Exemptions and prohibitions
Section 63 of the Jammu and Kashmir Excise Act, 1958 deals with exemptions and prohibitions. Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Act applies to the manufacture, possession, sale or supply by medical practitioners, chemists, druggists, apothecaries or keepers of dispensaries of any medicated article for bona fide medicinal purposes, or to the possession by the public of such articles
1[(a) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Act applies to the manufacture, possession, sale or supply by medical practitioners, chemists, druggists, apothecaries or keepers of dispensaries of any medicated article for bona fide medicinal purposes, or to the possession by the public of such articles lawfully supplied by them ; but (b) it shall be lawful for 2[the Government] at any time by notification to prohibit the import, export, transport, manufacture, possession, sale or supply whether for medicinal purposes or otherwise of any liquor or intoxicating drug otherwise than in accordance with such rules and conditions (if any) as may be prescribed by 2[the Government] in that behalf ;
(c) it shall be lawful for 2[the Government] at any time by notification to exempt subject to such conditions, if any, as 2[the Government] may impose, any specified article or class of articles or any specified person or class of persons from the operation of all or any of the provisions of this Act or of rules made or prohibitions notified thereunder and in like manner to cancel such exemption ;
(d) it shall also be lawful for 2[the Government] to authorise the 3[Commissioner] to permit subject to such restrictions and conditions as 4[the said 3[Commissioner] may in each case or class of cases prescribe, the possession by medical practitioners of liquor or 5[opium and hemp drugs] and the preparation by them of medicines containing the same for use in their practice.]
Section 63, The Jammu and Kashmir Excise Act, 1958 (Act 9 of 1901).
Questions about Section 63
What does Section 63 of the Jammu and Kashmir Excise Act deal with?
Section 63 of the Jammu and Kashmir Excise Act is headed "Exemptions and prohibitions". Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Act applies to the manufacture, possession, sale or supply by medical practitioners, chemists, druggists, apothecaries or keepers of dispensaries of any medicated article for bona fide medicinal purposes, or to the possession by the public of such articles
How do I find court cases under Section 63 of the Jammu and Kashmir 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: Jammu and Kashmir Excise Act 63, section 63 Jammu and Kashmir Excise Act, section 63 of the Jammu and Kashmir Excise Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
When was the Jammu and Kashmir Excise Act enacted?
Jammu and Kashmir Excise Act was enacted in 1901 as Act 9 of 1901. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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