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Section 25: Power to frame rules.

1the Jammu and Kashmir Excise Act, Samvat 1958 (1901 A.d.)Union territory Act of Jammu and Kashmir · Act 9 of 1901

[The Government] may from time to time frame rules––

(a) for determining the number of licences of each description to be granted in any district or place ;

(b) for regulating the number, size and description of stills, utensils, implements and apparatus to be used in any distillery ;

(c) prescribing the instruments to be used in the testing of liquor and the tables of corrections according to temperature to be used therewith ;

[(cc) prescribing of procedure for regulating the vending of country liquor through auction] ;

(d) prescribing the measures to be used for the sale of country liquor ;

[(dd) prescribing the type and description of bottling liquor and regulating other conditions relating thereto] ;

(e) fixing for any local area [the maximum or] minimum price [above or] below which [[any liquor] or opium] shall not be sold ;

(f) for the warehousing of liquor and intoxicating drugs and for the removal of the same from any warehouse in which they are deposited for deposit in any other warehouse or for local consumption or for export ;

(g) for the inspection and supervision of stills, distilleries, private warehouses and breweries ;

(h) for the management of any public distillery or public warehouse established under section 13 ;

(i) for placing the growth of the poppy or hemp plant and the preparation of intoxicating drugs and the storage, import, export, possession or transport of liquor or intoxicating drugs under such supervision and control as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of this Act ;

(j) prohibiting the use of any article which [the Government] shall deem to be noxious or otherwise objectionable in the manufacture of liquor or any intoxicating drugs ;

(k) for the grant of batta to witnesses summoned before Magistrate or [Deputy Commissioner] under this Act ;

(1) regulating the powers of the officers of the Excise Department to summon witnesses ;

[(ll) prescribing and limiting the powers and duties of Excise and Taxation Officers and regulating the delegation of duties to and by such Officers] ;

(m) for the disposal of the articles confiscated and of the proceeds thereof ;

(n) for the grant of rewards to [Excise and Taxation Officers] and other persons who have assisted in the detection or conviction of offences against this Act ;

(o) generally to carry out the provisions of this Act or of any other law for the time being in force and relating to the Excise revenue.

Where this provision sits

Act1the Jammu and Kashmir Excise Act, Samvat 1958 (1901 A.d.)
Section25
Marginal notePower to frame rules.
JurisdictionUnion territory of Jammu and Kashmir
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • inserted, Act XIII of 1969. . Clause (dd) inserted by Act XIII of 1969.
  • inserted. . Inserted by order published in Government Gazette dated 10th Jeth, 1978.
  • substituted, Act VIII of 1956. . Substituted for the words “country liquors” by Act VIII of 1956.
  • substituted, Act XV of 2006. . Substituted for “country liquor” by Act XV of 2006, s. 2.
  • substituted. . Substituted for “His Highness the Maharaja Bahadur” by Act X of Samvat 1996.
  • substituted, Act XIV of 1966. . Substituted by Act XIV of 1966.
  • added, Act VIII of 1956. . Clause (ll) added by Act VIII of 1956.
  • substituted, Act VIII of 1956. . Substituted for “Customs and Excise Officers” by Act VIII of 1956.
  • inserted, Act V of 1987. . Clause (cc) inserted by Act V of 1987, s. 3.

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