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CHAPTER-VI OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

Section 40: Penalty for rendering or attempting to render denatured spirit fit for human consumption

The Himachal Pradesh Excise Act, 2011

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Authoritative English text as published by India Code for the Government of Himachal Pradesh, with amendments up to H.P. Act No. 10 of 2024, in force from 1 April 2025.

Whoever renders or attempts to render fit for human consumptions any denatured spirit or knowingly possesses any spirit so rendered or attempted to be rendered, fit for human consumption, shall be punishable with imprisonment which shall not be less than 1[three years and with fine of three lakh rupees.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.The words “six months but which may extend to five years and with fine which shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees but which may extend to two lakh rupees” vide H.P. Act No. 10 of 2024.