Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949

Bare Act · 1949

In the syllabus of: Gujarat Civil Judge

Act number: 25 of 1949
Enacted: 20 May 1949
Contents: 190 sections · 11 chapters

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Contents

Chapter I — Preliminary

Chapter II — Establishment

Chapter III — Prohibitions

Section 11 – Manufacture, etc. of intoxicant to be permitted in accordance with provisions of Act, rules etc (preview)
Section 12 – Prohibition of manufacture of liquor and construction and working of distillery or brewery (preview)
Section 13 – Prohibition of sale, etc. of liquor (preview)
Section 14 – Prohibition of export, import, transport, sale, manufacture, etc. of intoxicating drugs (preview)
Section 15 – Prohibition of import, export, transport, sale, etc. of sweet toddy (preview)
Section 16 – Prohibition of tapping of toddy producing trees and drawing of toddy (preview)
Section 17 – Prohibition of possession, etc., of opium (preview)
Section 18 – Prohibition of sale to minors (preview)
Section 19 – Prohibition of sale of toddy (preview)
Section 20 – Prohibition or production, etc. of Charas (preview)
Section 21 – Alteration of denatured spirit (preview)
Section 21A – Alteration of denatured spirituous preparation (preview)
Section 22 – Prohibition of allowing any premises to be used as common drinking house (preview)
Section 22A – Prohibition of issuing prescriptions for intoxicating liquor except by registered medical practitioners (preview)
Section 23 – Prohibition of soliciting use of intoxicant or hemp or doing any act calculated to incite or encourage member of public to commit offence (preview)
Section 24 – Prohibition of publication of advertisements relating to intoxicant, etc (preview)
Section 24A – This chapter not to apply to certain articles (preview)
Section 24IA – Prohibition of consumption of medicinal preparation containing alcohol in excess of normal dose (preview)

Chapter IV — Control, Regulation and Exemptions

Chapter V — Mhowra Flowers

Section 60 – Prohibition of export or Import of mhowra flowers (preview)

Chapter VI — Control and Regulation of Molasses

Chapter VII — Offences and Penalties

Chapter VIII — Excise Duties

Section 105 – Excise Duties (preview)
Section 106 – Manner of levying excise duties (preview)
Section 107 – Fees (preview)
Section 107A – Declaration of stock of articles mentioned in section 24A; maintenance of accounts and submission of returns (preview)
Section 107B – Power to obtain information and to search and seize excisable articles (preview)
Section 108 – Penalty for import of intoxicant, etc., without payment of duty (preview)
Section 109 – Duty on tapping of toddy trees (preview)
Section 110 – Duty by whom payable (preview)
Section 111 – Owner of trees entitled to assistance for duty paid (preview)
Section 112 – Privilege of drawing toddy from trees belonging to Government (preview)
Section 113 – Rules for levy of duty on opium, etc. (preview)
Section 114 – Recovery of duties, etc (preview)

Chapter IX

Section 115A – Venue of trial of offence of consumption of intoxicant or hemp (preview)
Section 116 – Omitted (preview)
Section 116A – Omitted (preview)
Section 116B – No analysis required for known brand of liquor (preview)
Section 116C – Duty to send sample to Laboratory (preview)
Section 117 – Investigations arrest, searches, etc., how to be made (preview)
Section 117A – Maintenance of list of Panchas (preview)
Section 118 – Omitted (preview)
Section 119 – Certain offences to be non-bailable (preview)
Section 120 – Power of entry and inspection (preview)
Section 121 – Power to open packages etc (preview)
Section 122 – Power to require production of licences (preview)
Section 123 – Arrest of offenders and seizure of contraband articles (preview)
Section 124 – Power to obtain information (preview)
Section 125 – Power to seize intoxicants, etc (preview)
Section 126 – Arrest without warrant (preview)
Section 127 – Arrest of offenders failing to give names (preview)
Section 128 – Issue of warrants (preview)
Section 128A – Certain provisions to apply to denatured spirituous preparations (preview)
Section 129 – Prohibition Officers may be empowered to investigate offences (preview)
Section 129A – Power to require persons to submit to medical examination, etc (preview)
Section 129B – Documents or reports of registered medical practitioner, etc. as Evidence (preview)
Section 130 – Arrested persons and things seized to be sent to officer in-charge of police station (preview)
Section 131 – Bail by Prohibition Officer (preview)
Section 132 – Articles seized (preview)
Section 133 – Duty of Officer of the Government and local authorities to assist (preview)
Section 134 – Offences to be reported (preview)
Section 135 – Landlords and others to give information (preview)
Section 136 – Power to arrest and make orders detaining or restricting movements or actions of persons (preview)

Chapter X — Appeals and Revision

Section 137 – Appeals (preview)
Section 138 – Revision (preview)

Chapter XI — Miscellaneous