The Assam Liquor Prohibition Rules, 1953

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    "title": "The Assam Liquor Prohibition Rules, 1953",
    "short_title": "The Assam Liquor Prohibition Rules, 1953",
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    "act_year": 1953,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Assam Liquor Prohibition Rules, 1953",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Preliminary.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(1) \"Act\" means the Assam Liquor Prohibition Act, 1952.\n(2) \"Foreign Liquor\" has the same meaning as is assigned to it under the Eastern Bengal and Assam Excise Act, 1910 (Eastern Bengal and Assam Act No. 1 of 1910), excluding rectified and denatured spirits and absolute alcohol.\n(3) \"Section\" means a section of the Act.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Prohibition Committee.",
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            "content": "(i) mobilise public opinion amongst liquor addiction,\n(ii) make a survey of liquor addicts and then wean them away from the pernicious habit, and\n(iii) keep information about, and watch the movements of traffickers in illicit liquor and consumers thereof and to pass on, from time to time such information to any officer referred to in Section 10 of the Act for necessary action.\n4.\n5.\n6.\n7.\n(b) All applications submitted under Clause (a) shall be considered by a Board, which shall be set up by the Government in each District/Sub-division, and which shall consist of-\n(i) Civil Surgeon/Sub-divisional Medical Officer;\n(ii) A prominent non-official member of the Medical profession; and\n(iii) Superintendent of Excise.\n(c) The Board, set up under Clause (b), shall satisfy itself that the applicant is not a minor and that consumption of foreign liquor is necessary for the preservation or maintenance of the applicant's health before recommending the grant of a permit. The recommendation shall specifically mention the period for which permit is recommended and the quantity and types of liquor which may be allowed.\n(d) The Superintendent of Excise shall be the convenor member of the Board and he shall convene meetings of the Board as often as necessary, and in any case at least once every three months.\n(e) The Deputy Commissioner/Sub-divisional Officer may grant a permit only if a recommendation to this effect has been made by the Board under Clause\n(e) A permit shall in no case be issued for more than one year. The permit shall also specify the quantities, and the types of liquor which the permit holder shall be entitled to consume.\n(f) The permit holder desiring to renew the permit after the expiry of the period for which it was granted shall make a fresh application and shall be required to appear before the Board afresh.\n(g) The permit holder shall obtain his requirement of liquor from only a vendor licensed in this behalf.\n(b) The application form may be obtained from the office of the Deputy Commissioner/Sub-divisional Officer or any other officer authorised by the Deputy Commissioner/Sub-divisional Officer.\n(c) On receipt of the application, the Deputy Commissioner/Sub-divisional Officer or the officer authorised in that behalf satisfy himself that the applicant is a visitor or resident of the category as mentioned above and he may grant him a permit in the prescribed form for possession, use and consumption of foreign liquor.\n(d) The permit shall be granted for the period for which the visitor/resident is required to stay in the prohibition areas of the State.\n(e) The permit holder shall not possess at any one time any quantity of foreign liquor in excess of the quantity specified in his permit.\n(f) The foreign liquor granted under this permit shall be obtained from a vendor licensed in that behalf.\n(g) The permit holder shall get the details entered in his permit of all foreign liquor obtained by him from time to time by the vendor.\n(h) The permit holder shall abide by the conditions of the permit, and the provisions of the Assam Liquor Prohibition Act and the Rules thereunder.\n(b) All such applications shall be made to the Deputy Commissioner/Sub-divisional Officer concerned or any other officer authorised in that behalf by the Deputy Commissioner/Sub-divisional Officer and shall specify the period and quantity of foreign liquor required for use or consumption.\n(c) The Deputy Commissioner/Sub-divisional Officer concerned or the Officer authorised in that behalf shall issue such permits through the Commandant of the force or unit.\n8.\n9.\n10.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Licences.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Penalties.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 12th February, 2020 [ass222]",
        "Act Number": "",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1953",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Liquor Prohibition Rules, 1953",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}