Section Text
If within a cantonment, or within any limits defined under section 56,--
(a) any person subject to1[Army, Navy or Air Force law] otherwise than as a military officer or a soldier, or
(b) the wife or servant of any such person or of a soldier,
has in his or her possession, except on behalf of the2[Central Government] or for the private use of a military officer, more than one quart of any spirituous liquor, other than fermented malt-liquor, without the written permission of the3[Officer Commanding the station] or of some person authorised by the3[Officer Commanding the station] to grant such permission, he or she shall be punishable, in the case of a first offence, with fine which may extend to4[two hundred and fifty rupees] and, in the case of a subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to5[five hundred rupees].
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1. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 37, for "military or air force law" w.e.f. 1-10-1983.
2. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "Government".
3. Substituted by Act 7 of 1925, section 14, for "Commanding Officer of the Cantonment".
4. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 37, for "fifty rupees" w.e.f. 1-10-1983.
5. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 37, for "one hundred rupees" w.e.f. 1-10-1983