Section 49
Section 49 of the Chhattisgarh Excise Act, 1915. Any Excise officer or officer of the Police or Land Revenue Department or any other person duly empowered under section 52, who vaxatiously and unnecessarily- (a) enters or searches or causes to be entered or searched any place under colour of exercising any power conferred by this Act, or (b) seize
Any Excise officer or officer of the Police or Land Revenue Department or any other person duly empowered under section 52, who vaxatiously and unnecessarily- (a) enters or searches or causes to be entered or searched any place under colour of exercising any power conferred by this Act, or (b) seized the movable property of any person on the pretence of seizing or searching for any article liable to confiscation under this Act, or (c) detains, searches or arrests any person, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both. CHAPTER VII-A PENALTY FOR OFFENCES AGAINST LIFE Penalty for import etc. of liquor unfit for human consumption or for altering or attempting to alter .denatured spirituous preparation. 49-A.
(1) Whoever -- (a) imports, exports, transports, manufactures, collects, possesses, bottles or sells any liquor; or (b) alters or attempts to alter any denatured spirit or denatured spiritious preparation with the intention that such spirit of denatured spirituous prepartaion may be used for human consumption. whether as a beverage or internally as a medicine, or in any other form or by any method whatsoever; or (c) has in his possession any spirit or denatured spirituous preparation, in respect of which he intentionally or knowingly allows or knowingly suffers any other person to alter or attempt to alter, in either case with the intention specified in clause (b), any spirit into denatured spirit or into a denatured spirituous preparation; orf (d) mixes denatured spirit or such altered denatured spirit or denatured spirituous preparation with potable spirit, and such liquor, denatured spirit, denatured spirituous preparation, spirit or altered denatured spirit, as the case may be, is found unfit for human consumption or causes injury, to or death of human being, -- shall be punishable - where such liquor, denatured spirit, denatured spirituous preparation, spirit, or altered denatured spirit, as the case may be -- (i) is found unfit for to imprisonment which shall human consumption- not be less than two months, but may extend to two years and shall also be liable to fine; 31. causes injury to human being- to imprisonment which shall not be less than four months but may extend two four years and shall also be liable to fine: causes death of a human being -- to imporsionment which shall uot be less than two years but may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine.
(2) When any person is convicted under this section for a second or subsequent offence, he shall be punished in relation to circumstances- (a) under clause (i) with imprisonment which shall of sub section (2) not be less than six months but which may extend to four years and shall also be liable to fine ;
(b) under clause (u) with imprisonment which of sub-section (2) shall not be less than one year but may extend to six years, and shall also be liable to fine ; de (6) under clause (ii) of sub-section (1) to imprisonment for life or imprisonment which shall not be less than five years but may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. 49-B. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (No. 2 of 1974) or section 59- (i) no application for an anticipatory bail shall be entertained by any court in respect of a person accused of an offence under section 49-A; (¿) no application for bail of a person accused of an offence under section 49-A shall be allowed if opposed by the prosecution :
Provided that no court or magistrate shall authorise detention of such person in custody during the course of investigation for a period exceeding one hundred and twenty days and on the expiry of such period, in the event of the report or complaint not being filed, the accused shall be released forthwith if beis prepared to and docs furnish bail ]' 1. Ins, by M. P. Act. 39 of 1982, S. 9. Bail not to be allowed for offences under this Chapter CHAPTER VIII DETECTION, INVESTIGATION AND TRIAL OF OFFENCES Land-holders and others to give information.
Section 49, The Chhattisgarh Excise Act, 1915 (Act 2 of 1915).
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Questions about Section 49
How do I find court cases under Section 49 of the Chhattisgarh Excise Act?
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What should I read with Section 49 of the Chhattisgarh Excise Act, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 52, section 59, 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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