State Act: Rajasthan
The Rajasthan Excise Act, 1950
Act Rajasthan Act No. 2 of 1950 · 89 sections
Text as published by India Code for the Government of Rajasthan, with amendments up to Rajasthan Act No. 14 of 2014; it also shows section 28-A (surcharge for mitigating natural or manmade calamities), added in 2020.
Section 25 is not printed in this copy; section 24 is followed by section 26.
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Title, date and preamble
[Made by His Highness the Rajpramukh on the 20th day of March, 1950]
Contents
CHAPTER I Preliminary
CHAPTER II Control and Establishment
CHAPTER III Import, Export and Transport
CHAPTER IV Manufacture, Possession and Sale
- 16.Manufacture of excisable article prohibited except under the provisions of this Act
- 17.Establishment or licensing of distilleries and ware houses
- 18.Removal of excisable article from distillery etc
- 19.Possession of excisable articles in excess of the quantity prescribed by the [State Government] prohibited except under permission
- 20.Sale of excisable articles without Licence prohibited
- 21.Sale of excisable article
- 22.Prohibition of sale, etc. to certain persons or in certain manner or circumstances
- 23.Prohibition of employment of children under the age of 18 years, or women and of certain other persons
- 24.Grant of exclusive privilege of manufacture, etc
- 26.Grantee of exclusive privilege may let or assign
- 27.Recovery by grantee of exclusive privilege of sums due to him
CHAPTER V Duties, Fees and Surcharge
CHAPTER VI Licences, Permits and Passes
- 31.Form and conditions of Licences, etc
- 32.Saving of Licences in force at the commencement of this Act
- 33.Power of authority granting Licence to require execution of counter part agreement etc
- 34.Power to cancel and suspend licences
- 35.Further power to cancel licences
- 36.Surrender of licence to sell by retail
- 37.No renewal of licence or compensation on determination or non- renewal of licence claimable
- 38.Technical irregularities in licence
CHAPTER VII General Provisions
CHAPTER VIII Powers and Duties of Officers
- 43.Power to enter and inspect place of manufacture and sale
- 44.Power of certain officers to investigate into offences punishable under this Act
- 45.Power of arrest, seizure and detention
- 46.Power of Excise Commissioner or Magistrate to issue warrant for search or arrest
- 47.Power of Excise Officer to search without warrant
- 48.Procedure relating to arrest, searches etc
- 49.Modified application of certain provisions of the Code
- 50.Duty of officers of certain departments to report offences and to assist Excise Officers
- 51.Duty of landholders and others to give information
- 52.Duty of officer-in-charge of police station to take charge of article seized
- 53.Power to close shops for the sake of public peace
CHAPTER IX Offences and Penalties
- 54.Penalty for unlawful import, export, transport, manufacture, possession etc
- 54-A.Owner of animal, cart, vessel, raft, motor vehicle or any other means of conveyance deemed to be guilty in certain cases
- 54B.Penalty for adulteration resulting in death etc
- 54C.Order to pay compensation
- 54D.Penalty for criminal conspiracy
- 55.Penalty for unlawfully selling to persons under eighteen or employing children or women
- 56.Penalty for rendering denatured spirit fit for human consumption
- 57.Penalty for possession of excisable article unlawfully imported
- 58.Penalty for certain acts by Licensee or his servants
- 58A.Penalty for adulteration, etc., by licensed vendor or manufacturer
- 59.Penalty for consumption in chemist's shop etc
- 60.Penalty for Excise Officer refusing to do duty
- 61.Penalty for Excise Officer making vexatious search etc
- 61A.Penalty for certain acts and omissions by Excise Officers
- 62.Penalties for offences not otherwise provided for
- 62A.Offence by company
- 63.Penalty for fraud by Licensed manufacturer or vendor or his servant
- 64.Manufacture, sale or possession by one person on account of another
- 65.Attempt to commit offence punishable under this Act
- 66.Enhanced punishment after previous conviction
- 66-A.Security for abstaining from commission of offences
- 67.Cognizance of offences and credit of fines to Excise Department
- 68.Presumption as to commission of offences in certain cases
- 69.What things are liable to confiscation
- 70.Power of Excise Officers to compound offences
Schedules and appendices
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