The Punjab Excise Act, 1914(Bare Act )
punjab · 1914
- S. 1Definition Clause
- S. 2Statement of Objects and Reasons
- S. 3Why drastically regulate the drink trade? - the Social rationale - on Brandies brief
- S. 4Policy with regard to regulating trade in liquor when hit by Article 14 of the Consti- tution
- S. 5Business and Trade
- S. 6Business of Liquor is not a fundamental Right
- S. 7Restriction on the sale of liquor is not violative of fundamental rights
- S. 8Restriction on fundamental Rights including Prohibition
- S. 9Locality
- S. 10Possession during transit on behalf of others
- S. 11Power to invest persons with special powers under this Act
- S. 12Resolution passed by panchayat can be ignored only after observing principles of natural justice
- S. 13Illegal Search
- S. 14In my considered opinion cultivation of 'Bhang' is punishable under N
- S. 15Revision and review
- S. 16Excise Duty
- S. 17Discretion of presiding officer to demand whole bid money is valid
- S. 18Passes necessary for import, export and transport
- S. 19Transporting by a person under another man's license
- S. 20—
- S. 21—
- S. 22Trade and business
- S. 23Intoxicants
- S. 24Possession - The term 'possession' as relevant under this section can be classified fur- ther
- S. 24APossession of unused and printed labels, corks, etc
- S. 25Possession is itself an offence - Onus to prove innocence is on the accused
- S. 26Lahan
- S. 27Liquor
- S. 28Concious posession
- S. 29Industrial Alcohal
- S. 30Prohibition of employment of men under the age of twenty-five years and of women
- S. 31Sale
- S. 32Possession - Mens rea essential
- S. 33—
- S. 34Fees for terms, conditions and form of, and duration of licenses, permits and passes
- S. 35Possession during transit on behalf of others
- S. 36Power to cancel or suspend licenses, etc
- S. 37Power to cancel any other license
- S. 38Power to recover fee
- S. 39—
- S. 40No compensation or refund claimable for cancellation or suspension of license, etc
- S. 41Powers to withdraw licenses
- S. 41ASurrender and disposal of stock
- S. 42Possession - Actual control of the accused to be proved
- S. 43No claim in consequence of refusal to renew a license etc
- S. 44Surrender of license
- S. 45Power to enter and inspect places of manufacture and sale
- S. 46Possession not to be presumed
- S. 47Powers of arrest, seizure and detention
- S. 48Conviction where contents of bottle not properly sealed and so could be changed
- S. 49Powers of Excise Officer to search without warrant
- S. 50Procedure relating to arrests, searches etc
- S. 51Police to aid excise officer
- S. 52Duty of landholders and others to give information
- S. 53Duty of officer incharge of police station to take charge of articles seized
- S. 54Power to close shops for the sake of public peace
- S. 55Measures weights and testing instruments
- S. 56Joint owners of distilling apparatus liability
- S. 57Accused not in exclusive possession of house
- S. 58Power of State Government to make Rules
- S. 59Powers of Financial Commissioner to make rules
- S. 601) Recovery of dues
- S. 61—
- S. 61AAppeal
- S. 62Penalty for unlawful selling to person under twenty five or employing them or women
- S. 63Articles found in kothris occupied by three persons - All liable
- S. 64Penalty for fraud by licensed manufacturer or vendor or his servant
- S. 65Penalty for certain acts by license or his servant
- S. 66Illicit liquor produced by son when father present at search
- S. 67—
- S. 68Penalty for offences not otherwise provided for
- S. 68BEnhanced penalty for previous offender
- S. 69Defence charge of being in possession of opium greater than licensed capacity
- S. 70Two accused riding a camel loaded with contraband liquor
- S. 71Joint possession-Proof of Mens rea
- S. 72Possession of key
- S. 73Security for appearance in case of arrest without warrant
- S. 74Possession of agent - Possession of liquor bottles on behalf of a person not entitled to possess it amounts to offence
- S. 75Cognizance of offences
- S. 76Discrepancy in witness account
- S. 77Different excisable articles found in possession - Liability only if prescribed limit exceeded
- S. 78Confiscation of article in respect of which offence committed
- S. 79Further provisions for confiscation
- S. 80Power of excise officers to compound offences
- S. 81Sale at a place other than licensed
- S. 82Selling and possession whether distinct
- S. 83Cultivation
- S. 84Information as to past history of article or its user
- S. 85Recording and proving information
- S. 86Frizelle, J
- S. 87Admissibility of disclosure statement Investigating Officer not examined
- S. 88Confession hit by Section 24 - Leading to discovery - Admissibility
- S. 89Statement after arrest
- S. 90—
- S. 91Introducing wholesale confession under the guise of Section 27
- S. 92"Information" - "Statement distinction"
- S. 93Statement not leading to discovery not admissible
- S. 94Statement of accused outside Court - Refreshing memory
- S. 95Recovery - Right of accused to get himself searched in presence of Gazetted officer
- S. 96—
- S. 97Recovery of lahan and working still
- S. 98Recovery of Lahan - Drum produced in court' contained no lahan - No seal on it No other independent witness produced
- S. 99Recovery of pitchers containing offencive matter - Evidence not satisfactory
- S. 100Recovery of working still
- S. 101Property concealed in a place accessible to others
- S. 102Joint possession of the place of recovery
- S. 103Recovery from fields accessible to all
- S. 104Property discovered in open place on information
- S. 105Statements by several accused
- S. 106Simultaneous information by several persons
- S. 107Accused making two statements, Admissibility of second statement
- S. 108—
- S. 109Statements made by more than one accused leading to discovery
- S. 110"Accused of an offence" - Meaning
- S. 111—
- S. 112Definite information
- S. 113Exact words used by accused to be recorded
- S. 114Disclosure Statement
- S. 115'Discovered
- S. 116Discoveries, result of Compulsion and use of third degree methods
- S. 117Discovery in pursuance of disclosure statement/Police having prior knowledge
- S. 118Discovery as a result of search made by Custom's officers - Memo signed by ac- cused - Admissibility
- S. 119Women to be searched by women
- S. 120Order directing accused to furnish his specimen writing
- S. 121Proof of recovery
- S. 122Opium recovered by Head-Constable - No independent person present - Prosecu- tion not to the discredited
- S. 123Sale of a cocaine packet to informer helping the excise authority
- S. 124Statement of a single witness
- S. 125Witness to Recoveries
- S. 126Accused admitting that he brought liquor for his son - No Presumption of manu- facture
- S. 127Physical test of the so called Lahan
- S. 128Evidence of excise inspector as to the illicit nature of liquor - value of
- S. 129Report of Excise sub-inspector as to nature of Iiquor - Whether statement of clerk sufficient
- S. 130No evidence that substance recovered from accused same out of which sample taken and sent
- S. 131Prosecution to prove that material recovered was Lahan
- S. 132—
- S. 133Cognizence of offence
- S. 134Minimum Sentence
- S. 135Modern penology leans towards reforming a criminal
- S. 136Proper sentence
- S. 137Accused belonging to respectable family - No light punishment
- S. 138Offences under Section 61(1)(a) and (c) are distinct offences
- S. 139Manufacturing illicit liquor - Sentence
- S. 140Kind of sentence on first conviction
- S. 141Previous Conviction
- S. 142Applicability of section 562 Cr
- S. 143Probation of Offenders Act
- S. 144First time offender - When entitled to Probation
- S. 145Release on probation - When denied
- S. 146No proof as to the quantity discovered in accused's possession - Presumption should be in accused's favour
- S. 147Possession of illicit liquor - Sentence
- S. 148Sentence - Distinction between manufacture, seller and person in possession for his own use
- S. 149Sentence of Fine
- S. 150Punishment for offence in case of working still
- S. 151Unlawful manufacture of arrack - Separate conviction for manufacture and pos- session
- S. 152Offences under Excise Act - Whether cognizable? - Under section 4(6) of the Cr
- S. 153Reduction in Sentence
- S. 154Procedure for trial under the Punjab Excise Act
- S. 155Limitation for launching prosecution
- S. 156Material Evidence
- S. 157Trial of warrant case as summons case
- S. 158Contents of charge and the particulars - The law relating to the form of charges and contents etc
- S. 159Country liquor must be specified
- S. 160Identification of accused
- S. 161Identification - Evidentry value
- S. 162Some accused falsely implicated
- S. 163Magistrate to write order sheet in his hand and initial
- S. 164Plea of guilty
- S. 165Affidavits - Mere attestation not sufficient
- S. 166Affidavit defective
- S. 167Enmity with the witness at whose instance the involvement is alleged
- S. 168Evidence interested and tainted
- S. 169Witness alleged turning hostile
- S. 170Evidence of police witnesses
- S. 171Conviction basis of evidence of official witnesses only - Valid
- S. 172Conviction on the basis of statements of the Excise Inspector and the Sub-Inspec- tor of Police only
- S. 173—
- S. 174Proser
- S. 175Ayurvedic Medicine - when "intoxicant"
- S. 176—
- S. 177Identity of the accused
- S. 178Contravention of Section 100(4), Cr
- S. 179Employee of a liquor vend contractor not independent witness
- S. 180Official witness - Case cannot be thrown out
- S. 181Search - Section 165 Cr
- S. 182Non-official witnesses won over - Conviction proper
- S. 183Testimony of Official witness - When believed
- S. 184Testimony of Official witness - When disbelieved
- S. 185Joining of independent witness must
- S. 186Joining of Independent witness when not necessary
- S. 187Secret Information - Independent witness must be joined
- S. 188Independence witness - None willing to join as witness
- S. 189Independence witness turning hostile
- S. 190Public witness not supporting Prosecution
- S. 191Statement of official witnesses contradictory
- S. 192Testimony of official witnesses when independent witnesses available but not joined
- S. 193Recovery of huge quantity of liquor - Official witnesses to be believed
- S. 194Recovery of huge quantity of Excisable Item
- S. 195Name of the accused not mentioned in F
- S. 196Evidence of relative and close relation
- S. 197Evidence of Clerks serving in Govt
- S. 198Police witness
- S. 199Witness under influence of Police
- S. 200Stock witnesses
- S. 201Offering for personal search by police officer before recovery
- S. 202Benefit of doubt
- S. 203Two possible views - Accused entitled to benefit of doubt
- S. 204Proof of exception
- S. 205Circumstantial evidence
- S. 206Link evidence
- S. 207Report of Chemical Examiner
- S. 208Recovery of 186 bottles of liquor
- S. 209Challan filed without expert report
- S. 210Seal
- S. 211Non-examination of material witness
- S. 212Eye-witness
- S. 213Expert Witness
- S. 214Excise Inspector does not fulfill the requirements of an expert - Prosecution has to prove that the material recovered
- S. 215Written statement in place of examination under Section 342 Cr
- S. 216Nature of examination contemplated under Section 313 Cr
- S. 217Exemption from personal appearance
- S. 218Case of denial - Nature of examination under Section 342 Cr
- S. 219Licensed vendor punishable under Section 77 can be tried with his agent
- S. 220Joint trial
- S. 221Several persons cannot be tried for being collectively responsible
- S. 222Whether offence under Section 61 compoundable and bailable
- S. 360—
- S. 19302[(13_A) Lahan
- S. 1949—