49. Penalty on excise officer for making vexatious search, seizure, detention or arrest Any excise officer or other person who vexatiously and without reasonable ground for suspicion-
(a) enters or searches or causes to be entered or searched any dosed place under colour of exercising any power conferred by this Act;
(b) seizes the movable property of any person on the pretext of seizing or searching for any article liable to confiscation under this Act;
(c) searches, detains or arrests any person;
(d) in any other way exceeds his lawful powers under this Act, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees or with both.
Section 49 • THE DELHI EXCISE ACT, 2009
Section 49. Penalty on excise officer for making vexatious search, seizure, detention or arrest
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Section 49
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