The Assam Liquor Prohibition (Amendment) Act, 1973
ASSAM ACT V OF 1974

( Received the assent of the Governor on the 23rd January, 1974)

THE ASSAM LIQUOR PROHIBITION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1973

[Published in the Aassam Gazette, Extraordinary, dated the 11th

February 1974 ]

An

**Act**

_to amend the Assam Liquor Prohibition Ac t, 1952._

Preamble. Whereas it is expedient to amend further

the Assam Liquor Pro hibitio n Act, 1952 (Assam
Act I of 1953), hereinafter called the Principal
Act, for the purpose hereinafter appearing; --

It is hereb y enacted in the twenty-fo urth

year of the Republic of India as follows :—

Short title, i. (1) This Act may be called the Assam

commence- Liquor Prohibition (Amendment) Act, 1973.

ment.

(2) It shall have the like extent as the

Principal Act.

(3) It shall come into force on the First

day of April, 1973.

Amendment 2. For sub-sections (2) and (7) of section 2

of section 2 of the principal Act, the following shall be

i [r]0^ [ss]1a9“ 3A ct’ substituted, namely :—

2. (2) "State Prohibition Council” means

the body of a non-official residents of the State
as may be constituted by the State Government
by notification in the official Gazette.

2. (7) "Prohibition Officer” means a person

appointed under section 17 (3) of the Act.

3. For section 17 of the Principal Act, the

Amendm ent
of section 17 following shall be substituted, nam ely:—
of Assam
Act, I of

1953.

17. (1) The State Government may, by

notification in the official Gazette, constitute

for the State and for such period as it may

deem fit, a State Prohibition Council consisting

♦ of two or more non-official residents of the

State as may be prescribed by the State Govern­
ment. The State Government may also, by like
notification, dissolve or reconstitute any such

Council.

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(2) The State Pro hibitio n Council may,

by notification in the official Gazette,
constitute for a district or pa rt there­
of and for such period as it may

deem fit, Prohibition Committees

consisting of two or more non-official
residents of the district. The State

Prohibition Council may also, by

like notification, dissolve or recons­

titute such prohibition Committees.

(3) For the purposes of Sections 10 and

11 of the Act, the State Government

may, by notification in the official
Gazette, appoint any member of a

Prohibition Committee by virtue

of office or otherwise to be a Prohi­
bition Officer and the relation of

officers so appointed to the State

Prohibition Council shall be such as
may be prescribed.

(4) The duties to be performed by the

State Prohibition Council and Pro­

hibition Committees and the relation
between the Council and the Com­

mittees and the relation of such

Committees to the Council shall be
such as may be prescribed.

4. In sub-section (2) (a) of section 23 of the

Amendm ent
p r in c ip a i Act, for the word "Commissioner” the
of Assam" words "State Prohibition Council” shall be

Act, X o f substituted.

1953.

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