Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (the definition list follows as per the Act text). In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (1) ‘alcohol’ means ethyl alcohol of any strength and purity having the chemical composition C2H5CH: (1A) “authorisation” means an authorisation granted under section 36 for use, or for manufacture for use, of liquor for sacramental purposes; (2) “to bottle”, with its various grammatical variations means to transfer any article from a cask or other vessel to a bottle, jar, flask, pot or similar receptacle for the purpose of sale, whether any process of manufacture be employed or not; and “bottling” includes rebottling; (3) “Commissioner” means the Prohibition Commissioner appointed under section 3; (4) “Committee” means any of the committees appointed by the State Government under section 8; (5) “country liquor” includes all liquor produced or manufactured in India; (6) “cultivation” includes the tending or protecting of a plant and does not necessarily imply raising it from seed; (7) (a) “denatured” means subjected to a process prescribed for the purpose of rendering unfit for human consumption; (b) “denatured spirituous preparation” means any preparation made with denatured spirit or alcohol and includes liquors, French Polish, Thinners and varnish prepared out of such spirit or alcohol; (8) “Deputy Commissioner” means the Deputy Commissioner of a District, or any person appointed under sub-section (3) of section 4 to exercise all or any of the powers or to perform all or any of the duties of a Deputy Commissioner under this Act; (9) “to drink”, with its grammatical variations, means to drink liquor or to consume any intoxicating drug; (10) “excisable article” means,- (a) any alcoholic liquor for human consumption; (b) any intoxicating drug; (c) opium; (d) other narcotic drugs, narcotics and non-narcotic drugs, which the State Government may, by notification, declare to be an excisable article; (11) “excise duty” and “countervailing duty” means such excise duty or countervailing duty, as the case may be, as is mentioned in entry 51 in List II in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution; (12) “excise revenue” means revenue derived or derivable from any duty, fee, tax, fine (other than a fine imposed by a Court of law) or confiscation or forfeiture imposed or ordered under the provisions of this Act or of any other law for the time being in force relating to intoxicants; (13) “export” means to take out of the State otherwise than across a customs frontier; (14) “foreign liquor” includes all liquors other than country liquor: Provided that the State Government may, by notification declare that any specified description of country liquor shall, for the purpose of this Act, be deemed to be foreign liquor; (15) “hemp” means any variety of the Indian hemp plant (Cannabis Sativa or Indica) from which intoxicating drugs can be produced; (16) “import” means to bring into the State otherwise than across a customs frontier; (17) “intoxicant” means any liquor or any intoxicating drug or any other substance which the State Government may, by notification, declare to be an intoxicant; (18) ‘intoxicating drugs’ means,- (i) the leaves, small stalks and flowering or fruiting tops of the Indian hemp plant (Cannabis Sativa or Indica) including all forms known as bhang, siddi or ganja; (ii) charas, that is, the resin obtained from the Indian hemp plant, which has not been submitted to any manipulations other than those necessary for packing and transport; (iii) any other intoxicating or narcotic drug or substance, which the State Government may, by notification, declare to be an intoxicating drug, for the purposes of this Act, such drug or substance not being opium, cocoa leaf or manufactured drug, as defined in section 2 of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930 (Central Act 2 of 1930); (iv) any mixture with or without neutral materials of any of the above forms of intoxicating drug or any drink prepared therefrom; (19) “liquor” includes spirits of wine, denatured spirits, wine, beer, toddy and all liquids consisting of or containing alcohol, and any other intoxicating substance, which the State Government may, by notification, declare to be liquor for the purpose of this Act; (20) “manufacture” includes,- (a) every process, whether natural or artificial by which any liquor or intoxicating drug is produced, prepared or blended and also re-distillation and every process for the rectification of liquor; but does not include flavouring, blending or colouring of liquor or intoxicating drug lawfully possessed for private consumption, and (b) every process of producing and drawing of toddy from trees; (21) “mhowra flower” means the flower of passialatifolla (Ippe), but does not include the berry or seed of the mhowra tree; (22) “molasses” means the heavy, dark-coloured residual syrup drained away in the final stage of the manufacture of jaggery or sugar containing in solution or suspension, sugars which can be fermented and includes any product formed by the addition to such syrup of any ingredient which does not substantially alter the character of such syrup; but does not include any article which the State Government may, by notification, declare not to be molasses, for the purposes of this Act; (23) “notification” means a notification published in the official Gazette;