# Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, Section 50

- Act: Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 (Act 20 of 2016)
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/bihar-prohibition-excise-act-2016/section/50/

## Text

Any excise officer, police officer or any other person who vexatiously and without reasonable ground for suspicion - (a) enters or searches or causes to be entered or searched any closed place under color of exercising any power conferred by this Act; or (b) seizes the movable property of any person on the pretext of seizing or searching for any article liable to confiscation under this Act; or (c) searches, detains or arrests any person;or (d) in any other way exceeds his lawful powers under this Act, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees or with both.

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