Keyword(s):
Prohibition, Alcohol, Intoxicant, Liquor
Acts of the Gujakxi Legislatore and Ordinances promulgated and
Regulations made by the Governor.
The following Act of the Gujarat Legislature having been asscnted to by the
President on the 26th April 1964, is hereby published for 5eneral information.
SUMANT M.VIDYARI’HI,
Secretary to the Government of Gujarat,
Legal Department.
GUJARAT ACT NO. 16 OF 1964.
( First published, after having received the assent of the President in the
Grrjarat Govertzmenr Gnzette on the 13th May 1964 ).
An Act further to amend the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949.
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follows :-
It is hereby enacted in the Fourteenth Year of the Republic of India as
- This Act may be called the Bombay Prohibition (Gujarat Amendment) aorttitls.
Act, 1963.
Born. 2. In clause (IOU)of section 2 of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 (here-
XXv inafter referred to as “the principal Act”) for the words “any preparation made ~f~ti,2
of - with denatured spirit” the words “any liquid preparation made wilh and con-$::yi.xxv –
taining denatured spirit” shall be substituted.i04
QCJ. QOVT.GAZ., EX.,MAY 13, 1#4/VAISAKHA 23, 1886 . {PARTIV
Innertion of 3. After section 115 of the principal Act, the following section shall be in-
wation 116A
in &mbay serted, namely :-
of
XXVof1949.
Venueoftrial “115. A. Notwithstading anything contained #in the Code of Crirnjllrtl Pro- ,f
of cedure. 1898, an offence of corlsurnption of any intoxicant or hemp specified1898
consumption
of intoxicant in clause (b)of sub-section (1) of section 66, may be tried by a Magistrate having
“‘hemp- jurisdiction either at the place in which the offence was actually committed or
at any place in the State in which the offender may be found.”.
Amendment . 4. In section 120 of the principal Act,-
of mtion 120
ufllorn. XXV
of 1849. (I) in clause (c), the ward “and” occurring at the end shall be o&ed;
(2) after clause (c), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :-
“(cc) destroy any eartheii pot or other receptacle found hanging on a
toddy producing tree, if he is satisfied that the prson by whom or on whose
behalf the pot or receptacle is so hung is not known or cannot be found
and he has reason to beIieve that an offence specifid in clause (c) or (J)of
sub-section (I) of section 66 is comm-itted; and”.
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