Himachal Pradesh Excise Act, 2011
Bare Act · 2011
In the syllabus of: HP Civil Judge
- Act number
- 33 of 2012
- Enacted
- 18 August 2012
- Contents
- 82 sections · 14 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary and definitions
- Section 1 – Short title
- Section 2 – Definitions
- Section 3 – Country liquor and foreign liquor
- Section 4 – Power to limit application of notifications, license etc. issued
Chapter II — Establishment and control
- Section 5 – Financial Commissioner and Collector
- Section 6 – Other classes of Excise Officers and their powers and jurisdiction (preview)
- Section 7 – Persons appointed under this Act to be public servants (preview)
- Section 8 – Power to enter and inspect (preview)
- Section 9 – Power to investigate (preview)
- Section 10 – Powers of Excise Officer to search, seize etc (preview)
- Section 11 – Powers of Magistrate to issue warrant for search or arrest (preview)
- Section 12 – Powers of Excise Officers to obtain information (preview)
- Section 13 – Police Officers to aid Excise Officers etc. and to take charge of articles seized (preview)
- Section 14 – Power to close liquor vends (preview)
Chapter III — Production, manufacture, possession, import, export, transport, purchase or sale — Part A: Manufacture
- Section 15 – Prohibition of manufacture of liquor except under this Act (preview)
- Section 16 – Establishment or licensing of distilleries, breweries winery or warehouse (preview)
- Section 17 – Prohibition of removal of liquor manufactured or stored in a distillery, brewery or warehouse etc (preview)
Chapter III — Production, manufacture, possession, import, export, transport, purchase or sale — Part B: Possession
- Section 18 – Prohibition of possession of liquor (preview)
- Section 19 – Possession of unused and printed labels, corks, etc. by certain person to be punishable (preview)
- Section 20 – Prohibition of possession of liquor un-lawfully manufactured, imported, transported etc (preview)
Chapter III — Production, manufacture, possession, import, export, transport, purchase or sale — Part C: Import, export and transport
- Section 21 – Prohibition of import, export or transport of liquor (preview)
- Section 22 – Power of the State Government to prohibit or permit import, export or transport of liquor (preview)
Chapter III — Production, manufacture, possession, import, export, transport, purchase or sale — Part D: Sale etc.
- Section 23 – Prohibition of sale etc. of liquor (preview)
- Section 24 – Prohibition of sale etc. of adulterate liquor (preview)
- Section 25 – Power of the State Government to declare limit of sale of liquor by retail and by whole sale (preview)
- Section 26 – Prohibition of sale to minor or his employment (preview)
Chapter IV — Licenses, permits and passes
- Section 27 – Grant of leases of manufacture, sale etc (preview)
- Section 28 – Fees and other conditions for grant of licenses, permits and passes (preview)
- Section 29 – Power to cancel or suspend licenses etc (preview)
- Section 30 – Power to cancel any other license and to recover fee (preview)
- Section 31 – No compensation or refund claimable for cancellation or suspension of license etc (preview)
- Section 32 – Power to withdraw license etc (preview)
- Section 33 – Technical irregularities in license etc (preview)
- Section 34 – No claim in consequence of refusal to renew a license etc (preview)
- Section 35 – Surrender of license (preview)
Chapter V — Duties of excise and countervailing duties
- Section 36 – Excise duty and countervailing duty (preview)
- Section 37 – Manner in which duty be levied (preview)
- Section 38 – Payment for grant of leases (preview)
Chapter VI — Offences and penalties
- Section 39 – Penalty for unlawful production, manufacture, possession, import, export, transport, sale etc (preview)
- Section 40 – Penalty for rendering or attempting to render denatured spirit fit for human consumption (preview)
- Section 41 – Penalty for mixing noxious substance with liquor (preview)
- Section 42 – Payment of compensation (preview)
- Section 43 – Penalty for certain acts by licensee or his servant (preview)
- Section 44 – Penalty for fraud by licensed manufacturer or vendor or his servant (preview)
- Section 45 – Penalty for consumption of liquor in chemist’s shop (preview)
- Section 46 – Penalty for consumption of liquor in public places (preview)
- Section 47 – Penalty for offences not otherwise provided for (preview)
- Section 48 – Manufacture, sale or possession by one person on account of another (preview)
- Section 49 – Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction (preview)
- Section 50 – Attempt to commit or abet offences punishable (preview)
- Section 51 – Procedure relating to arrests, searches etc (preview)
- Section 52 – Report by investigating officer for institution of proceedings (preview)
- Section 53 – Offences to be bailable etc (preview)
- Section 54 – Security for appearance in case of arrest without warrant (preview)
- Section 55 – Cognizance of offences (preview)
- Section 56 – Presumption as to commission of offence in certain cases (preview)
- Section 57 – Liability of employer for offence committed by the employee or agent (preview)
- Section 58 – Relevancy of statements under certain circumstances (preview)
- Section 59 – Penalty for any excise officer making vexatious search, seizure, detention or arrest (preview)
Chapter VII — Confiscation
- Section 60 – Confiscation of article in respect of which offence committed (preview)
- Section 61 – Inspection and seizure of vehicle, conveyance and liquor liable to confiscation (preview)
- Section 62 – Confiscation of vehicle or conveyance by Excise Officer in certain cases (preview)
- Section 63 – Issue of show cause notice before confiscation under section 62 (preview)
- Section 64 – Penalty in lieu of confiscation (preview)
- Section 65 – Disposal of seized liquor during the pendency of trial (preview)
Chapter VIII — Composition
- Section 66 – Composition of offences by the Collector (preview)
- Section 67 – Composition of certain other offences (preview)
Chapter IX — Appeal and revision
- Section 68 – Appeal (preview)
- Section 69 – Revision (preview)
- Section 70 – Bar of certain proceedings (preview)
Chapter X — Recovery of dues
- Section 71 – Power to recover license fee etc (preview)
- Section 72 – Power of Collector to take grants under his management or resell and recover deficiency (preview)
- Section 73 – Excise revenue to be first charge and recoverable as arrears of land revenue (preview)
Chapter XI — General provisions
- Section 74 – Measures, weights and testing instruments (preview)
- Section 75 – Power to exempt (preview)
- Section 76 – Delegation of powers (preview)
- Section 77 – Power to regulate advertisement (preview)
- Section 78 – Establishment of check posts or barriers (preview)
- Section 79 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 80 – Powers of the State Government to make rules (preview)
- Section 81 – Powers of Financial Commissioner to make rules (preview)
- Section 82 – Repeal and savings. (preview)