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Opium Act, 1878 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1878

OPIUM ACT, 1878 OPIUM ACT, 1878 January 9, 1878 Act, No. of An Act to amend the law relating to opium. Preamble.- Whereas it is expedient to amend the law relating to opium. It is hereby enacted as follows Section 1 Short title and extent 1Words subs, for the words "It shall extend to such local areas as the Governor General In Council may, by notification In the Gazette of India, from time to time direct;" by Act 33 of 1950.[It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.] This Act may be called the Opium Act, 1878. Section 2 . 1 Sec. 2 rep. partly by Act 12 of 1891 and partly by Act 4 of 1894, which was earlier as under :- "2. Repeal of enactments. Amendment of Acts. Amendment of Act 7 of 1836.-The enactments mentioned In the schedule hereto annexed shall be repealed to the extent specified In the third column of the said schedule: And in Acts No. XI of 1849, No. XXI of 1856 and No. X Of 1871, and In Bengal Act No. II of 1876, the words "intoxicating drugs" (wherever they occur) shall not Include opium. The reference made to Bombay Regulations XXI of 1827 and XX of 1830 In Act No. VII of 1836 shall be read as if made to the corresponding.....

Bombay Abkari Act, 1878, (Maharashtra) Section 13

Title: Grant of Passes for Import, Export and Transport

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1878

Passes for the import, export or transport of excisable articles or hemp may be issued by the Collector or by any other Abkari-officer duly empowered in this behalf. Such passes may be either general for definite periods of time and definite kinds of excisable article or special for specified occasions and particular consignments only. Every such pass shall specify - (a) the name of person authorised to import, export or transport excisable articles or hemp ; (b) the period for which the pass is to be in force ; (c) the quantity and description of excisable articles or hemp for which it is granted; and (d) the places from and to which excisable articles or hemp are to be imported, exported or transported, and in the case of places more than ten miles apart, the route by which they are to be conveyed.]

Bombay Abkari Act, 1878, (Maharashtra) Section 12

Title: Passes Necessary for Import, Export and Transport

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1878

No excisable article and no hemp exceeding such quantity as Government may prescribe by notification in the Bombay Government Gazette either generally for the whole Presidency or specially for any local area, shall be imported, exported or transported except under a pass issued under the provisions of the next following section : Provided that - (i) in the case of duty-paid foreign liquor other than denatured spirit such passes shall be dispensed with, unless Government shall by notification in the Bombay Government Gazette otherwise direct with respect to any local area ; (ii) unless Government shall otherwise direct, no pass shall be required for the import, transport and export of any excisable article or hemp conveyed under a pass issued by an officer duly authorised in this behalf from any place beyond the limits of the Bombay Presidency to any other place beyond the limits of the said Presidency.

Bombay Abkari Act, 1878, (Maharashtra) Section 9 to 13

Title: Iii. Import, Export and Transport

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1878

Section 9 to 13 III. IMPORT, EXPORT AND TRANSPORT

Bombay Abkari Act, 1878, (Maharashtra) Section 10

Title: Export and Transport of Excisable Articles

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1878

No excisable article and no hemp shall be exported or transported unless - (a) the duty, if any imposed under section 19, or (b) if the article was previously imported, the duty, if any imposed on its importation under the Indian Tariff Act, 1894, or the Sea Customs Act, 1878 has been paid or a bond has been executed for the payment thereof.

Bombay Abkari Act, 1878, (Maharashtra) Section 11

Title: Power of Government to Prohibit Import, Export and Transport of Excisable Articles

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1878

Government may by notification in the Bombay Government Gazette - (a) prohibit the import or export of any excisable article or of hemp into or from the Bombay Presidency or any part thereof ; (b) prohibit the transport of any excisable article or of hemp.

Bombay Abkari Act, 1878, (Maharashtra) Section 19

Title: Duties on Import, Export, Transport and Manufacture

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1878

.....with the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 9; or (b) exported or transported in accordance with the provisions of section 10; or (c) manufactured under a licence granted in accordance with the provisions of section 14 or section 15 : Provided that,- (i) duty shall not be so imposed on any article which has been imported into British India and was liable on such importation to duty under the Indian Tariff Act, 1894, or the Sea Customs Act, 1878; (ii) the duty on denatured spirits or beer manufactured in India shall, unless Government 2[* * *] otherwise directs, be equal to the duty to which denatured spirits or beer respectively imported into British India by sea are or is liable under the Indian Tariff Act, 1894, or any other law for the time being in force relating to the duties of customs on goods imported into British India. Explanation. - Duty may be imposed under this section at different rates according to the places to which any excisable article is to be removed for consumption, or according to the varying strengths and quality of such article. ______________ 1. Sections 19 and 19-A were substituted for the original section 19 by Bom. Act XII of.....

Bombay Abkari Act, 1878 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1878

BOMBAY ABKARI ACT, 1878 BOMBAY ABKARI ACT, 1878 (Act V of 1878) [Passed on the 19th September, 1878] INTRODUCTION In India, orthodox religious opinions or rules have many a times influenced various political or social mass movements. The case of consumption of liquor is one of them. The issue of consumption of intoxicating drinks was condemned by the major oriental religions particularly Hindu and Muslim, in the subcontinent. But the advent of the Britishers in India changed the existing system, to a certain extent. The colonial Government secured income out of the production, sale and consumption of wine and other intoxicants. The main section of the independence movement led by the Indian National Congress was vigorously propagating against the consumption of intoxicating drinks and had launched a action programme of picketing against "liquor shops" to mobilise the people. The "liquor shop" was selected as a symbol of British Imperialism, so that a common man can fight against this identifiable imperialist object. Apart from this political object, other objectives were to make people conscious about health hazards of boozing and compell the Government treasury to.....

Opium Act, 1878 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1878

.....to the pre-Reorganisation State of Bombay (excluding the transferred territories) has been repealed in whole, see Bombay Repealing and Amending Act, 1959 (Born. Act LXIII of 1959). As to repeal of this Act in the other areas of the State of Bombay, sec Born. Act XXV of 1949 as amended by Born. Act XII of 1959. The Act has now been revived in Bombay area of Mysore by Mysore Act XVII of 1962. It has now been extended to the Union territory of- (1) Goa, Daman and Diu, by Regn. XII of 1962 (31-3-1963); (2) Pondicherry, by Regn. VII of 1963 (1-10-1963); and (3) Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands, by Regn, VIII of 1965 (1-10- 1967). The Act has been extended to the Union territory of Dadraand Nagar Havell by G.S.R. 450 of 1968 issued under .Section 10 of Act 31 of 1965, with effect from 1-4- 1968. Act enforced in the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu on 31-1-1963-See Goa Govt. Gaz" 31-1-1963, Sr. I, No. 5 (Supplement), P. 31, SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE This Act may be called THE OPIUM ACT, 1878. Local extent.-2[It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.] SECTION 02: REPEAL AND AMENDMENT OF ENACTMENT -[Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act,.....

Bombay Abkari Act, 1878, (Maharashtra) Section 19A

Title: Manner of Levying Duty

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1878

..... (ii) by payment upon issue for sale from a warehouse established or licensed under section 15; (d) in the case of spirit or beer manufactured in any distillery established or any distillery or brewery licensed under section 15- (i) by a rate charged upon the quantity produced in or issued from the distillery or brewery, as the case may be, or issued from a warehouse established or licensed under section 15, or (ii) by a rate charged in accordance with such scale of equivalents, calculated on the quantity of materials used or by the degree of attenuation of the wash or wort, as case may be, as Government may prescribe; (e) in the case of intoxicating drugs manufactured in accordance with the provisions of section 14, by payment upon the quantity produced or manufactured in accordance with the provisions of section 14 or issued from a warehouse established or licensed under section 15 : Provided that where payment is made upon issue for sale from a warehouse established or licensed under section 15 such payment shall be at the rate of the duty in force at the date of issue from the warehouse : Provided further that where one and the same person is.....