THE ASSAM EXCISE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2004

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    "title": "THE ASSAM EXCISE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2004",
    "short_title": "The Assam Excise (Amendment) Act, 2004",
    "act_number": "II",
    "act_year": 2005,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "valid",
    "enactment_date": "2005-01-13",
    "description": "The Assam Excise (Amendment) Act, 2004",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "sections": [
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "further to amend the Assam Excise Act, 1910.\r\nWhereas it is expedient further to amend the Assam Excise Act, 1910, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing;\r\nIt is hereby enacted in the Fifty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-\",\r\n\"footnote\": \"Assam Act I of 1910. ",
            "footnote": "Assam Act I of 1910.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) This Act may be called the Assam Excise (Amendment) Act, 2004.\r\n(2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act.\r\n(3) It shall come into force at once.",
            "footnote": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section. 70(1).",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Power to compound offences (1) when\\nany licence, permit or pass is liable to be\\ncancelled or suspended under clause (a) or (b)\\nof sub-section (1) of section 29 or when any\\nperson is reasonably suspected of having\\ncommitted an offence under this Act other than\\nan offence under section 61, the Excise\\nCommissioner or a Collector, instead of\\nenforcing such cancellation or suspension or\\ninstituting a prosecution in respect of such\\noffence, may realise from the holder of such\\nlicence, permit or pass or from such person\\nsuch sum of money not less than rupees one\\nthousand but maximum of which shall not\\nexceed rupees five thousand, depending upon\\nthe merits of the case.\",",
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        },
        {
            "number": "70",
            "title": "Section 70(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "\"(2) The Excise Commissioner or the Collector may also after institution against any person of a prosecution in respect of any offence under this Act other than offence under section 61, compound the offence on payment by such person a sum of money not less than rupees one thousand but maximum of which shall not exceed rupees five thousand depending upon the merits of the case.\"",
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        },
        {
            "number": "70",
            "title": "Section 70(3)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "\"(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, an Excise Officer not below the rank of Superintendent of Excise in the District Head Quarter and Deputy Superintendent of Excise in the Sub-Divisional Head Quarter may, at any time, compound an offence under this Act in respect of manufacture and possession of pachwai exceeding the quantity that may be exempted under section 73 but not exceeding five kilograms and manufacture or possession of illicit liquor, on payment by the person manufacturing or possessing such pachwai liquor a sum of money not less than rupees one thousand but maximum of which shall not exceed rupees five thousand, depending upon the merits of the case.\"",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 40
        }
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "20052",
        "Act Number": "II",
        "Enactment Date": "2005-01-13",
        "Act Year": "2005",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Excise (Amendment) Act, 2004",
        "Department": "LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT : LEGISLATIVE BRANCH",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:16"
}