# Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, Section 79: Powers of the Excise Officer

- Act: Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 (Act 20 of 2016)
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/bihar-prohibition-excise-act-2016/section/79/

## Text

(1) All excise officers mentioned in Section-73 shall exercise the powers of the officer-in-charge of a police station in his area of jurisdiction for thepurposes of this Act. (2) The area to which an excise officer is empowered under Section-73 shall be deemed to be a police station.

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