CHAPTER IV. MANUFACTURE, POSSESSION AND SALE.

Section 20: Closing of shops for preservation of public peace

The Telangana Excise Act, 1968

How current this text is

Text as published by India Code for the Government of Telangana (Revenue Department): the Andhra Pradesh Excise Act, 1968 as in force in the combined State on 2 June 2014, adapted to Telangana under section 101 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 by the notification issued in G.O.Ms.No.162, Revenue (Excise-II) Department, dated 10.09.2015, with amendments up to Act No.32 of 2017.

Amendments made by Andhra Pradesh after 2 June 2014, such as A.P. Acts 2, 4 and 17 of 2020, do not apply in Telangana and are not in this text.

(1) The District Magistrate may, by notice in writing to the ¹[licensee/lease holder] require that any ¹[shop/bar] in which any intoxicant is sold shall be closed at such times or for such period as he may think necessary for the preservation of the public peace.

Explanation:- For the purposes of this section, the expression ‘District Magistrate’ includes the Additional District Magistrate or any other person empowered to exercise the powers of District Magistrate.

(2) If any riot or any unlawful assembly is apprehended or occurs in the vicinity of any such ²[shop/bar] any Magistrate of the first or second class may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, require such ²[shop/bar] to be kept closed for such reasonable period as he may think necessary.

²[(3) The licensee/lease holder shall not, on account of closure of the shop/bar under this section, be entitled to any compensation or refund of licence fee or lease amount.]

Footnotes in the official text

1.Substituted by Act No.1 of 2010.
2.Substituted by Act No.1 of 2010.