What does Section 1 of THE ASSAM GANJA AND BHANG PROHIBITION ACT, 1958 say?

An Act to prohibit cultivation, collection, possession, consumption manufacture and sale of Ganja in and of smuggling thereof into, the State of Assam; and to restrict cultivation, collection, possession, consumption manufacture and sale of Bhang with a view to effect its ultimate prohibition in the State of Assam. WHEREA'S it is expedient to prohibit cultivation, collec- tion, possession, consumption, manufacture and sale of Ganja in, and of smuggling thereof into, the State of Assam and to res

What does Section 1 of THE ASSAM GANJA AND BHANG PROHIBITION ACT, 1958 say?

This Act may be called the Assam Ganja and Bhang Prohibition Act, 1958.

What does Section 1 of THE ASSAM GANJA AND BHANG PROHIBITION ACT, 1958 say?

It extends to such area or areas as may be notified in the official gazette, by the State Government from time to time.

What does Section 1 of THE ASSAM GANJA AND BHANG PROHIBITION ACT, 1958 say?

It shall come into force in the notified area or areas on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint.

What does Section 1 of THE ASSAM GANJA AND BHANG PROHIBITION ACT, 1958 say?

An Act to prohibit cultivation, collection, possession, consumption manufacture and sale of Ganja in and of smuggling thereof into, the State of Assam; and to restrict cultivation, collection, possession, consumption manufacture and sale of Bhang with a view to effect its ultimate prohibition in the State of Assam. WHEREA'S it is expedient to prohibit cultivation, collec- tion, possession, consumption, manufacture and sale of Ganja in, and of smuggling thereof into, the State of Assam and to res

What does Section 1 of THE ASSAM GANJA AND BHANG PROHIBITION ACT, 1958 say?

This Act may be called the Assam Ganja and Bhang Prohibition Act, 1958.

What does Section 1 of THE ASSAM GANJA AND BHANG PROHIBITION ACT, 1958 say?

It extends to such area or areas as may be notified in the official gazette, by the State Government from time to time.

What does Section 1 of THE ASSAM GANJA AND BHANG PROHIBITION ACT, 1958 say?

It shall come into force in the notified area or areas on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint.

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THE ASSAM GANJA AND BHANG PROHIBITION ACT, 1958

Q: What does Section 1 of THE ASSAM GANJA AND BHANG PROHIBITION ACT, 1958 say?

Short title, extent and commencement.

The Assam Ganja and Bhang Prohibition Act, 1958

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            "content": "\"Import\" means to bring into any notified area otherwise than\nacross a customs frontir defined by the Central Government.",
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            "content": "\"Manufacture means every process, whether natural or artificial,\nby which any ganja is produced or prepared.",
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            "content": "Collect\nganja and bhang from the Indian Hemp plant (Cannabis\nSativa L); or",
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            "content": "Use or keep any implement or apparatus for the manufacture or\nconsumption of ganja and bhang.",
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            "content": "Whoever contravenes the provi-\nsions of Section 3 shall be punished with imprisonment of either description\nfor a term which may extend to two years and also with fine which may\nextend to one thousand rupees.",
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            "content": "Whoever, being the owner or occupier or having\nthe use of any house, room, enclosure, space, vessel, vehicles or place,\nknowingly permits it to be used for the commission, by any other person, of\nan offence punishable under this Act or the rules made thereunder, shall be\npunished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may\nextend to six months or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees\nor with both.",
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            "title": "Section 7. Security for abstaining from commission of offences",
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            "content": "Security for abstaining from commission of offences.-",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "Section 7(1)",
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            "content": "Whenever any person is convicted of an offence punishable under\nsection 3 or under section 4, and the Court convicting him is\nof opinion that it is necessary to require such person\nto\nexecute a bond for abstaining from the commission of such offence, the\nCourt, may, at the time of passing sentence on such person, order him to\nexecute a bond for a sum proportionate to his means, with or without sure-\nties, for abstaining from the commission of such offence during such period,\nnot exceeding three years, as it thinks fit to fix,",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "Section 7(2)",
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            "content": "The bond shall be in the prescribed form and the provision of the\nCode of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898), shall, in so far as they\nare applicable, apply to all matters connected with such bond as if it were\na bond to keep the peace ordered to be executed under section 106 of that\nCode.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "Section 7(3)",
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            "content": "If the conviction is set aside on appeal or otherwise, the bond\nexecuted shall become void.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "Section 7(4)",
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            "content": "Any order under this section may also be made by an Appellate\nCourt, or by the High Court when exercising its powers of revision.",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "Section 8. Attempts",
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            "content": "Whoever attempts to commit an offence punishable\nunder section 4, or to cause such an offence to be committed, and in such\nattempt does any act towards the commission of the offence or towards the\ncausing of its commission, shall be punished with the punishment provided\nfor the offence.",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "Section 9. Abetments",
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            "content": "Whoever abets an offence punishable under section 4\nor\nsection 5 shall, whether such offence be or be not committed in conse-\nquence of such abetment, be punished with the punishment provided for\nthe offence.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "Section 10. Power to issue warrants",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Power to issue warrants.-",
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        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "Section 10(1)",
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            "content": "A District Magistrate or a Sub-\ndivisional Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class, or an officer of the\nExcise Department not below the rank of a Superintendent specially empo-\nwered by the State Government on this behalf, may issue a warrant for the\narrest of any persons whom he has reason to believe to have committed an\noffence punishable under this Act or the rules thereunder, or for the search,\nwhether by day or by night, of any building, vessels or place in which he\nhas reason to believe any ganja, bhang, material, utensil, implement or\napparatus, in respect of which an offence punishable under this Act has\nbeen committed, is kept or concealed.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "Section 10(2)",
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            "content": "The officer to whom a search warrant under sub-section (1) is\naddressed shall have all the powers of an officer under section 11.",
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        },
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            "number": "11",
            "title": "Section 11. Power of entry, search and seizures, etc.",
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            "content": "Power of entry, search and seizures, etc.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "Section 11(1)",
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            "content": "Any Officer\nthe Departments of Excise and Police not below the rank of Inspector, any\nOfficer of the Department of Revenue not below the rank of the Sub-Deputy\nCollector, and any person authorised in this behalf by the State Govern-\nment who has reason to believe from personal knowledge or from informa-\ntion received from any person and taken down in writing and attested by\nthe informant, that any ganja, bhang, material, utensil, implement\nor apparatus in respect of which an offence punishable under this\nAct or the rules made thereunder has been committed is\nkept or concealed in any building, vessel, or enclosed place, may between\nsunrise and sunset,-",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "Section 11(1)(a)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "enter into any such building, vessel or place;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "Section 11(1)(b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "in case of resistance, break open any door and remove any other\nobstacle to such entry;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "Section 11(1)(c)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "seize such ganja, bhang, material, utensil, implement or appa-\nratus, and any document or other article which may furnish\nevidence of the commission of the offence;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 400
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "Section 11(1)(d)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "detain, search and arrest any person whom he has reason to\nbelieve to have committed an offence against this Act relating\nto such ganja, bhang, material, utensil, implement or apparatus;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 410
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "Proviso to Section 11(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Provided that if such Officer has reason to believe that a search warrant\ncannot be obtained without affording opportunity for the concealment of\nevidence or facility for the escape of an offender, he may, after recording\nhe ground of his belief, enter and search such building, vessel or enclosed\nplace at any time between sunset and sunrise.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "Section 11(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Where an officer takes down any information in writing under sub-\nsection (1), or records grounds for his belie? under the proviso thereto, he\nshall forthwith send a copy thereof to his immediate official superior.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "Section 12. Power of seizure and arrest in public places",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Any officer of\nany of the Department referred to in section 11 may within within the the prohibited\narca notified under this Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 440
        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "Section 12(a)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "seize, in any public place or in transit, any ganja, bhang,\nmaterial, utensil, implement or apparatus in respect of which he\nhas reason to believe an offence punishable under this Act or\nthe rules made thereunder has been committed, and, along with\nit, any document or other article which may furnish evidence\nof the commission of the offence, and",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 450
        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "Section 12(b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "detain, search and arrest any person whom he has reason to\nbelieve to have committed an offence against this Act relating\nto such ganja, bhang, material, utensil, implement or appa-\nratus.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 460
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "Section 13. Mode of executing warrants, etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "The provisions of the Code\nof Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898), shall, in so far as they are\napplicable, apply to the execution of warrants and making of searches,\narrests, and seizure under this Act.",
            "footnote": "Act V of 1898",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "Section 14. Report of arrest and seizure",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Any Officer making an arrest or\nseizure under this Act shall, within twenty-four hours of such seizure and\narrest, make a full report of all the particulars of such arrest or seizure to his\nimmediate official superior.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "Section 15. Production of persons arrested",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Every person arrested under\nany of the provisions of this Act shall be produced before the nearest\nMagistrate, within twenty-four hours of such arrest, excluding the time\nnecessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Court of the\nMagistrate.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "Section 16. Power to invest Excise Officers",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "The State Government may\ninvest any Officer of the Excise Department, not below the rank of Inspector\nwith the powers of an Officer-in-charge of a Police Station for the investiga-\ntion of offences under this Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "Section 17. Jurisdiction to try offences",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "The provisions of the Code of\nCriminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898), shall apply to the trial of offences\nagainst this Act or the rules made thereunder.",
            "footnote": "Act V of 1898",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "Section 18. Prohibition Committees",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Prohibition Committees.-",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 520
        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "Section 18(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "The Commissioner, may by notifi-\ncation in Official Gazette, constitute for any area or any part thereof a\n\"Prohibition Committee\" consisting in such proportion as the Commissioner\nmay deem fit of two or more official and non-official residents of such area\nor part thereof. He may also, by like notification dissolve or reconstitute\nany such committee.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 530
        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "Section 18(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "The duties to be performed by a Prohibition Committee and its\nrelation to other such Committees and to the Commissioner shall be such as\nmay be prescribed.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 540
        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "Section 18(3)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "The members of the Prohibition Committee shall be designated\nProhibition Officers.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 550
        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "Section 19. Punishment for vexatious entry, etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Any person acting under\nthe powers given by seetion 11 or section 12 who-",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 560
        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "Section 19(a)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "without reasonable grounds of suspicion, enters or searches or\ncauses to be entered or searched any building, vessels or\nplace; or",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 570
        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "Section 19(b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "vexatiously and unnecessarily seizes the property of any person\non the pretence of seizing or searching for any ganja and\nbhang or seizing any document or other article liable to\nseizure under section 11 or 12; or",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 580
        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "Section 19(c)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "vexatiously and unnecessarily detains, searches or arrests any\nperson or fails to produce, within the time specified in section\n15, the person arrested or the article seized before the proper\nauthority, shall be punished with imprisonment of either des-\ncription for a term which may extend to one year or with fine\nwhich may extend to one thousand rupees or with both.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 590
        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "Section 20. Indemnity",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "No action shall lie against any officer for damages in\nany Civil Court for any act done bonafide or ordered to be done in pursu-\nance of this Act or the rules thereunder",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 600
        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "Section 21. Permits",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the\nState Government may prescribe the conditions under which permits may\nbe issued for:-",
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        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "Section 21(a)",
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            "content": "cultivation, collection or sale of the Indian Hemp plant (Canna-\nbis Sativa L);",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 620
        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "Section 21(b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "import, transport, manufacture, sale, possession or use of bhang,\nand",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 630
        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "Section 21(c)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "use or keeping of any implement or apparatus for the manufac-\nture of Bhang for social, religious, medicinal and scientific\npurposes.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 640
        },
        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "Section 22. Repeal (Act I of 1910)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "The provisions relating to ganja and\nbhang in the Assam Excise Act, 1910, shall stand repealed in respect of the\narea or areas in which this Act may be enforced.",
            "footnote": "Act I of 1910",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 650
        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "Section 23. Power to make rules",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Power to make rules.-",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 660
        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "Section 23(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "The State Government may, subject\nto the condition of previous publication, make rules for carrying out the\npurposes of this Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 670
        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "Section 23(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the fore-\ngoing power such rules may prescribe-",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 680
        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "Section 23(2)(a)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "the duties to be performed by a Prohibition Committee and its\nrelation to the Commissioner and other Committees;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 690
        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "Section 23(2)(b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "any other matter as may, or requires to be prescribed.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 700
        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "Section 23(3)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In making rules under this section, the State Government may\r\nattach a penalty for the breach of any particular rule.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 710
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "195921",
        "Act Number": "XXI",
        "Enactment Date": "1959-05-29",
        "Act Year": "1959",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Ganja and Bhang Prohibition Act, 1958",
        "Department": "Law Department",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:17"
}

THE ASSAM GANJA AND BHANG PROHIBITION ACT, 1958

Sections

An ACT

Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement

Section 1(1)

Section 1(2)

Section 1(3)

Proviso to Section 1(3)

Section 2. Definitions

Section 2(1)

Section 2(2)

Section 2(3)

Section 2(4)

Section 2(5)

Section 2(6)

Section 2(7)

Section 2(8)

Section 2(9)

Section 2(10)

Section 3. Prohibition

Section 3(a)

Section 3(b)

Section 3(c)

Section 3(d)

Section 3(e)

Section 4. Punishment for contravention

Section 5. Punishment for allowing premises to be used for the commission of an offence

Section 6. Enhanced punishment

Section 7. Security for abstaining from commission of offences

Section 7(1)

Section 7(2)

Section 7(3)

Section 7(4)

Section 8. Attempts

Section 9. Abetments

Section 10. Power to issue warrants

Section 10(1)

Section 10(2)

Section 11. Power of entry, search and seizures, etc.

Section 11(1)

Section 11(1)(a)

Section 11(1)(b)

Section 11(1)(c)

Section 11(1)(d)

Proviso to Section 11(1)

Section 11(2)

Section 12. Power of seizure and arrest in public places

Section 12(a)

Section 12(b)

Section 13. Mode of executing warrants, etc.

Section 14. Report of arrest and seizure

Section 15. Production of persons arrested

Section 16. Power to invest Excise Officers

Section 17. Jurisdiction to try offences

Section 18. Prohibition Committees

Section 18(1)

Section 18(2)

Section 18(3)

Section 19. Punishment for vexatious entry, etc.

Section 19(a)

Section 19(b)

Section 19(c)

Section 20. Indemnity

Section 21. Permits

Section 21(a)

Section 21(b)

Section 21(c)

Section 22. Repeal (Act I of 1910)

Section 23. Power to make rules

Section 23(1)

Section 23(2)

Section 23(2)(a)

Section 23(2)(b)

Section 23(3)