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32 Gujarat Prohibition Act., 1949 [1949 : Bom. XXV (2) No person who has been convicted for any offence under this section or has paid any sum of money under section 104 1[by way of composition] for such offence shall be entitled to manufacture, import or to sell any 2[articlc mentioned in section 24A] for a period of one year from the date of such convic tion or payment, and any person who imports, manufactures or sells any 3[such article] in contravention of this sub-section shall be liable to the same punish ment as is provided for an offence punishable under section 65. 67 B. 4[(1)] If the manufacturer of any of the articles mentioned in section 24A fails to show to the satisfaction of the Director that the article correspondens to the description and limitations provided in section 59A, his licence for the purchase, use of possession of liquor or alcohol for the manufacture of such article shall be revoked. 5[(2) Any person who fails to comply with any requisition made by the Director under sub-section (2) of section 59B, shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fi ne or with both.] 7[67C. Whoever,— (a) in contravention of the provisions of section 59C possesses, without a permit, any denatured spirituous preparation in excess of the quantity prescribed under that section, or (b) in contravention of the provisions of section 59D, manufactures, sells, bottles for sale or imports, exports or transports, any denatured spirituous preparation, or (c) drinks any denatured spirituous preparation, shall, on conviction, be punished- (i) for a fi rst offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months and with fi ne which may extend to one thousand rupees : Provided that in the absence of special and adequate reasons to the contrary, to be mentioned in the judgment of the Court, such imprisonment shall not be less than three months and fi ne shall not be less than fi ve hundred rupees ; (ii) for a second offence, with imprisonment for a trerm which may extend to two years and with fi ne which may extend to two thousand rupees : Provided that, in the absence of special and adequate reasons to the contrary, to be mentioned in the judgment of the Court, such imprisonment shall not be less than six months and the fi ne shall not be less than one thousand rupees ; (iii) for a third or subsequent offences, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years and with fi ne which may extend to two thousand rupees : Provided that, in the absence of special and adequate reasons to the contrary, to be mentioned in the judgment of the Court, such imprisonment shall not be less than nine months and fi ne shall not be less than one thousand rupees.]