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TypeBare Act JurisdictionOrissa Government

The Odisha Excise Act Section 67

Penalty on Excise Officer making vexatious search seizure, detention or arrest and refusing to do duty

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The Odisha Excise Act Section 67 is part of The Odisha Excise Act - Penalty on Excise Officer making vexatious search seizure, detention or arrest and refusing to do duty. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) Any Excise Officer or other person who vexatiously and without reasonable ground for suspicion– (a) enters or searches or causes to be entered or searched any closed place under colour of exercising any power conferred by this Act, or (b) seizes the moveable property of any person on the pretext of seizing or searching for any article liable to confiscation under this Act, or (c) searches, detains or arrests any person, or (d) in any other way exceeds his lawful powers under this Act, shall, on conviction be punished with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees.

(2) Any Excise Officer who, without lawful excuse shall cease or refuse to perform, or withdraw himself from the duties of his office, unless expressly allowed to do so in writing by the Excise Commissioner, or unless he shall have given to his official superior officer two months' notice in writing of his intention to do so, or who shall be guilty of cowardice, shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment, which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or Section 68 - with both

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What does The Odisha Excise Act Section 67 provide?

Section Section 67 of the The Odisha Excise Act (Penalty on Excise Officer making vexatious search seizure, detention or arrest and refusing to do duty) is reproduced on this page as part of the The Odisha Excise Act. 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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