THE UTTAR PRADESH INTOXICATING LIQUOR (OBJECTIONABLE ADVERTISEMENTS) ACT, 1976¹

1976 · State unknown · central · act_text

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1 · For Statement of Objects and Reasons see Uttar Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary, dated March 3, 1976.

4 · Where any advertisement relating to an intoxicating liquor has been published in contravention of section 3, it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that the person on whose behalf it purports to have been published is the person who has published it or caused it to be published.

5 · (1) Subject to the provisions of any rules made in this behalf, any Excise Officer not below the rank of Excise Inspector may —

6 · Any person who contravenes the provisions of section 3 shall, on conviction, be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to six months or with fine or with both.

7 · (1) If the person committing an offence under this Act is a company, the company as well as every person in-charge of and responsible to the company for the conduct of its business at the time of the commission of the offence shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly :

8 · (1) An Excise Officer not below the rank of Excise Inspector may investigate any offence under this Act committed within the limits of the area in which he exercises jurisdiction and shall have in respect of such investigation the same powers as an officer-in-charge of a police station has in a cognizable case under the provisions of Chapter XII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and may in particular make such investigation without any order of a magistrate.

9 · No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.

10 · (1) The District Magistrate may accept from any person against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he has committed any offence punishable under this Act such sum of money as he thinks fit by way of composition for the offence which such person is suspected to have committed.

11 · The State Government may, by notification in the Gazette , make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

12 · (1) The Uttar Pradesh Intoxicating Liquor (Objectionable Advertisements) Ordinance, 1976. is hereby repealed.

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