S.1 Short title and commencement

       (1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan Excise (Amendment) Act, 2000.
       (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on and from 3rd day of January, 2000.

S.2 Insertion of section 54-A, Rajasthan Act No. 2 of 1950

       After section 54 of the Rajasthan Excise Act, 1950 (Act No 2 of 1950) hereinafter referred to as the principal Act, the following new section shall be inserted, namely:--
       "54-A. Owner of animal, cart, vessel, raft, motor vehicle or any other means of conveyance deemed to be guilty in certain cases.--
       Where any animal, cart; vessel, raft, motor vehicle or any other means of conveyance is used in the commission of an offence under this Act, and is liable to confiscation, the owner thereof, except in case of a motor vehicle or other means of conveyance being owned by the Central Government or any State Government or any of their undertaking, shall be deemed to be guilty of such offence and such owner shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly unless he satisfies the court that he had no reason to believe that such offe

S.3 Amendment of section 69, Rajasthan Act No. 2 of 1950

       In section 69 of the principal Act,--
       (i) for the punctuation mark ":" appearing at the end of clause (e) of sub-section (1), the punctuation mark "." shall be substituted; and
       (ii) proviso to clause (e) of sub-section (1) shall be deleted;
       (iii) in sub-section (2), for the expression "under sub-section (1)", the expression "under clause (a) to (d) of sub-section (1)" shall be substituted;
       (iv) after existing sub-section (3), the following new sub-sections shall be inserted, namely:--
       "(4) Where any means of conveyance referred to in clause (e) of sub-section (1) is seized in connection with the commission of any offence under this Act, a report of such seizure shall, without unreasonable delay, be made b

S.4 Repeal and Savings

       (1) The Rajasthan Excise (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000 (Ordinance No. 1 of 2000) is hereby repealed.
       (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, all actions taken or orders made under the principal Act as amended by the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been taken or made under the principal Act as amended by this Act.