Chapter III PROHIBITION ETC. OFINTOXICANTS

No person shall manufacture, bottle,distribute,

transport, collect, store, possess, purchase, sell or consume any intoxicant or liquor;

Provided that the State Government may, by notification, allow renewal of the existing licensees for manufacturing, blending, compounding, bottling, storage, import and export of any liquor or intoxicant subject to the provisions of this Act;

Provided also that the State Government may, by notification, allow any state owned company to undertake such activities as may be required under the Act. Explanation – The words “Existing Licensee” mean persons, firms etc who are holding a

valid license on the day of this Act coming into force.

1. (1) No liquor, intoxicant or final product shall be imported, exported or transported or transited within or from outside or through the State except with a valid permit and subject to such duty (if any) payable;
2. (2) If any consignment of liquor or intoxicants is being transported by road from a place outside the State of Bihar to another such place and the vehicle carrying the consignment passes through the territory of the State, the driver or any other person in-charge of the vehicle shall obtain transit permission in the prescribed manner from the authority of the first check post falling enroute after entry into the State and shall surrender the same transit permission to the authority of the last check-post before leaving the State and in the event of failure to do so within the stipulated hours of leaving the first check-post falling enroute, it shall be deemed that liquor or intoxicants so transported have been sold or disposed off by the owner or the person-in-charge of the vehicle within the State of Bihar.
3. (3) In case the driver or person referred to in sub-section (2) fails to comply with the provisions of sub-section (2), he may, apart from being levied such penalty as the State Government may decide, also be prosecuted under section 30 of this Act;
4. (4) The State Government may make detailed rules for this purpose.

The State Government may lay down reasonable restrictions on the vehicles transporting any excisable articles or final products and may require them to adhere to certain specifications.

Provided further that the State Government may require the transport vehicles to install such devices as it may require as a pre condition for registration under the Motor Vehicles Act and give such directions to the State Transport Authority as it deems fit.

Notwithstanding anything contained in

the Act or any Act for the time being in force, the State Government may, by notification, regulate the movement or import or export of any or all liquor or intoxicant into or from or through the State or any specified part or area of the State.