[Except as provided in section 58A, if any person] after having been previously convicted of an offence punishable under this Act or under the similar provisions of any enactment repealed by this Act subsequently commits and is convicted of an offence punishable under this Act, he shall be liable to twice the punishment which might be imposed on a first conviction under this Act:
1[x x x x]
2[Provided further that the enhanced punishment would not in any way affect the minimum sentence prescribed for 3[any offence under this Act].
Footnotes in the official text
- 1.Omitted vide Rajasthan Excise (Amendment) Act, 2007 vide Notifi. No 2(27) Vidhi/2/2006, dt 6.6.2007
- 2.Added vide Rajasthan Act No. 41 of 1958
- 3.Substituted vide Rajasthan Excise (Amendment) Act, 2007 vide Notifi. No 2(27) Vidhi/2/2006, dt 6.6.2007