CHAPTER VII. OFFENCES AND PENALTIES.

Section 42: Presumption as to commission of offence in certain cases

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.

In prosecution under section 34, ¹[section 37 and section 37A] it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the accused person has committed the offence punishable under that section in respect of–

(a) any intoxicant; or

(b) any still, utensil, implement or apparatus whatsoever in the manufacture of any intoxicant other than toddy; or

(c) any materials which have undergone any process towards the manufacture of any intoxicant or from which an intoxicant has been manufactured; for the possession of which he is unable to account satisfactorily.

Footnotes in the official text

1.Substituted by Act No.20 of 1994