Passes for import, etc

Section 28 of the Maharashtra Prohibition Act deals with passes for import, etc. The [State] Government may, by general or special order, authorise a Collector or any other officer to grant passes for the import, export or transport, of any [intoxicant] or hemp. The Act was enacted on 20 May 1949.

(1) The ¹[State] Government may, by general or special order, authorise a Collector or any other officer to grant passes for the import, export or transport, of any ²[intoxicant] or hemp.

(2) Such passes may be either general for definite periods of time and definite kinds of ³[intoxicant] or hemp or special for specified occasions and particular consignments only.

(3) Every such pass shall specify-

(a) the name of the person authorized to import, export or transport ⁴[intoxicant] or hemp;

(b) the period for which the pass is to be in force;

(c) the quantity and description of ⁵[intoxicant] or hemp for which it is granted; and

(d) the places from and to which ⁶[intoxicant[ or hemp are to be imported, exported or transported and in the case of places more than ten miles apart, the route by which they are to be conveyed.

Section 28, The Maharashtra Prohibition Act (Act 25 of 1949).