CourtMesh

Section 73A: Order for destroying confiscated intoxicant.

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

[73-A. Where any intoxicant is confiscated under section 72 or section 73, the Collector, may, subject to any order passed in that behalf by any court if in his opinion the confiscated intoxicant is not fit for human consumption or if the confiscated intoxicant cannot be stored or preserved, order the intoxicant to be destroyed notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act :

Provided that the intoxicant shall not be destroyed except after expiration of two months from the date of confiscation or where an application for review or an appeal against the order of confiscation is pending except in accordance with the order passed in such, review or appeal in this regard :

Provided further that any order for destruction of the intoxicant under this section shall not be passed without providing opportunity of hearing after notice of seven days to the person from whose custody the intoxicant is recovered :

Provided also that adequate sample of the intoxicant shall be preserved to meet the evidentiary requirements. ]

Where this provision sits

ActThe United Provinces Excise Act 1910
Section73A
Marginal noteOrder for destroying confiscated intoxicant.
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. . Subs. by sec. 26 of U. P. Act no. 4 of 2018.

Find the provision, not just read it

The full text above is free, and it stays free. What a free CourtMesh account adds is everything you cannot do by reading one page at a time:

  • Search 49,000+ Central and State enactments by what a provision says, not by its number
  • Jump from any section to every judgment that has applied it
  • Search 300 million+ Indian court records alongside the statute
  • Ask a research agent to find and read the case law on a provision for you

Free account. No card. About a minute to create.

Create a free account

Need this as data, not as a page? The United Provinces Excise Act 1910 is one of 49,000+ enactments on CourtMesh. The Indian court cases API serves the case law that cites these provisions over JSON, with API documentation and plans and pricing. See also the judgment library.