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1) Whenever any liquor is manufactured, exported, imported or transported, collected or possessed or sold, in contravention of this Act, the owner or occupier of such land or building or his agent, Village Officer or village Police, chairperson/members of local bodies and every Officer of Police, Forest and Land Revenue department shall, in the absence of reasonable excuse, be bound to give notice of the fact to Magistrate or to an Officer of the Excise Department as soon as the fact comes to their knowledge.
(2) All such Officers including Officers of Departments of Police, Forest and Revenue, Chairperson, members or persons as are referred to in Sub- section (1) shall be bound-
(a) to take all reasonable measures in their power to prevent the commission of such breaches which they may know, or have reason to believe are about or likely to be committed; and (b) to assist the Excise Officer in carrrying out the provisions of this Act.
(3) every Excise Officer shall be bound to give immediate information either to his immediate superior or to an Excise Sub- Inspector, of all breaches of any of the provisions of this Act, which may come to his knowledge under Sub- section (1) or Section 82 - otherwise