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TypeBare Act JurisdictionWest Bengal Government

Bengal Excise Act, 1909 Section 55

Import, export, transport, manufacture, sale or possession by one person on account of another

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Bengal Excise Act, 1909 Section 55 is part of Bengal Excise Act, 1909 - Import, export, transport, manufacture, sale or possession by one person on account of another. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

section 85 or section 86, or (b) wilfully does any act. in breach of any of the conditions of the licence, permit or pass, for which a penalty is not prescribed elsewhere in this Act, shall be liable to fine which may extend to 33. Word subs. for the words "excisable article" by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937. [five thousand rupees].

1) When any 44. Clause (0 ins. by W.B. Act 34 of 1965. [intoxicant] has been 55. Words, figures, letters and brackets ins. by Ben. Act 7 of 1914. [imported, exported, transported], manufactured or sold or is possessed by any person on account of any other person, and such other person knows or has reason to believe that such 55. Words, figures, letters and brackets ins. by Ben. Act 7 of 1914. [import, export, transport,] manufacture or sale was, or that such possession is, on his account, the article shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been 55. Words, figures, letters and brackets ins. by Ben. Act 7 of 1914. [imported, exported transported,] manufactured or sold by, or to be in the possession of, such other person.

(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall absolve any person who 55. Words, figures, letters and brackets ins. by Ben. Act 7 of 1914. [imports, exports, transports,] manufactures, sells or has possession of an 44. Clause (0 ins. by W.B. Act 34 of 1965. [intoxicant] on account of another person from liability to any punishment under this Act for the unlawful 55. Words, figures, letters and brackets ins. by Ben. Act 7 of 1914. [import, export, transport,] manufacture, sale or possession of such article.

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What does Bengal Excise Act, 1909 Section 55 provide?

Section Section 55 of the Bengal Excise Act, 1909 (Import, export, transport, manufacture, sale or possession by one person on account of another) is reproduced on this page as part of the Bengal Excise Act, 1909. 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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