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The Arunachal Pradesh Excise Act, 1993

The Arunachal Pradesh Excise Act, 1993

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This law establishes the legal framework for regulating the production, sale, and distribution of alcohol and intoxicating drugs throughout the state of Arunachal Pradesh. It defines specific substances such as local brews like Apong, beer, and cannabis products like ganja and bhang, while also outlining the procedures for levying excise duties. The legislation aims to generate government revenue through taxes and fees while maintaining public order by controlling the availability of intoxicants. It empowers designated officers to enforce these rules and manage the excise system effectively across the region.

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  1. 0. Preamble
  2. 3. Power to declare "country liquor" and "foreign liquor"
  3. 4. Definition of retail and wholesale
  4. 5. Establishments, delegation and withdrawal of powers
  5. 6. Control, Appeal and Revision
  6. 7. Import of Intoxicants
  7. 8. Export of transport
  8. 9. Licence required for manufacture
  9. 11. License required for Depositing or keeping intoxicant in warehouse or other place of storage
  10. 12. Payment of duty on removal from distillery, brewery, warehouse or other place of storage
  11. 13. Possession of intoxicants
  12. 14. Possession of intoxicants by licensed vendor and others
  13. 15. License required for sale
  14. 16. Manufacture and sale of liquor in or near cantonments
  15. 17. Grant of exclusive privilege for manufacture and sale of Country liquor or intoxicating drugs
  16. 18. Transfer of exclusive privilege
  17. 20. Employment of young persons or women by licenced vendors
  18. 21. Power to close shops temporarily
  19. 22. Power to impose duty
  20. 23. Ways of levying such duty
  21. 24. Payment for grant of exclusive privilege
  22. 25. Ascertainment of local public opinion
  23. 26. Grant of licence, permit etc.
  24. 27. Counterpart agreement by licensee, and security or deposit
  25. 28. Technical defects, irregularities and omissions
  26. 29. Power to cancel or suspend licence, permit or pass
  27. 30. Power to withdraw licence
  28. 31. Surrender of licence
  29. 32. Bar to right of renewal and to compensation
  30. 33. Power of Collector to take grants under management or to transfer them
  31. 34. Penalty for unlawful import, export, transport, manufacture, possession, sale etc.
  32. 35. Offences by companies
  33. 36. Presumption as to offence where possession is not satisfactorily accounted for
  34. 37. Penalty for altering or Attempting to alter any Denatured spirit
  35. 38. Presumption as to Offence under section 37 in certain
  36. 39. Presumption as to any spirit which contains any denaturant
  37. 40. Penalty for adulteration by licenced manufacturer or his servant
  38. 41. Penalty for fraud by Licenced manufacturer or vendor or his servant
  39. 42. Penalty for unlawful for certain Acts of licensed vendors or their servants
  40. 43. Penalty for possession of intoxicant in respect of which an offence has been committed
  41. 44. Penalty for consumption in chemist's shop etc.
  42. 45. Penalty for certain Acts by licensee or his servants
  43. 46. Import, export, transport, manufacture, sale or possession by one person on account of another
  44. 47. Criminal liability of Licence for Acts of servant
  45. 48. Imprisonment under section 43 or section 44
  46. 49. Penalty on excise officers making vexatious search, seizure, detention or arrest or refusing duty or being guilty of cowardice
  47. 50. Penalty for offences not otherwise punishable
  48. 51. Penalty for contempt of court.
  49. 52. Penalty for attempt to Commit offence.
  50. 53. Enhanced punishment After previous conviction.
  51. 54. What things are liable to confiscation.
  52. 55. Confiscation by the Judicial magistrate or collector.
  53. 56. Power to compound Offences and to release Property liable to confiscation.
  54. 57. Power to enter and inspect, and power to test and seize measures, etc.
  55. 58. Power to arrest without warrant, to seize articles liable to confiscation, and to make search
  56. 59. Power to issue warrant of arrest
  57. 60. Power to issue search warrant
  58. 61. Power of Collector or Magistrate to arrest or Search without issuing a warrant
  59. 62. Power of Excise Officer Search without a warrant
  60. 63. Information and aid to Excise Officer
  61. 64. Duty of owners and occupiers of land and Other persons to give notice of unlicensed manufactured
  62. 65. Power of collection and certain Excise Officers to investigate offences
  63. 66. Power and duties of Collector and certain Excise Officers investigation offences
  64. 67. Security and Bail
  65. 68. Production of articles seized and persons arrested
  66. 69. Custody by Police of Articles seized
  67. 70. Reports of arrests, Seizures and search
  68. 71. Execution of Collector's warrant
  69. 72. Maximum period of detention
  70. 73. Application of certain Provisions of the code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
  71. 74. Magistrate having Jurisdiction to try offences
  72. 75. Intimation of certain prosecutions
  73. 76. Bar to transfer of trial on application of accused
  74. 77. Power of the State Government to make Rules
  75. 78. Publication and effect of rules and notifications
  76. 79. Recovery of due
  77. 80. Power of the State Government to exempt Intoxicants from provisions of Act
  78. 81. Bar to certain suits
  79. 82. Limitation of suits and prosecutions

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