Karnataka Excise Act, 1965(Karnataka) Section 48 - Bare Act

Any officer or person exercising powers under this Act, who vexatiously and unnecessarily delays forwarding to the nearest Excise Officer or to the officer in charge of the nearest police station, as required by sub-section (2) of section 59 any person arrested, shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.