# Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, Section 49: Penalty for Contempt of Court

- Act: Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 (Act 20 of 2016)
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/bihar-prohibition-excise-act-2016/section/49/

## Text

Every Proceeding under this Act before a Collector or before any officer, of such rank as the State Governmentmay by notification prescribe, who is exercising power of the Collector, shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of section 228 of theIndian Penal Code ( 45 of 1860)and any person guilty of the offence of contempt shall be punished accordingly.

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