CHAPTER VII. OFFENCES AND PENALTIES.

Section 46B: Order of confiscation in the absence of offender

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.

When an offence under this Act has been committed, but the offender is not known or cannot be found, or when anything liable to confiscation under this Act, and not in the possession of any person cannot be satisfactorily accounted for, the ¹[District Prohibition and Excise Officer] may order confiscate such property:

Provided that no such order shall be made until the expiration of one month, from the date of seizing the goods intended to be confiscated.

Footnotes in the official text

1.Throughout the Act, for the words “Prohibition and Excise Superintendent” the words “District Prohibition and Excise Officer” substituted vide. Act No.32 of 2017.