Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
1L CHAPTER IL POWERS OF AN EMPOWERED LocaL Bopy. Restriction of the number of liduor shops in a local area. Referendum. Resolution of empowered local bodies to be binding on Collectors. CHAPTER IIL POWER TO MAKE RU‘LES. Powers of the Central Government. Powers of local bodies. CHAPTER IV. FOREIGN LIQUOR Special provision concerning foreign liquor. CHAPTER V. GENERAL, Penalties. Saving of the provisions of the Punjab Excise Act, 1014, 1923 : Pb. Act V.] rocaL oprion 685 'THE PUNJAB LOCAL OPTION ACT, 1923. . Punsas Act, V or 1923, [Received the assent of the Governor of the Punjab on the 3rd November, 1923, and that of the Governor- General on the 2nd December, 1923, and was first published in the Punjab Gazette of the 21st Decem- ber, 1923.1 1 2| 3 4 Year N:. i s‘lg;fiitle Whether repealed or otherwise R affected by legislation 1923 .. \Y -‘i'hc Punjab Local Option Amc_nded by the Government of Act, 1923 India (Adaptation” of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, Amended by the I ndian Indepen- dence (Adaptation of Bengal and Punjab Acts) Order, 1948 [ (G- G. 0. 40) . Amended by the Adaptation of ‘ Laws Order, 1950 . Extended to the territorics, I which immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were " comprised in the State of | Patiala and East Punjab States | Union, by Punjab Act 7 of ; 1957.° ! Amended by the Punjab Reorga- nisation'(Chandigarh). (Ad- aptation of Laws on State and Concurrent Subjects) ). Order, 1968, (e An Act to provide for the restriction of the sale of intoxicating liquor according to the wishes of local bodies. WHEREAS it is desirable to enable local bodies to restrict the sale of intoxicating liquor within certain areas; and whereas the previous sanction of the Governor-General under sub-section (3) of section 80-A of the Government of India Act has been obtain- | ed; It is hereby enacted as follows : —