Act Info:
Preamble 1 - [KARNATAKA] EXCISE ACT, 1965
Chapter I Section 1 - Short title, extent, commencement and application
Section 2 - Definitions
Chapter II Section 3 - Appointment of Excise Commissioner
Section 4 - Deputy Commissioner
Section 5 - Joint Commissioner of Excise and Deputy Commissioner of Excise
Section 6 - Appointment of Superintendents of Excise and Deputy Superintendents of Excise
Section 5A - Constitution of an Intelligence Bureau and appointment of Superintendents and Deputy Superintendents of Excise (Intelligence Bureau)
Section 6 - Appointment of Inspectors of Excise, Sub-Inspectors of Excise and other subordinate officers
Section 7 - Delegation of powers
Chapter III Section 8 - Import of intoxicant
Section 9 - Export of intoxicant
Section 10 - Prohibiting of transport of intoxicant
Section 11 - Transport of intoxicant
Section 12 - Permits for transport
Chapter IV Section 13 - Manufacture, etc., of excisable article prohibited except under a licence
Section 14 - Possession of excisable articles in excess of the quantity prescribed
Section 15 - Sale of excisable articles without licence prohibited
Section 15A - Consumption or allowing consumption of Liquor in unlicensed Public Places
Section 16 - Establishment of distilleries and warehouses
Section 16A - Licence to manufacture, bottle or manufacture and bottle arrack for sale
Section 16B - Licences granted for manufacture and bottling of arrack cease to be valid
Section 17 - Power to grant lease of right to manufacture, etc
Section 18 - Lessee's permission to draw toddy
Section 19 - Duties of licensees with regard to measurement and testing
Section 20 - Prohibition of employment of children and of women
Section 21 - Closing of shops for the preservation of public peace etc
Chapter V Section 22 - Excise duty or countervailing duty on excisable articles
Section 23 - Ways of levying such duties
Section 24 - Payment of fees for grant of lease
Section 24A - Grant of Exclusive or other privilege in respect of foreign liquor
Section 25 - Tax for tapping trees from whom leviable
Chapter VI Section 26 - Form and conditions of licence, etc
Section 27 - Power to take security and counterpart agreement
Section 28 - Technical defect, irregularities and omissions
Section 29 - Power to cancel or suspend licence, etc
Section 30 - Power to withdraw licence
Section 31 - Surrender of licence
Chapter VII Section 32 - Penalty for illegal import, etc
Section 33 - Penalty for rendering denatured spirit fit for human consumption
Section 34 - Penalty for illegal possession
Section 35 - Penalty for offence not otherwise provided for
Section 36 - Penalty for misconduct of licensee, etc
Section 37 - Penalty for adulteration, etc., by licensed vendor or manufacturer
Section 38 - Penalty for consumption in Chemist's shop, etc
Section 38A - Penalty for allowing premises, etc, to be used for the purpose of committing an offence under this Act
Section 39 - Manufacture, sale or possession by one person on account of another
Section 40 - Presumption as to commission of offence in certain cases
Section 41 - Criminal liability of licensee for acts of servants
Section 42 - Enhanced punishment after previous conviction
Section 42A - Security for abstaining from commission of certain offences
Section 43 - Liability of certain things to confiscation
Section 43A - Confiscation by Excise Officers in certain cases
Section 43B - Issue of show-cause notice before confiscation under section 43A
Section 43C - Order of confiscation when an offender is not known or cannot be found etc
Section 43D - Revision
Section 43E - Appeal
Section 43F - Award of confiscation not to interfere with other punishments
Section 43G - Bar of jurisdiction in certain cases
Section 44 - x x x
Section 45 - Compounding of offences
Section 45A - Imposition of penalty by Excise Officers
Section 45B - Special provision to accept money or to impose penalty in lieu of cancellation or suspension of licence
Section 46 - Penalty on Excise Officer making vexatious search, seizure detention or arrest
Section 47 - Penalty for Excise Officer refusing to do duty
Section 48 - Penalty for vexatious delay
Section 49 - Penalty for abetment of escape of person arrested, etc
Chapter VIII Section 50 - Landholders, officers and others to give information
Section 51 - Power to enter and inspect places of manufacture and sale
Section 51A - Third party inspection or special audit
Section 52 - Power to arrest without warrant, to seize articles liable for confiscation and to make searches
Section 53 - Power of magistrate to issue a warrant
Section 54 - Power to search without warrant
Section 55 - Power of Excise Officers in matters of investigation
Section 56 - Report by Investigating Officer
Section 57 - Report by Excise Officer
Section 58 - Arrest, search, etc., how to be made
Section 59 - Security for appearance in case of arrest without warrant
Section 59A - Certificate of Inspectors of Excise to be evidence
Section 60 - Procedure for prosecution
Section 60A - Procedure to be followed by Magistrate
Chapter IX Section 61 - Appeals
Section 62 - Revision
Chapter X Section 63 - Recovery of Government dues
Section 63A - Recovery of certain tax arrears as arrears of excise revenue
Section 64 - Government lien on property of defaulters
Section 65 - Recovery of dues by lessee under section 17
Section 66 - Refund in case of exported liquor
Section 67 - Power of State Government to exempt, etc
Section 68 - Protection of action taken under this Act
Section 68A - Suit or prosecution in respect of acts done under colour of duty not to be entertained without sanction of the State Government
Section 68B - Bar of jurisdiction of Civil Courts
Section 68C - Injunction not to be granted in respect of recovery of excise dues
Section 68D - Excise revenue to be paid irrespective of pendency of any Writ Petition, Suit etc
Section 69 - Limitation of suits
Section 70 - Offences by companies, etc
Section 71 - Power to make rules
Section 72 - Repeal and saving