(1) The District or Sub-Divisional Magistrate may, by notice in writing to the licensee, require that any shop in which any intoxicant is sold by retail shall be closed at such times or for such periods as such Magistrate may deem necessary for the preservation of the public peace.
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(2) If any riot or unlawful assembly is apprehended'or occurs in the vicinity of any such shop, any Magistrate or any Police Officer above the rank of constable who is present may order the person in charge thereof to keep it closed for such period as the Magistrate or Police Officer may think necessary :
Provided that no shop shall be kept closed under this sub-section for a longer period than 48 hours without the order of a Magistrate.
(3) When any Magistrate or Police Officer makes a requisition or direction under sub-section (1) or sub-section
(2), he shall forthwith report the fact to the Collector having jurisdiction in the local area in which the shop is situated.
(4) The State Government may grant to the licensee of a shop kept closed under sub-sections (1) or (2) such compensation as it may think fit.
CHAPTER - IX Unlawful import, manufacture, possession, sale, etc.
Penalties and Procedures