Section62
The Chhattisgarh Excise Act, 1915

Section 62

In force Act 2 of 1915 As on 16 Oct 2026

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Act 2 of 1915 Cited by 4 provisions Instruments 3

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Section 62 of the Chhattisgarh Excise Act, 1915. The State Government may make rules for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.

(1) The State Government may make rules for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, the State Government may make rules- (a) prescribing the powers and duties of Excise Officers;

(b) regulating the delegation of any powers or duties by the Chief Revenue Authority, the Excise Commissioner or Collectors under section 7, clause (g);

(c) declaring in what cases or classes of cases and to what authorities appeals shall lie from orders, whether original or appellate, passed under this Act or under any rule made thereunder, or by what authorities such orders may be revised, and prescribing the time and manner of presenting, and the procedure for dealing with, appeals and revisions;

(d) regulating the import, export, transport, manufacture collection, possession, supply or storage of any intoxicant, or the cultivation of the hemp plant 2[ * * ][ * * * ]3 and may, by such rules, among other matters,- (i) regulate the tapping of tari-producing trees, the drawing of tari from such trees, the marking of the same and the maintenance of such marks, (ii) declare the process by which spirit shall be denatured and the denaturation of spirit ascertained, and 1. Subs. by M. P. Act 39 of 1982, S. 11. 2. Words "or coca plani." omitted by Central Act 2 of 1930. 3. Words "Erythroxylon coca", omitted by C. P. Act [ of 1927.

(iii) cause spirit to be denatured through the agency or under the supervision of its own officers; [(d-1) regulating the import, export, transport, collection, possession, supply, storage or sale of Mahua flowers, prescribing licences and permit therefor, throughout the State or in any specified area or for any specified period;]1 (e) regulating the periods and localities for which, and the persons or classes of persons to whom, licences for the wholesale or retail vend of any intoxicant may be granted, and regulating the number of such licences which may be granted in any local area;

(f) prescribing the procedure to be followed and the matters to be ascertained before any licence for such vend is granted for any locality; [(g) regulating the amount, time, place and manner of payment of any duty or fee or tax or penalty; ]2 i prf. Denalý (h) prescribing the authority by, the form in which, and the terms and conditions on and subject to which any licence, permit or pass shall be granted, and may by such rules, among other matters,~ (i) fix the period for which any licence, permit or pass shall continue in force, (i) perscribe the scale of fees or the manner of fixing the fees payable in respect of any such licence, permit or pass, (iii) prescribe the amount of security to be deposited by holders of any licence, permit or pass for the performance of the conditions of the same, (iv) prescribe the accounts to be maintained and the returns to be submitted by licence-holders, and (v) prohibit or regulate the partnership in, or the transfer of, licences;

(i) prescribing the measures for ascertaining local public opinion and providing for the appointment of advisory committees and specifying their powers and duties;

(j) . providing for the destruction or other disposal of any intoxicant deemed to be unfit for use;

(k) regulating the disposal of confiscated articles ; 1. Ins. by M. P. Act 23 of 1958, S. 3 (3) Schedule, Part A, item 21. 2. Subs, by M. P. Aet 39 of 1982, S. 12. S regulating the grant of expenses to witnesses and of compensation to persons charged with offences under this Act and subsequently released, discharged or acquitted; and (m) regulating the power of Excise Officers to summon witnessess for a distance; regulating the payment of rewards to officers, informers and other persons out of the procceds of fines and confiscations under this Act.]1 (3) The power conferred by this section of making rules is subject to the condition that the rules made under sub-section (2), (a), (b), (c), (@), (1), (i) (/) and im) shall be made after previous publication :

Provided that any such rules may be made without previous publication if the State Government considers that they should be brought into force at once. Publication of rules_and notifications.

Section 62, The Chhattisgarh Excise Act, 1915 (Act 2 of 1915).

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  1. s. 7

Made under this section, and citing it

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Questions about Section 62

How do I find court cases under Section 62 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 62, section 62 Chhattisgarh Excise Act 1915, section 62 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 62 of the Chhattisgarh Excise Act, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on section 7, so none of them can safely be read on its own. 4 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it. The rules and notifications made under it are where it actually bites, and there are 3: most recently Notification of amendmend in No. F14-V-S.R Date 07.01.1960 (2015), then The Chhattisgarh Winery Rules, 2013 (2013), and 1 more.

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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