc.

S.35 Penalty for rendering denatured spirit fit for human consumption

S.36 Penalty for misconduct of licensees, etc.

S.37 Penalty for adulteration, etc. by licensed vendor or manufacturer

S.37(A) Penalty for adulteration resulting in death etc

S.37(B) Order to pay compensation

S.38 Penalty for consumption in chemists shop

S.39 Manufacture, sale or possession by one person on account of another

S.40 Penalty for cutting down or destroying [xxxxx] excise trees

S.40(A) Penalty for false statement made in declaration or affidavit

S.41 Penalty for offences not otherwise provided for

S.42 Presumption as to commission of offence in certain cases

S.43 Criminal liability of licensee for acts of servants

S.43(A) Punishment for allowing premises etc. to be used for commission of an offence

S.44 Enhanced punishment after previous conviction

S.45 Liability of certain things to confiscation

S.46 Confiscation by Excise Officers in certain cases

S.46(A) Issue of show cause notice

S.46(B) Order of confiscation in the absence of offender

S.47(C) Appeal

S.46(D) Order of confiscation not to interfere with other punishments

S.46(E) Bar of jurisdiction

S.46(F) Property confiscated when to vest in Government

S.47 Compounding of offences

S.47(A) Special powers of the Commissioner in regard to compounding of offences

S.48 Penalty for vexatious delay

S.49 Penalty for Prohibition and Excise Officer refusing to do duty

S.50 Penalty for abetment

S.50(A) Penalty for assult

S.51 Landlords, officers and others to give information

S.52 Power to enter and inspect places of manufacture and sale

S.53 Powers to arrest without warrant, to seize articles liable for confiscation and to make searches

S.53(A) Obligation of officers to assist each other

S.54 Power of Magistrate to issue a Warrant

S.55 Power to search without warrant

S.56 Power of Prohibition and Excise Officer in matters of investigation

S.57 Report by investigating officer

S.58 Report by Prohibition and Excise Officer

S.59 Arrest, search etc. how to be made

S.60 Security for appearance in case of arrest without warrant

S.61 Procedure for prosecution and credit of fines to Prohibition and Excise Department

S.62 Magistrates power to impose enhanced penalties

S.63 Appeals

S.64 Revision

S.65 Recovery of Government due

S.66 Governments lien on property of defaulter

S.67 Recovery of dues by lessee under Section 17