Section 125: Power to seize intoxicants, etc.

The Maharashtra Prohibition ActState Act of Maharashtra · Act 25 of 1949

The [Commissioner] or Collector or any Prohibition Officer duly empowered in this behalf or any Police Officer may-

(a) seize in any open place, or in transit any intoxicant, hemp, mohwra flowers or molasses or any other thing which he has reason to believe to be liable to [confiscation or forfeiture] under this Act or any other law for the time being in force relating to excise revenue [and any document or other article which he has reason to believe may furnish evidence of the commission of any offence under this Act];

(b) detain and search any person whom he has reason to believe to be guilty of any offence under this Act or any other law for the time being in force relating to excise revenue, and if such person has any intoxicant, hemp, mhowra flowers, molasses or [other thing] in his possession, arrest him.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Maharashtra Prohibition Act
Section	125
Marginal note	Power to seize intoxicants, etc.
Jurisdiction	State of Maharashtra
Status	In force as published by the source

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