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Section 20: Sale of excisable articles without Licence prohibited

The Rajasthan Excise Act, 1950State Act of Rajasthan · Act 2 of 1950

No excisable article shall be sold without a Licence from the Excise Commissioner [ or any Excise Officer duly empowered in that behalf];

Provided that-

(1) a person licensed under this Act to cultivate or collect the hemp plant (Cannabis Sativa) may sell without a Licence those portions of the plant from which any intoxicating drugs can be manufactured to any person licensed under this Act to deal in the same or to any office whom the Excise Commissioner may prescribe;

(2) a licence for sale in more than one district of those parts of the State of Rajasthan to which this Act extends shall be granted with the previous approval of the [State Government]; and

(3) nothing in this section applies to the sale of any foreign liquor legally procured by any person for his private use and sold by him or by auction on his behalf or on behalf of his representatives in interest upon his quitting a station or after his decease.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Rajasthan Excise Act, 1950
Section20
Marginal noteSale of excisable articles without Licence prohibited
JurisdictionState of Rajasthan
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, No. 38 of 1957. Substituted vide Rajasthan Act. No. 38 of 1957
  • inserted, No. 28 of 1952. Inserted vide Rajasthan Act. No. 28 of 1952

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