Section 17
Section 17 of the Chhattisgarh Excise Act, 1915. No intoxicant shall be sold except under the authority .
(1) No intoxicant shall be sold except under the authority . Licence required for sale and subject to the terms and conditions of licence granted in of intoxicants. that behalf :
Provided that- (a) a person having the right to the tari drawn from any trces may sell such tari without a licence to a person licenced to manufacture or sell tari under this Act;
(b) a person licensed under section 13 to cultivate the hemp plant [ * * * 15 [. 16 * may sell without a licence those portions of the plant from which the intoxicating drug is manufactured or produced to any person licensed under this Act to deal in the same, or to any officer whom Excise Com- 'missioner may prescribe; and 1. Subs. by A. O. 1937, for "imposed under section 25". 2. Word "or" omitted by M.P. Act 19 of 1964, S.2. 3. Omitted, ibid. 4. Subs. by M. P. Act 23 of 1958, S.3 (3), Schedule, Part A, item 21, for "Mabakoshat region." 5. Words "or coca plant" omitted by Central Act 2 of 1930. 6. Words "Erythroxylon coca" omitted by C. P. Act 1 of 1927, S. 3.
(c) nothing in this section shall apply to the sale of any foreign liquor lawfully procured by any person for his private use and sold by him or on his behalf or on behalf of his representatives in interest upon his quitting a station or after his decease.
(2) On such conditions as the Excise Commissioner may deter- * mine, a licence for sale under the Excise Law for the time being in force [in other State or Union territories]1 may be deemed to be a licence granted in that behalf under this Act. Power to grant lease of right to manufacture, etc. ¡18.
(1) The State Government may lease to any person, on such conditions and for such period as it may think fit, the right- (a) of manufacturing, or of supplying by wholesale, or of both, or .(b) of selling by wholesale or by retail, or (c) of manufacturing or of supplying by wholesale, or of both, and selling by retail, any * * * ]2 : liquor or intoxicating drug within any specified area.
(2) The licensing authority may grant to a lessee under sub-section (I) a licence in the terms of his lease; and when there is no condition in the lease which prohibits sub-letting, may, on the application of the lessee, grant a licence to any sub-lessee approved by such authority. Lessee's permission to draw tari.
Section 17, The Chhattisgarh Excise Act, 1915 (Act 2 of 1915).
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Questions about Section 17
How do I find court cases under Section 17 of the Chhattisgarh 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: Chhattisgarh Excise Act 1915 17, section 17 Chhattisgarh Excise Act 1915, section 17 of the Chhattisgarh 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 17 of the Chhattisgarh Excise Act, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 13, so none of them can safely be read on its own. 1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it.
When was the Chhattisgarh Excise Act enacted?
Chhattisgarh Excise Act was enacted in 1915 as Act 2 of 1915. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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