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A.D. 1840.]
ACT XXV.
99
three months, and in case of non-payment of the Hne, to further imprison-
ment not exceeding three months; and the sentence shall be adjudged
by any officer competent to adjudicate cases of contravention of the
abkarry laws.
XI. And it is hereby enacted, that it shall be lawful for any officer
employed in the abkarry department to enter and inspect at any time, by
day or by night, the shop or premises in which any licensed abkar shall
carry on the sale or manufacture of fermented or spirituous liquors, or
intoxicating drugs or liquors, in order to satisfy himself that nothing is
going on in contravention of the abkarry laws, or of the conditions of the
^ license.
XII. And it is hereby enacted, that if any ofHcer of the abkarry depart-
ment be convicted before the magistrate of any district of having vexa-
tiously and unnecessarily seized the goods of any person on the pretence of
seizing or searching for illicit stills, spirituous liquors, intoxicating drugs,
or the materials for manufacturing the same, or of having vexatiously and
unnecessarily arrested any person, or of committing any other excess not
required for the execution of his duty, every such ofHcer shall, besides
dismissal be punished with imprisonment not exceeding six months, and
with Hne not exceeding two hundred rupees, commutable, if not paid, to
a further imprisonment not exceeding six months.
XIII. And it is hereby enacted, that whenever in this Act or in any
other law the terms " officers employed in the abkarry department " are
used, they shall be deemed and construed to apply to such officers as receive
salary from and are appointed by the persons in charge of the abkarry
department in the district, or such officers as the commissioner of the
abkarry revenue may by special delegation or appointment empower to
act in relation to this branch of the revenue.
XIV. And it is hereby enacted, that every person holding a license for
the manufacture or sale of fermented or spirituous liquors or intoxicating
drugs shall preserve such license at the shop or premises specifed in the
body of the license, and shall exhibit the license on the demand of any
abkarry ofHcer who shall desire to inspect the same; and any such licensed
manufacturer or vendor who shall refuse or be unable to produce his
ct^ix^isn^ license on the demand of any abkarry ofHcer, shall be liable, o%
a to a Hne not exceeding two hundred rupees, or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, and in case of
non-payment of the Hne, to further imprisonment not exceeding a like
term.
XV. And it is hereby enacted, that one moiety of all Hnes realized
from persons convicted of the illicit possession or manufacture or sale of
fermented or spirituous liquors or intoxicating drugs, excepting opium,
and of the proceeds from sale of articles conHscated, shall upon adjudica-
tion of the case be awarded to the ofHcer or ofHcers who may have appre-
hended the offender or seized the illicit articles, and the other half shall
be given to the informer, as provided in Clause Eighth, Section XXII.
o 2
Penalties for unne-
cessary or vexatious
Definition of term
"oncers of abkarry
department."
Abkarry license, bow
to be exhibited and
produced.
Penalty for refusal.
Fines and proceeds
of seizure, how appro-
priable.
ACT XXV.
99
three months, and in case of non-payment of the Hne, to further imprison-
ment not exceeding three months; and the sentence shall be adjudged
by any officer competent to adjudicate cases of contravention of the
abkarry laws.
XI. And it is hereby enacted, that it shall be lawful for any officer
employed in the abkarry department to enter and inspect at any time, by
day or by night, the shop or premises in which any licensed abkar shall
carry on the sale or manufacture of fermented or spirituous liquors, or
intoxicating drugs or liquors, in order to satisfy himself that nothing is
going on in contravention of the abkarry laws, or of the conditions of the
^ license.
XII. And it is hereby enacted, that if any ofHcer of the abkarry depart-
ment be convicted before the magistrate of any district of having vexa-
tiously and unnecessarily seized the goods of any person on the pretence of
seizing or searching for illicit stills, spirituous liquors, intoxicating drugs,
or the materials for manufacturing the same, or of having vexatiously and
unnecessarily arrested any person, or of committing any other excess not
required for the execution of his duty, every such ofHcer shall, besides
dismissal be punished with imprisonment not exceeding six months, and
with Hne not exceeding two hundred rupees, commutable, if not paid, to
a further imprisonment not exceeding six months.
XIII. And it is hereby enacted, that whenever in this Act or in any
other law the terms " officers employed in the abkarry department " are
used, they shall be deemed and construed to apply to such officers as receive
salary from and are appointed by the persons in charge of the abkarry
department in the district, or such officers as the commissioner of the
abkarry revenue may by special delegation or appointment empower to
act in relation to this branch of the revenue.
XIV. And it is hereby enacted, that every person holding a license for
the manufacture or sale of fermented or spirituous liquors or intoxicating
drugs shall preserve such license at the shop or premises specifed in the
body of the license, and shall exhibit the license on the demand of any
abkarry ofHcer who shall desire to inspect the same; and any such licensed
manufacturer or vendor who shall refuse or be unable to produce his
ct^ix^isn^ license on the demand of any abkarry ofHcer, shall be liable, o%
a to a Hne not exceeding two hundred rupees, or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, and in case of
non-payment of the Hne, to further imprisonment not exceeding a like
term.
XV. And it is hereby enacted, that one moiety of all Hnes realized
from persons convicted of the illicit possession or manufacture or sale of
fermented or spirituous liquors or intoxicating drugs, excepting opium,
and of the proceeds from sale of articles conHscated, shall upon adjudica-
tion of the case be awarded to the ofHcer or ofHcers who may have appre-
hended the offender or seized the illicit articles, and the other half shall
be given to the informer, as provided in Clause Eighth, Section XXII.
o 2
Penalties for unne-
cessary or vexatious
Definition of term
"oncers of abkarry
department."
Abkarry license, bow
to be exhibited and
produced.
Penalty for refusal.
Fines and proceeds
of seizure, how appro-
priable.