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Section 17: Licence required for sale of intoxicant

MP Excise ActState Act of Madhya Pradesh · Act 11 of 1915

(1) No intoxicant shall be sold except under the authority and subject to the terms and conditions of l icence granted in that behalf :

Provided that—

(a) a person having the right to the tan drawn from any tree may sell such tan without a l icence to a person l icensed to manufacture or sell tan under this Act.

(b) a person under Section 13 to cult ivate the hemp plant may sell without a l icence those portions of the plant from which the intoxicating drug is manufactured or produced to any person l icensed under this Act to deal in the same, or to any officer whom the Excise Commissioner may prescribe; and

(c) nothing in this section shall apply to the sale of any fore ign l iquor lawfully procured by any person for his private use and sold by him or on his behalf or on behalf of his representatives interest upon his quit t ing a station or af ter his decease.

(2) On such conditions as the Excise Commissioner may determine, a l icence for sale under the Excise Law for the t ime being in force in other States or Union terri tories may be deemed to be l icence granted in that behalf under this Act.

Where this provision sits

ActMP Excise Act
Section17
Marginal noteLicence required for sale of intoxicant
JurisdictionState of Madhya Pradesh
StatusIn force as published by the source

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