.. 22 · ASSAM ACT XV oF 1952 ASSAM EXCISE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1952 (Passed by the Assembly) 1_Received the assent of the Governor on the 8th October 1952) Published in the ,4ssam Gazette, dated 15th October 1952 An Act further to amend t fle Eastern Bengal and Assam Excise Ac!, 1910 Preamble. Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Eastern E a s t e r n Bengal and Assam Excise Act, 1910, hereinafter referred to ~engal aEnd h . . 1 A . h h . f . ssam X• as t e prmc1pa ct, 1n t e manner erema ter appeanng ; cise Act, It is hereby enacted as follows:- Short title, l. ( 1) This Act may be called the Assam Excise extent and (Amendmen_t) Act, 1952. commencement. (2} It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.
(3) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act. .Amendment 2. In sub-section (3) of Section 17 of the principal Act of Sectwn between the words "local area" and "comprised therein" 17 ' the words "place or class of places" shall be inserted. ' Amen~ment 3. For section 53 of the principal Act the following new of sectwn 53 section shall be substituted, namely:-- "53. (1) Whoever, in contravention of this Act or of any rule, notification or order made or issued under this Act, or of any license, permit or pass granted under this Act,-
(a) imports, exports, transports, manufactures, pos sesses or sells any intoxicant other than tari and pachwai ; or
(b) cultivates, collects, or sells the hemp plant (Cannabis Sativa) ; or
(c) constructs or works, any distillery or brewery ; or
(d) uses, keeps or has in his possession any materials, still, utensil, implement or apparatus whatsoever for the purpose of mimufacturing any intoxicant other than tari and pachwai ; or
(e) bottles any liquor other than tari and pachwai fur purpQ$es of sale, shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to two years and with fine and the con victing mjlgistrate shall direct the offender to be impriscin~d }n default of payment of fine. for a term wh1en may extend to one year, and such imprisonment shall be in add1 tion to any other imprisoP-ment to which he may have been sen tenced. of 1910. :) stern gal and 1m E x· Act, 1910, 23
(2) Whoever as aforesaid-
(a) taps or draws tari from any tari producing tree ; or
(b) bottles any tari or pachwai for purposes of sale; or _' c) imports, exports, transports, manufactures, possesses or sells any tari or pachwai ; shall Le punished with imprisonment which may extend to six months or with fine or with both." ASSAM ACT XVI OF 1952 THE ASSA1-f ADHIARS PROTECTION AND REGULATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1952 (Passed by the Assembly) (Received the assent of the Governor on the 17th October, 1952) [Published in the Assam Gazette, dated the 29th October 1952] An Act to amend the Assam Adhiars Protection and Regulation Act, 1Y18 Whereas it is expedient to amend the Assam Adhiars Assam 1\ct Protection and Regulation Act, 1948, hereinafter called the XII of 1948. Principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing ; It is hereby enacted as follows:- •Short- title, 1. ( l) This Act may be called the Assam Adhiars Pro . and tection and Regulation (Amendment) Act, 1952 . commencement, · (2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act,
(3) It shall come into force at once. Substitution 2. In section 3 of the principal Act- · , o.f sub-sec- (a) for sub-section (1) the following sub-sectiqn shall be • tton. (1) of substituted namelysect:on 3 of ' · ' Assam Act "(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary con- _XU.of 1948 . tained in any law for the time being in force or any contract or agreement, express or implied, anY. person who during the preceding agricultural year cultivates any land as adhiar shall have a right to remain in occupation and cultivate the · land for subsequent years until he either voluntarily relin quishes the land or is ordered by a Re>!enue Officer under section 5 to cease to cultivate and '-'acat<> the land or is evicted ·therefrom in execution of a valid order of the . Rev,enue Officer." ; • •