What does Section 3 of The Assam Liquor Prohibition Act, 1952 say?

(1) transport, import or possess liquor; (2) sell or buy liquor; (3) consume liquor except on a permit granted under the provisions of the Act and Rules made thereunder; (4) manufacture liquor; and (5) use or keep any material, utensil, implement or apparatus whatsoever for manufacture of liquor :

What does Section 3 of The Assam Liquor Prohibition Act, 1952 say?

(1) transport, import or possess liquor; (2) sell or buy liquor; (3) consume liquor except on a permit granted under the provisions of the Act and Rules made thereunder; (4) manufacture liquor; and (5) use or keep any material, utensil, implement or apparatus whatsoever for manufacture of liquor :

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The Assam Liquor Prohibition Act, 1952

Q: What does Section 2 of The Assam Liquor Prohibition Act, 1952 say?

(1) "buy" , with all its grammatical variations, means any receipt for price paid in cash or in kind, and includes any receipt by gift, loan or otherwise. (2) "State Prohibition Council" means a body of the non-official residents of the State as may be constituted by the State Government by notification in the official Gazette. [(3) "Liquor" means any intoxicating liquor and includes all liquid consisting of or containing alcohol, also Tari containing alcohol and Pachwai in any form and any subs

Q: What does Section 3A of The Assam Liquor Prohibition Act, 1952 say?

(1) publish or display advertisement of liquor or of any preparation fit for use as intoxicant liquor, in the Newspapers, Periodicals, journals, Hoardings, Banners, etc., printed and published in and from that area; (2) import/possess any Newspaper, Journal, Periodical etc., if they contain advertisement of liquor or of any preparation fit for use as intoxicating liquor.

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The Assam Liquor Prohibition Act, 1952

Sections

1. Short title, extent and commencement.

2. Definitions.

3. Prohibition.

3A. Publication or display of advertisement of liquor.

3B. Board of Experts.

3C. Restrictions on use of medicinal and toilet preparations.

4. Punishment for contravention.

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

6. Enhanced punishment.

7. Attempts.

8. Abetments.

9. Power to issue warrants.

10. Power of entry, search and seizure, etc.

11. Power of seizure and arrest in public places.

12. Mode of executing warrants, etc.

13. Report of arrest and seizure.

14. Production of persons arrested.

15. Power to invest Excise Officers.

16. Jurisdiction to try offences.

17. State Prohibition Council.

18. Punishment for vexatious entry, etc.

19. Indemnity.

20. Permits.

21A. Special permits to foreign dignitaries, etc.

21B. Exemption to tourists.

21C. Permission to use or consume foreign liquor in messes or canteens of Armed Forces.

21D. Regulation of use or consumption of foreign liquor by certain permit holders.

22. Repeal.

23. Power to make rules.