Whenever any intoxicant is manufactured or collected, or

49-A (I) 'Whoever- ( a) imports, ex ports, transports, manufactures, coJle cts, possesses, bottles or sells any liquor; or (b) alters or attempts to alter any denatured spirit or denatured spiritious preparation with the intention that such spfrit or denatured spirituous prepartaion may be used for human consumption.-whether as a bevt:ragc or internaily as a medicine, or fr1 any othel' form or by any method whatsoever; or

1. (c) has in his possession any spirit or denatured ~pirituous preparation, in respect of ,,foch he intcntiona1ly or k1'.owing!y allo·ws or .knowingly suffers any other person to alter or attempt to alter, in dther case v,:ith the intention specified in clause (b), any spirit in Io · denatured spirit or in to a d cna tu red spiri tu 011 s preparation; arr · ,.,.,,..(dY.,...... .. ~~ix°cs denatured ·•·~p'i'rit'· o'r · sue.:h altered denatured

· · spirit or denatured spirituous preparation with

potable spirit, and such liquor, denatured spirit, denatured ilpirituous preparation, spirit or a]tered denatured spirit, as the case may be, is found unfit for human consumption or causes injury, to or death of human being,-- shall be punishable - where such liquor, denature<l spirit, . d_enature<l spirituous pre- pctration., spirit, o.r altered denatured spmt, as 1he case may be-•• ( i'1 is found unfit for to irnDriso11mcnt vvhich shall ' hum,m consumption-not be· less th:.m two months, but may extend to t'wo Years and shaII also be Jiable to 'fine· . l

(ii) (iii) THE MADHYA PRADESH EXCISE ACT, 1915 causes injury to human being- causes death of a human being- to . not but and imprisonment which shall be less than four months may extend two four years shall also be liab1e to fine: to imporsionmcnt which ;;hall not be less than two years but may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine.

1. (2) -when any person is convicted under this section for a second or subsequent offi..:nce, he shall be pu11ished in relation to circumstances-
   • (a) under clause (i) of sub section (2) with imprisonment which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to four years and shall also be 1iable to fine ; (h) (c) under clause ( ii) of sub-section (2) under clause (iii) of sub-sf:ction' (f) with imprisonment which shall not be Jess than one year but may extend to six years, and shall also be liable to fine ; to imprisonment for life or imprisonment which shall not be less than five years but may extend to ten years, and shall aJso be liab]e to fine. 49-B. Notwith<>tanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (No. 2 of 1974) or section 59.
     • (i) no a.pp1ication for an anticipatory hail shall be en• tertained by ,my court in respect of a person accused of an offence under section 49-A;
     • (ii) no application for bail of a person accused of an offence under section 49-A shall be allow..:-d if opposed by the proi;ecution : Provided that no court 01· rnagistrMe sl1aU authorise detention of .md1 person in custody during the course of investigation for a period exceeding one hundred ~m<l twenty d:1ys and on the expiry of such period, m the event of the rr:port or compla.int not being filed, tb c accused slrn.1J be rde::tscd fortlnvi th jf he i! prepared to and docs furnisI1 l?ail J1 -----------~---~- 3F Bail not to be aUol\'ed for offences under t'bis Chapter Land-holders and others to gfve information. Power to enter and ins- pect place of manuf~ture and sale, Power to arrest without warrant, to sci zc article liable to confiscation and to mak:~ searches. THE Mt\DHYA PRADESH EXCISE ACT, 1915

¹ Ins. by M. P. Act. 39 of 1982, S. 9.

any hemp plant [ * *]

1[ * *] is cultivated on any land in contravention of this Act,-

1. (a) any mvner or occupier of such land and any agent of any such m,vner or occupier; and ( b) alt villagc-headrn en, village-accountants, village- \Va tchmen, and all officers employed in the collec- tion of revenue or rent of land on the part of the Government or the Court of Wards, in the villages, shall, in the absence of reasonable excuse, Le bound to give notice

of the fact to a Magi-; tra t c or to an officer of the Excise, Po lice

or Land Revenue Department, as soon as the fact comes to their knowledge.