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Section 17: Permits to manufacture liquor

THE BIHAR PROHIBITION ACT, 1938. (Bihar Act VI of 1938)State Act of Jharkhand · Act 3 of 1938

Provincial Government may issue a permit to any person to manufacture liquor in any distillery and to sell or export any liquor so manufactured to such persons or to such areas and subject to such condition as may be specified in the permit.

18. Punishment for rendering or attempting to render denatured spirit fit for human consumption- Whoever renders or attempts to render fit for human consumption any sprit, whether manufactured in India or not, which has been denatured, or has, in his possession, any spirit in respect of which he knows or has reason to believe that any such attempt has been made, shall be punishable with imprisonment of either description which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.

For the purposes of this section, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that any sprit which is proved on chemical analysis to contains any quantity of any of the prescribed denaturants is or contains or has been derived from denatured spirit.

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ActTHE BIHAR PROHIBITION ACT, 1938. (Bihar Act VI of 1938)
Section17
Marginal notePermits to manufacture liquor
JurisdictionState of Jharkhand
StatusIn force as published by the source

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