Bare ActsThe Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act, 1989

Section 80

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Power of the State Government to Make Rules: (1) The State Government may make rules fur the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers the State Government may make rules. (i) Regulating the delegation of any powers by the Director, or by any other Prohibition Officer; (ii) Regulating the import, export. Transport, collection, sale, purchase, bottling, consumption, use or possession of liquor or denatured spirit or its preparation; (iii) Regulating the manufacture of denatured spirituous preparation; (iv) Regulating the grant, suspension or cancellation of permits, passes or authorization, for the import, export, transport, collection, sale purchase, possession, manufacture, bottling consumption, use of any of the above mentioned articles. (v) Regulating the periods and localities for which the permit may be granted for the wholesale or retail vend of any of the above articles mentioned, (vi) Prescribing the restrictions under which and the conditions in which any permit, pass or authorization may be granted including; (a) the prohibition of the admixture with any liquor of any substance deemed to be or objectionable; (b) the prohibition of sale of denatured spirit denatured spirituous preparation, except for cash; (c) the prescription of the days and hours during which any premises may or may not be kept open and provisions for the closure of such premises. (d) the prescription of the accounts to be maintained and the returns to be submitted by permit holders; (e) the regulation or prohibition of the transfer of permit (vii) (a) declaring the processes by which spirits shall be denatured; (b) for causing such spirits to be denatured through the agency or under the supervision of the Government Officers and for the payment of charge for such supervision. (c) for ascertaining whether such spirits have been denatured, (viii) Prohibiting and regulating the employment by the permit holder of any persons to assist him in his business in any capacity whatsoever, (ix) Prescribing the persons or classes of persons to whom any liquor or denatured spirituous preparation, may or not be sold or who may not be allowed to sell, purchase or use any of these articles (x) Prescribing the mount of security to be deposited by the holder of any permit, pass or authorization for the due performance of the conditions for the same. (xi) Providing for the maintenance by the holders of permits, passes or authorization of the registers of sales, purchase, possession, consumption or use and the particulars to be entered in the register; (xii) Regulating the grant of rewards or expenses to officers, or persons giving information or assistance in the detection or investigation of offences under this Act, and of compensation to persons charged with offences punishable under this Act and acquitted; (xiii) Prescribing the constitution of committees, and Boards and the procedure regarding their work; (xiv) Prescribing the powers, functions and duties of Prohibition officers, Boards and Committees. The fees and allowance payable to the members of the Boards, and committees. (xv) Prescribing conditions or through transport under section 19. (xvi) Prescribing the fees payable in respect of any privilege, permit, pass or authorization granted or issued under this Act. (3) Every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be, after it is made, before the Nagaland Legislative Assembly while it is in session for a total period or of seven days, which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the sessions immediately following, the Nagaland Legislative Assembly decide to make any modification in the rule or the Nagaland Legislative Assembly agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect have effect only in such modified form, or be of no effect as the case may be; so however, that any such modification or annualment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under thatrule.

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