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. 20Section 20 prohibits the manufacture of intoxicants and cultivation of hemp and tari-producing trees without a license.
S. 21Section 21 defines "import" as bringing excise goods into Punjab or Haryana, excluding foreign imports governed by customs.
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. 33Section 33 of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914, penalizes possession of liquor exceeding the licensed quantity.
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. 39Section 39 empowers the collector to manage or resell a license or lease if the holder defaults, and recover any shortfall and expenses.
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. 61Section 61 of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914 penalizes various violations related to the production, possession, and transportation of intoxicants.
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. 67Section 67 of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914, outlines the necessity for proving knowledge of possession for conviction of illegal liquor possession in a joint Hindu family.
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. 90Section 90 of The Punjab Excise Act, 1914, prohibits using confessional statements made by non-accused persons outside police custody against them later as evidence.
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. 96Section 96 allows for the conviction of accused based on evidence if no tampering is found after 18 days and witness statements show no major contradictions.
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. 108Section 108 states that earlier information about crime weapons is only investigative clues if later recovered under Section 27.
S. 109Statements made by more than one accused leading to discovery
S. 110"Accused of an offence" - Meaning
S. 111Section 111 clarifies that a statement made by a person later accused is admissible if made while in police custody.
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. 132Section 132 outlines the rules for evidence recovery and testimony in the Punjab Excise Act, allowing prosecution to use any witness to prove recovered material.
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. 173Section 173 states that police officer's testimony should be evaluated like any other witness, but reliance on them alone may not suffice without supporting evidence.
S. 174Proser
S. 175Ayurvedic Medicine - when "intoxicant"
S. 176Section 176 of The Punjab Excise Act, 1914, mandates that the place of illicit liquor recovery must match the rough site plan, and any discrepancy can lead to conviction being set aside.
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. 360Section 360 of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914, mandates minimum sentencing for first-time, young offenders to encourage reform.
S. 19302[(13_A) Lahan
S. 1949Section discusses the court's stance on total prohibition of liquor based on Article 47 of the Constitution.