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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Opium Act, 1857 Section 19

PENALTY FOR EMBEZZLEMENT OF OPIUM BY CULTIVATOR Any cultivator entering into engagements for the cultivation of the

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Opium Act, 1857 Section 19 is part of Opium Act, 1857 - PENALTY FOR EMBEZZLEMENT OF OPIUM BY CULTIVATOR Any cultivator entering into engagements for the cultivation of the. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 19: PENALTY FOR EMBEZZLEMENT OF OPIUM BY CULTIVATOR Any cultivator entering into engagements for the cultivation of the poppy on account of 36 [the Central Government] who may embezzle or otherwise illegally dispose of, any part of the opium produced shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten times the fixed price of the opium which he may be proved to have so disposed of, or to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees if the amount of the said penalty be less than that sum, and the opium, if found, shall be liable to confiscation.

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What does Opium Act, 1857 Section 19 provide?

Section Section 19 of the Opium Act, 1857 (PENALTY FOR EMBEZZLEMENT OF OPIUM BY CULTIVATOR Any cultivator entering into engagements for the cultivation of the) is reproduced on this page as part of the Opium Act, 1857. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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