Act Info:Preamble 1 - KARNATAKA PROHIBITION ACT, 1961
Chapter I
Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2 - Definitions
Chapter II
Section 3 - Prohibition Commissioner
Section 4 - Deputy Commissioner
Section 5 - Subordinate officers
Section 6 - Investing officers of other departments with powers and duties under this Act
Section 7 - Board of Experts
Section 8 - Committees
Section 9 - Medical Boards
Section 10 - Control of Commissioner over Prohibition Officers and other Officers
Section 11 - Delegation
Chapter III
Schedule 12 - Prohibition of the manufacture of, traffic in and consumption of liquors and intoxicating drugs
Section 13 - Alterations of denatured spirit or denatured spirituous preparations
Section 14 - Prohibition of soliciting use of intoxicant or hemp or doing any kind of action calculating to incite or encourage member of public to commit offence
Section 15 - Prohibition of publication of advertisements relating to intoxicants, etc
Section 16 - This Chapter not to apply to certain articles
Chapter IV
Section 17 - Power to notify exemptions
Section 18 - Establishment of distilleries and warehouses for intoxicants or licensing manufacture of intoxicants
Section 19 - Intoxicating drug or hemp not to be removed from warehouse
Section 20 - Passes for import, etc
Section 21 - Passes for through consignments
Section 22 - Licences for possession of denatured spirit, rectified spirit and alcohol for industrial or medicinal purposes
Section 23 - Licences for bona fide medicinal or other purposes
Section 24 - Licence for purchase, etc., of liquor for manufacture of articles mentioned in section 16
Section 25 - Licence for tapping for neera
Section 26 - Licences for tapping toddy in specified areas
Section 27 - Trade and import licences
Section 28 - Vendors' licences
Section 29 - Licences to ship companies and to masters of ships
Section 30 - Permission to use or consume foreign liquor on war ships, troop ships and in messes and canteens of Armed Forces
Section 31 - Permits to foreigners residing temporarily in India
Scheme 32 - Health permits
Section 33 - Emergency permits
Section 34 - Special permits to foreign sovereigns, etc
Scheme 35 - Permits to be non-transferable
Section 36 - Authorisation for sacramental purposes
Section 37 - Tourists' Permits
Section 38 - Interim Permits
Section 39 - Regulation of use or consumption of foreign liquor by certain Permit-holders
Section 40 - Licence for consumption or use of intoxicating drugs
Section 41 - Regulation of sale, etc., of ware housed intoxicants or hemp
Section 42 - Regulation of import, export, etc., of mhowra flowers
Section 43 - Control and export, etc., of molasses
Section 44 - General conditions regarding licences, etc
Section 45 - Power to cancel or suspend licences and permits
Section 46 - Holder of licence, etc., not entitled to compensation or refund of fee, for cancellation or suspension
Section 47 - Cancellation for other reasons
Section 48 - Right to title or interest under licence not liable to be sold or attached in execution
Section 49 - Control and regulation of articles mentioned in section 16 to prevent their use as intoxicating liquor
Section 50 - Analysis of articles mentioned in section 16
Chapter V
Section 51 - Excise duties
Section 52 - Manner of levying excise duties
Section 53 - Power to exempt, remit or refund excise duty
Section 54 - Declaration of stock of articles mentioned in section 16
Section 55 - Power to obtain information and to search and seize excisable articles
Section 56 - x x x
Section 57 - Recovery of duties, etc
Chapter VI
Section 58 - Penalty for illegal import, etc., of intoxicants or hemp
Section 59 - Penalty for illegal cultivation and collection of hemp and other matters
Section 60 - Penalty for alteration or attempt to alter denatured spirit or denatured spirituous preparation
Section 61 - Penalty for manufacture of articles mentioned in section 16 in contravention of provisions of section 49
Section 62 - Penalty for failure to satisfy the Commissioner under sub-section (1) or to comply with a requisition under sub-section (2) of section 50
Section 63 - Penalty for illegal import, etc., of mhowra flowers
Section 64 - Penalty for illegal import, etc., of molasses
Section 65 - Penalty for printing or publishing advertisement relating to intoxicants or circulating newspapers, etc., containing such advertisements
Section 66 - Penalty for inciting or encouraging certain acts
Section 67 - Penalty for non-compliance with order made under section 55
Scheme 68 - Penalty for import, etc., of intoxicant without payment of duty
Section 69 - Penalty for misconduct of licensee, etc
Section 70 - Penalty for misconduct by licensed vendor or manufacturer
Section 71 - Liability of licensee for acts of servants
Section 72 - Import, export, etc., of intoxicant by any person on account of another
Section 73 - Penalty for attempt or abetment
Section 74 - Breach of licence, permit, etc., to be an offence
Section 75 - Penalty for conspiracy
Section 76 - Penalty for being drunk and for disorderly behaviour
Section 77 - Penalty for allowing any premises to be used for the purpose of committing an offence under this Act
Section 78 - Penalty for chemist, druggist, etc., for allowing his premises to be used for the purpose of consumption of liquor
Section 79 - Penalty for issuing false prescriptions
Section 80 - Penalty for maliciously giving false information
Section 81 - Punishment for vexatious search, seizure or arrest
Section 82 - Punishment for vexatious delay
Section 83 - Punishment for abetment of escape of persons arrested
Section 84 - Penalty for offences not otherwise provided for
Chapter VII
Section 85 - Presumption as to commission of offence in certain cases
Section 86 - Documents or reports of registered medical practitioners, etc., as evidence
Section 87 - Procedure to be followed by Magistrates
Section 88 - Offences to be cognizable and non-bailable
Scheme 89 - Compounding of offences
Section 90 - The Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, and section 562 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, not to apply to persons convicted under this Act
Section 91 - Demand for security for abstaining from commission of certain offences
Section 92 - Demand for security for good behaviour
Section 93 - Execution of bonds in respect of minors
Section 94 - Things liable to confiscation
Section 95 - Return to bona fide owners
Section 96 - Procedure in confiscation
Section 97 - Power to order sale or destruction
Section 98 - Forfeiture of publication containing prohibited advertisements
Chapter VIII
Section 99 - Powers of entry and inspection
Section 100 - Power to open packages, etc
Section 101 - Power to require production of licence, etc
Section 102 - Power to obtain information
Section 103 - Power to seize intoxicant, etc
Scheme 104 - Arrest of offender and seizure of contraband article
Section 105 - Arrest without warrant
Section 106 - Arrest of offenders failing to give names
Section 107 - Issue of warrant
Section 108 - Prohibition officers may be empowered to investigate offences
Section 109 - Power to require person to submit to medical examination, etc
Section 110 - Arrested person or thing seized to be sent to nearest Police Station
Section 111 - Bail by a Prohibition Officer
Section 112 - Articles seized
Section 113 - Landlords and others to give information
Section 114 - Offence to be reported
Chapter IX
Section 115 - Appeals and Revisions
Section 116 - Revision
Chapter X
Section 117 - Officers and persons acting under this Act to be public servants
Section 118 - Bar of proceedings
Section 119 - Prohibition Officer deemed Police Officer for purposes of section 125 of Evidence Act
Section 120 - Proceeding in case of default of person admitted on bail to appear before Prohibition Officer
Section 121 - Employment of additional Police
Section 122 - Closing of shops
Section 123 - General powers of State Government in respect of licences, etc
Section 124 - Power of State Government to make rules
Section 125 - Rules, regulations, etc., to be laid before State Legislature
Section 126 - Commissioner's powers to make regulations
Section 127 - This Act not applicable to import or export across customs frontier
Section 128 - Offences by companies, etc
Section 129 - Repeal and savings
Section 130 - Power to remove difficulties
Schedule I - SCHEDULE A
Schedule II - SCHEDULE B