# The Assam Excise Act, 2000, Section 50

- Act: The Assam Excise Act, 2000 (Act 14 of 2000)
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## Text

Subject to such conditions, if any, as the State Government may, by notification prescribe, every officer employed in the Police, Customs Departments, every officer employed by Civil Defence Department, every village gaobura and within such areas as the State Government may, by notification, direct, such officers of the Land Revenue Department, as may be specified in such notification, shall be bound- (a) to give immediate information to an Excise Officer of all branches or any of the provisions of this Act which may come to his knowledge, and Obligation on landholders and other to give information in certain cases. (b) to aid an Excise Officer reasonably demanding his aid in the due carrying out of any of the provisions of this Act. od® 51. In such areas as the State Government may, by notification, direct, and subject to such conditions, direct, and subject to such conditions and exceptions, if any, as it may, by notification prescribe, whenever any intoxicant is manufactured, or any hemp plant is cultivated or collected on any land, or any place or village, in contravention of the provisions of this Act, all owners and occupiers of such land or place, and their agents and all members of the Panchayats village headman, mauzadars, mandals, patwaris, and village recorders in such village, as the case may be, shall, in the absence of reasonable excuse, be bound to give information of the fact to a Collector, to a Magistrate or to any officer of the Excise or Police Department as soon as such fact may come to their knowledge. The closing of retail shops for the preservation of public peace.

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