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TypeBare Act JurisdictionWest Bengal Government

Bengal Excise Act, 1909 Section 72

Duty of owners and occupiers of land and other persons to give notice of unlicensed manufacture Whenever any 5454. Word

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Bengal Excise Act, 1909 Section 72 is part of Bengal Excise Act, 1909 - Duty of owners and occupiers of land and other persons to give notice of unlicensed manufacture Whenever any 5454. Word. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

section 85, 5353. Word, figure and brackets ins. by W.B. Act 34 of 1965. [sub-section (2), ] clause (I), to give immediate information to an Excise Officer of all breaches of any of the provisions of this Act which may come to his knowledge. (2) Every Officer referred to in sub-section (1), and every village chaukidar and dafadar, shall be bound, subject to any rules made under section 85, 5353. Word, figure and brackets ins. by W.B. Act 34 of 1965. [sub-section (2),] clause (I), to give reasonable aid to any Excise Officer in carrying out the provisions of this Act, or of any rule, notification or order made, issued or given under this Act, upon request made by such Officer. Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937. [intoxicant] is manufactured, or any hemp plant (Cannabis sativa) 5555. Words ins. by W.B. Act 5 of 1997. [from which an intoxicating drug can be manufactured or produced] is cultivated, or any portion of the hemp plant (Cannabis satiua] from which an intoxicating drug can be manufactured or produced is collected, on any land 5656. Words ins. by W.B. Act 34 of 1965. [or in any hut or building], in contravention of this Act, all owners and occupiers of such land 5656. Words ins. by W.B. Act 34 of 1965. [or of such hut or building, as the case may be], and their agents, and all panchayats, village- headmen, patwaris. sarbarakars, chaukidars and dafadars of the village 5656. Words ins. by W.B. Act 34 of 1965. [in which such land, hut or building may be situated], shall, in the absence of reasonable excuse, be bound to give notice of the fact to a Magistrate or an officer of the Excise, Police or Land- revenue Department, as soon as the fact comes to their knowledge.

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What does Bengal Excise Act, 1909 Section 72 provide?

Section Section 72 of the Bengal Excise Act, 1909 (Duty of owners and occupiers of land and other persons to give notice of unlicensed manufacture Whenever any 5454. Word) 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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