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Section 67: Penalty for excise officer making vexatious search, etc

The United Provinces Excise Act 1910State Act of Uttar Pradesh · Act 4 of 1910

If any excise officer —

(a) without reasonable grounds of suspicion enters, inspects or searches, or causes to be entered, inspected or searched, any place ; or

(b) vexatiously and unnecessarily seize any property of any person on the pretence of seizing or searching for any article liable to confiscation under this Act ; or

(c) vexatiously and unnecessarily details, searches or arrests any person ; he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to [one year] or with fine which may extend to [five thousand rupees] or with both.

Where this provision sits

ActThe United Provinces Excise Act 1910
Section67
Marginal notePenalty for excise officer making vexatious search, etc
JurisdictionState of Uttar Pradesh
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, U. P. Act 4 of 2018. .Subs. by sec. 18 of U. P. Act 4 of 2018.
  • substituted, U.P. Act 4 of 2018. . Subs. by sec. 19 of U.P. Act 4 of 2018.

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