The Assam Liquor Prohibition ( Amendment) Act, 1976

t — ^ -1 2 Registered No .—A-12 SPTCf swts iw$w ■58ft’ f# ‘ . £ id '. , i'C tj s. .' i .;■;•.!■ - I - - ■--■ '>■■■■-■ •--■ The Assam Gazet te - • ; 13'b il l *'.<> i' ll SPfRH'l EXTRAORDINARY •>.’ t r rrr b'~ fT <2}1̂ (2M*t^5 r ; H . J? f t - t ' -3 . PUBLISHED BY AUT HORITY 97, 23 1976, 1 1898 No , 97, Dispur, Th ur sday , 23rd Se ptem be r, 1976, 1st Asv in a 1898 ( S . E. ) GOVERNMEN T OF ASSAM O R D E R S B Y T H E G O V E R N O R LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMEN T N O T IF IC A T IO N S T h e 20th Septe m ber 1976 N o .L JL . 31 /7 6/3 .— t h e fo llo wing A ct o f th e Assam Le gisla tiv e Ass em bl y w hic h re ce iv ed th e as se n t o f th e G ov er no r is he re by pu bl ishe d fo r gen er al i n fo rm ati o n . 576 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXT RAO RDINAR Y, SEPT. 23, 1976 ASSA M AC T XV OF 1976 (R eceiv ed th e as se nt o f the G overn or on the 16th Se pt em be r, 1976) THE ASSAM LIQUOR PROHIBITION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1976 1 An A c t fu rthe r to amend the Assam Liq uor Prohibi ­ tion Act, 1952. Preamble. Whereas it is exp edient fu rthe r to amend the Assam Liq uor Prohib itio n Act, 1952, here- Art ina fte r called the princi pal Act in the manner I of 1953, hereinaf ter app ear ing ; It is he reb y enacted in the Tw ent y-seve nth Year of t he Republic of Ind ia as follows :— Short title, 1. ext ent and commence­ men t. (1) Thi s Act may be Liq uor Prohib itio n 1976. called the Assam (Amendment) Act, (2) It sha ll have the like ex ten t as the prin cipal Act. (3) It sha ll come into force at once. Insertion of a new section after Section 3 of the Assam Act I of 1953. 2. Af ter Section 3 of the princi pal Act the following sha ll be inserted as Section 3A, na m el y:— "3A. No persons sha ll — (1) publish or disp lay adv ert isement of liqu or or of any pre parat ion fit fo r use as into xicatin g liquor, in the News papers, Periodicals, Jou rna ls. Ho ar­ dings, Banners, etc., pri nted and pub­ lishe d in and from th at area ; (2) import/p ossess any News paper , Jou rna l, Preriod ical , etc., if they con­ tain adv ert isement of liquor or of any pre parat ion fit for use as intoxi­ cating liquor.” V. TA HB ILDA R, Sec reta ry to the G ovt, of Assa m, Legis lative Depar tment .