Section 76
Section 76 of the Assam Excise Act, 2000. When any licence, permit or pass is liable to be cancelled or suspended under clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 30, or when any person is reasonably suspected of having committed an offence under this Act other than an offence under section 62 the Excise Commissioner or a Collec
(1) When any licence, permit or pass is liable to be cancelled or suspended under clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 30, or when any person is reasonably suspected of having committed an offence under this Act other than an offence under section 62 the Excise Commissioner or a Collector instead of enforcing such cancellation or suspension or instituting a prosecution in respect of such offence, may accept from the holder of such licence, permit or pass or from such person a sum of money not exceeding five thousand rupees, and thereupon such holder or person, if in custody, shall be discharged, and no further proceedings in respect of such liability or offence shall be taken against him ; And if in any such case any property has been seized as liable to confiscation under this Act, the Excise Commissioner or Collector may release the same on receiving payment of the value thereof as estimated by him or of such smaller sum as he may think fit.
(2) The Excise Commissioner or the Collector may also, after the institution against any person of a prosecution in respect of any offence under this Act other than offence under section 62 compound the offence on payment by such person of a sum of money not exceeding five thousand rupees.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section an Excise Officer not below the rank of an Inspector of Excise may, at any time, compounded an offence under this Act in respect of manufacture and possession of pachwai exceeding the quantity that may be exempted under section 79 but not exceeding five litres, on payment by the person THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, OCTOBER 11, 2000 manufacturing or possession such pachwai of a sum not exceeding two hundred rupees. Court. Contempt of 77. Every proceeding under this Act, before a Collector shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of section 228 of the Indian Penal Code and the Collector engaged in such proceedings shall be deemed to be a Revenue Court within the meaning of section 345 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Central Act 45 of 1860. Central Act II of 1974. CHAPTER-X Miscellaneous Exception of 78. The foregoing provisions of this Act shall not apply to medicated article. import, manufacture, possession, supply or sale of any bonafide medicated article for medicinal purposes by medical practitioners, chemists, druggists, apothecaries or keeper of dispensaries, except in so far as the State Government may, by notification, so direct. Power of State Government to exempt intoxicants from the provisions of this Act.
Section 76, The Assam Excise Act, 2000 (Act 14 of 2000).
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Questions about Section 76
How do I find court cases under Section 76 of the Assam Excise Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Assam Excise Act 2000 76, section 76 Assam Excise Act 2000, section 76 of the Assam Excise Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
What should I read with Section 76 of the Assam Excise Act, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 30, section 62, section 79, Indian Penal Code 228 (Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it.
When was the Assam Excise Act enacted?
Assam Excise Act was enacted in 2000 as Act 14 of 2000. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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