Act Text
Chapter4 - CHAPTER IV
Section1 - Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973
Section2 - Notification bringing the Act into force in Other areas of the State is not available
Section3 - Prohibition Commissioner.—The State Government may, by notification, appoint an officer of Government as Prohibition
Section4 - Deputy Commissioner.—
Section5 - Subordinate officers.—To aid the Commissioner and the Deputy Commissioners in carrying out the provisions of this Act,
Section6 - Investing officers of other departments with powers and duties under this Act.—The State Government may invest any
Section7 - Board of Experts.—
Section8 - Committees.—
Section9 - Medical Boards.—
Section10 - Control of Commissioner over Prohibition Officers and other Officers.—In the exercise of their powers and in the
Section11 - Delegation.—
Chapter3 - PROHIBITION
Section12 - Prohibition of the manufacture of, traffic in and consumption of liquors and intoxicating drugs.—Save in the manner and
Section13 - Alterations of denatured spirit or denatured spirituous preparations.—No person shall,
Section14 - Prohibition of soliciting use of intoxicant or hemp or doing any kind of action calculating to incite or encourage
Section15 - Prohibition of publication of advertisements relating to intoxicants, etc.—
Section16 - This Chapter not to apply to certain articles.—Nothing in this Chapter shall be deemed to apply to,
Section17 - Power to notify exemptions.—
Section18 - Establishment of distilleries and warehouses for intoxicants or licensing manufacture of intoxicants.—The Commissioner
Section19 - Intoxicating drug or hemp not to be removed from warehouse.—No liquor, intoxicating drug, hemp, mhowra flowers or
Section20 - Passes for import, etc.—
Section21 - Passes for through consignments.—The through transport of any consignment of any intoxicant, hemp, mhowra flowers or
Section22 - Licences for possession of denatured spirit, rectified spirit and alcohol for industrial or medicinal purposes.—The
Section23 - Licences for bona fide medicinal or other purposes.—The State Government, or, subject to its control, the Deputy
Section25 - Licence for tapping for neera.—Subject to the control of the State Government, the Deputy Commissioner or any officer
Section26 - Licences for tapping toddy in specified areas.—
Section28 - Vendors’ licences.—The State Government, or, subject to its control, the Deputy Commissioner, may grant a vendor’s
Section29 - Licences to ship companies and to masters of ships.—The State Government, or, subject to its control, the Deputy
Section30 - Permission to use or consume foreign liquor on war ships, troop ships and in messes and canteens of Armed Forces.—The
Section31 - Permits to foreigners residing temporarily in India.—
Section32 - Health permits.—
Section33 - Emergency permits.—
Section34 - Special permits to foreign sovereigns, etc.—The State Government may grant special permits for the use or consumption
Section35 - Permits to be non-transferable.—Permits granted under section 31, section 32, section 33 or section 34 shall be
Section36 - Authorisation for sacramental purposes.—
Section37 - Tourists’ Permits.—
Section38 - Interim Permits.—
Section39 - Regulation of use or consumption of foreign liquor by certain Permit-holders.—
Section40 - Licence for consumption or use of intoxicating drugs.—The State Government, or subject to its control the Deputy
Section41 - Regulation of sale, etc., of ware housed intoxicants or hemp.—The State Government may by rules made in this behalf,
Section42 - Regulation of import, export, etc., of mhowra flowers.—
Section43 - Control and export, etc., of molasses.—
Section44 - General conditions regarding licences, etc.—1[
Section45 - Power to cancel or suspend licences and permits.—
Section46 - Holder of licence, etc., not entitled to compensation or refund of fee, for cancellation or suspension.—No holder of a
Section47 - Cancellation for other reasons.—
Section48 - Right to title or interest under licence not liable to be sold or attached in execution.—Notwithstanding anything
Section49 - Control and regulation of articles mentioned in section 16 to prevent their use as intoxicating liquor.—
Section50 - Analysis of articles mentioned in section 16.—
Chapter5 - EXCISE DUTY
Section51 - Excise duties.—An excise duty or countervailing duty, as the case may be, at such rate or rates as the State Government
Section52 - Manner of levying excise duties.—Subject to such rules regulating the time, place and manner of payment as may be made
Section53 - Power to exempt, remit or refund excise duty.—Subject to such rules as shall be made by the State Government in this
Section54 - Declaration of stock of articles mentioned in section 16.—Every person, who imports or manufactures any of the articles
Section55 - Power to obtain information and to search and seize excisable articles.—The Deputy Commissioner or any officer
Section57 - Recovery of duties, etc.—All duties, taxes, fines
Chapter6 - PENALTIES AND OFFENCES
Section58 - Penalty for illegal import, etc., of intoxicants or hemp.—Whoever, in contravention of the provisions of this Act or of
Section59 - Penalty for illegal cultivation and collection of hemp and other matters.—Whoever, in contravention of the provisions
Section60 - Penalty for alteration or attempt to alter denatured spirit or denatured spirituous preparation.—Whoever, in
Section61 - Penalty for manufacture of articles mentioned in section 16 in contravention of provisions of section 49.—
Section62 - Penalty for failure to satisfy the Commissioner under sub-section
Section63 - Penalty for illegal import, etc., of mhowra flowers.—Whoever in contravention of the provisions of section 42 or of any
Section64 - Penalty for illegal import, etc., of molasses.—Whoever, in contravention of the provisions of section 43 or of any rule
Section65 - Penalty for printing or publishing advertisement relating to intoxicants or circulating newspapers, etc., containing
Section66 - Penalty for inciting or encouraging certain acts.—Whoever in contravention of the provisions of section 14 or of any
Section67 - Penalty for non-compliance with order made under section 55.— Whoever,—
Section68 - Penalty for import, etc., of intoxicant without payment of duty.— Whoever, imports, exports, transports, possesses,
Section69 - Penalty for misconduct of licensee, etc.,—Whoever, being the holder of a licence, permit, pass or authorisation granted
Section70 - Penalty for misconduct by licensed vendor or manufacturer.— Whoever, being the holder of a licence for the sale or
Section71 - Liability of licensee for acts of servants.—The holder of a licence, permit, pass or authorisation granted under this
Section72 - Import, export, etc., of intoxicant by any person on account of another.—
Section73 - Penalty for attempt or abetment.—Whoever attempts to commit or abets the commission of an offence under this Act shall,
Section74 - Breach of licence, permit, etc., to be an offence.—
Section75 - Penalty for conspiracy.—When two or more persons agree,
Section76 - Penalty for being drunk and for disorderly behaviour.—Whoever,
Section77 - Penalty for allowing any premises to be used for the purpose of committing an offence under this Act.—
Section78 - Penalty for chemist, druggist, etc., for allowing his premises to be used for the purpose of consumption of liquor.—A
Section79 - Penalty for issuing false prescriptions.—If a registered medical practitioner issues a prescription with the intention
Section81 - Punishment for vexatious search, seizure or arrest.—Any officer or person exercising powers under this Act, who,
Section82 - Punishment for vexatious delay.—Any officer or person, who vexatiously and unnecessarily delays forwarding to the
Section83 - Punishment for abetment of escape of persons arrested.—Any officer exercising powers under this Act, who,
Chapter7 - SPECIAL RULES OF EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE REGARDING TRIAIL OF OFFENCES
Section84 - Penalty for offences not otherwise provided for.—Whoever is guilty of any wilful act or intentional omission in
Section85 - Presumption as to commission of offence in certain cases.—
Section86 - Documents or reports of registered medical practitioners, etc., as evidence.—Any document purporting to be,
Section87 - Procedure to be followed by Magistrates.—
Section88 - Offences to be cognizable and non-bailable.—
Section89 - Compounding of offences.—
Section90 - The Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, and section 562 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, not to apply to persons
Section91 - Demand for security for abstaining from commission of certain offences.—
Section92 - Demand for security for good behaviour.—
Section93 - Execution of bonds in respect of minors.—If any person in respect of whom a bond is ordered to be executed under
Section94 - Things liable to confiscation.—
Section95 - Return to bona fide owners.—When, during the trial of a case for an offence under this Act, the Court decides that
Section96 - Procedure in confiscation.—When an offence under this Act has been committed and the offender is not known or cannot be
Section97 - Power to order sale or destruction.—If the thing in question is liable to speedy and natural decay or if the
Section98 - Forfeiture of publication containing prohibited advertisements.—
Section99 - Powers of entry and inspection.—The Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner, or any Prohibition Officer duly empowered in
Chapter8 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS IN THE MATTER OF DETECTION AND INVESTIGATION OF
Section100 - Power to open packages, etc.—
Section101 - Power to require production of licence, etc.—
Section102 - Power to obtain information.—
Section103 - Power to seize intoxicant, etc.—The Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner, or any Prohibition Officer duly empowered in
Section104 - Arrest of offender and seizure of contraband article.—
Section105 - Arrest without warrant.—The Commissioner or the Deputy Commissioner, or any Prohibition Officer duly empowered in this
Section106 - Arrest of offenders failing to give names.—
Section107 - Issue of warrant.—
Section108 - Prohibition officers may be empowered to investigate offences.—
Section109 - Power to require person to submit to medical examination, etc.—
Section110 - Arrested person or thing seized to be sent to nearest Police Station.—Every person arrested and thing seized by a
Section111 - Bail by a Prohibition Officer.—
Section112 - Articles seized.—When anything has been seized by a Prohibition Officer other than the Commissioner or the Deputy
Section113 - Landlords and others to give information.—
Section114 - Offence to be reported.—
Chapter9 - APPEALS AND REVISIONS
Section115 - Appeals and Revisions.—
Section116 - Revision.—The State Government may call for and examine records of any proceedings before any Prohibition Officer
Chapter10 - MISCELLANEOUS
Section117 - Officers and persons acting under this Act to be public servants.— All officers and persons empowered to exercise any
Section118 - Bar of proceedings.—No suit or proceeding shall lie against the Government or against any Prohibition, Police or other
Section119 - Prohibition Officer deemed Police Officer for purposes of section 125 of Evidence Act.—A Prohibition Officer shall be
Section120 - Proceeding in case of default of person admitted on bail to appear before Prohibition Officer.—When, by reason of
Section121 - Employment of additional Police.—
Section122 - Closing of shops.—
Section123 - General powers of State Government in respect of licences, etc.— Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, or the
Section124 - Power of State Government to make rules.—
Section125 - Rules, regulations, etc., to be laid before State Legislature.—Every rule or regulation made under this Act, every
Section126 - Commissioner’s powers to make regulations.—
Section127 - This Act not applicable to import or export across customs frontier.—For removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that
Section128 - Offences by companies, etc.—
Section129 - Repeal and savings.—
Section130 - Power to remove difficulties.—
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