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(a) sells or delivers any liquor or intoxicating drug in contravention of Section 22; or (b) employs or permits to be employed on any part of his Licensed premises any person in contravention of Section 23; or (c) permits disorderly conduct or gaming on the Licensed premises;
(d) permits any person whom he knows or has reason to believe to have been convicted of any non - bailable offence or any reputed prostitute to frequent his Licensed premises, whether or not for the purposes of crime or prostitution; shall in addition to any other penalty to which he may be liable be punishable with a fine which may extend to five hundred rupees. 1- Inserted vide Rajasthan Excise (Amendment) Act, 2007 vide Notifi. No 2(27) Vidhi/2/2006, dt 6.6.2007 25 1 [56. Penalty for rendering denatured spirit fit for human consumption. -Whoever renders or attempts to render fit for human consumption any spirit (wherever manufactured) which has been denatured or any denatured spirituous preparation or has to his possession any denatured spirit or any denatured spirituous preparation which has been rendered fit for human consumption or in respect of which any attempt or in which any alteration has been made to render it so fit, shall be punished - with imprisonment for a term 2[which shall not be less than two years but which may extend to five years and with fine of two lakh rupees or five thousand rupees per bulk liter of denatured spirit or denatured spirituous preparation involved, whichever is higher.]] 3 ["Explanation.- For the purposes of this section it shall be presumed, unless and until the contrary is proved, that any spirit, which is proved on chemical analysis to contain any quantity of any of the prescribed denaturants, is or contains or has been derived from denatured spirit."] 4 [57. Penalty for possession of excisable article unlawfully imported: - Whoever, without lawful authority, has in his possession any excisable article, knowing the same to have been unlawfully imported, transported, manufactured, cultivated or collected or knowing the fact that prescribed duty not to have been paid thereon, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to three years and with fine of twenty thousand rupees or five times of the loss of excise duty, whichever is higher:
Provided that if the quantity of liquor found at the time or in the course of detection of the offence exceeds fifty bulk litres, the person guilty for such offence shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years but which may extend to five years and with fine of twenty thousand rupees or ten times of the loss of excise duty, whichever is higher.]