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(1) No licence granted under this Act shall be deemed to be invalid by reason merely of any technical defect, irregularity or omission in the licence or in any proceeding taken prior to the grant thereof. (2) The decision of the Excise Commissioner as to what is a technical defect, irregularity or omission shall be final. CHAPTER VI-A SPECIAL PROVISIONS REGARDING PROHIBITION [Prohibition of import, export, transport, possession or consumption of intoxicants 37-A (1) Subject to the provisions in sub-section (4), the import or export of any intoxicating into or from Uttar Pradesh or any part thereof or the transport of any intoxicant shall be prohibited. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 20, but subjects to the provision of sub-section (4), the possession or consumption by any person or class of persons or subject to such exceptions, if any, as may be specified, by all persons in Uttar Pradesh or in any specified area or areas thereof, of any intoxicant shall absolutely or subject to such conditions as may be specified, be prohibited. (3) 2{The State Government may, having regard to various social, economic and administrative factors in the State, enforce prohibition in any such particular area as it may deem fit.}