Gujarat Prohibition Act (Bombay Prohibition), 1949
(1) The '[State] Government may make rules for the purpose of carrying' out the provisions of this Act or any other law for the time being in force relating to excise revenues. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, the '[State] Government may make rules,— (a) regulating the delegation of any powers by the '[Director], by the Collector, or by any other Prohibition Officer ; (b) regulating the import, export, transport, '[collection], sale, purchase, '[bottling], consumption, use or possession of any intoxicant, '[denatured spirituous preparation] or hemp, mhowra flowers or molasses ; '[(bb) regulating the possession, manufacture, use and consumption of rotten gur and the possession, manufacture and use of ammonium chloride;] (c) regulating the manufacture of any intoxicant '[ or denatura spirituous preparation]; (d) regulating the cultivation and collection of hemp ; (e) regulating the tapping of toddy producing trees and drawing of toddy therefrom; (f) regulating the grant, suspension or cancellation of licences, permits, passes or authorizations for the import, export, transport, '[collection, sale, purchase], possession, manufacture, ''[bottling,] consumption, use or cultivation of any of the above articles mentioned in '['[clauses (b) and (bb) ] and for the matters specified in clause (c )); (g) regulating the periods and localities for which the licences may be granted for the wholesale or retail vend of any of the above articles mentioned in ''[clauses (b) and (bb) ] ; (h) providing for the consulting of public opinion and prescribing the procedure to be followed and the matters to be ascertained before any licence, permit, pass or authorization for the vend, consumption or use of any of the above articles mentioned in [clauses (b) and (bb) ] is granted to any person or in any locality ; [(h1) prescribing the restrictions under which and the conditions on which any licence, permit, pass or authorization may be granted including— (i) the prohibition of the admixture with any intoxicant of any substance deemed to be noxious or objectionable ; (ii) the fixing of the strength, price or quantity in excess of or below which any intoxicant or mihowra flowers shall not be sold or supplied, and the quantity in excess of which denatured spirit, denatured spirituous preparation or molasses shall not be possessed or sold and the prescription of a standard or quality for any intoxicant, denatured spirituous preparation, mihowra flowers or molasses ; (iii) the prohibition of sale of any intoxicant, [denatured spirituous preparation, hemp, rottern gur or ammonium chloride ] except for cash; (iv) the prescription of the days and hours during which any licensed premises may or may not be kept open and provisions for the closure of such premises on special occasions; (v) the prescription of the nature of the premises on which any [intoxicant, rotten gur or ammonium chloride ] may be sold and the notices to be exposed at such premises; (vi) the prescription of the accounts to be maintained and the returns to be submitted by licence holders or permit holders; (vii) the regulation or prohibition of the transfer of licences; (viii) the writing of the names and addresses and the taking of signatures of purchasers in the register of sale of any intoxicant, hemp, [mihowra flowers, molasses, rotten gur or ammonium chloride ] or any article the sale or purchase of which is regulated by clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 139; (h2) (i) declaring the processes by which spirits shall be denatured in particular areas, or for particular purposes; (ii) for causing such spirits to be denatured through the agency or under the supervision of the Government Officers and for the payment of charges for such supervision; (iii) for ascertaining whether such spirits have been denatured. ] (i) prohibiting and regulating the employment by the licence holder of any person or classes of persons to assist him in his business in any capacity whatsoever. (j) prescribing the manner in which the juice from a coconut, brab, date or any kind of palm trees is to be treated for the purposes of preventing of fermentation ; '[ (k) prescribing the persons or classes of persons to whom any intoxicant, denatured spirituous preparation, hemp, '[ mhowra flowers, molasses, rotten gur or ammonium chloride ] may or may not be sold or who may or may not be allowed to sell, purchase or use any of these articles;] (l) for the prevention of drunkenness, gambling or disorderly conduct in or near any licensed premises and the meeting and remaining of persons of bad character on such premises; '[(L-1) prescribing the occasions on which special orders may be granted for the sale by retail of larger quantities of liquor or intoxicating drugs, of opium than those which are prescribed in any notification issued under this Act and the conditions on which such sales may be made; (L-2) prescribing the amount of security to be deposited by the holder of any licence, permit, pass or authorization for the performance of the conditions for the same; (L-3) providing for the maintenance by the holders of licences, permits, passes or authorizations of the registers of sales, purchases, possession, consumption or use and the particulars to be entered in the register;] '[m) regulating the grant of rewards or expenses to officers, informants or persons giving information or assistance in the detection or investigation of offences under this Act, and of compensation to persons charged with offences punishable under this Act and acquitted;] (n) regulating the printing, publishing or otherwise displaying or distributing any advertisement or other matter '"[soliciting the use of, or offering any '[ intoxicant, hemp, rotten gur or ammonium chloride] or calculated to encourage or incite any individual or class of individuals or the public generally to commit an offence under this Act or to commit a breach or evade the provisions of any rule or order made thereunder or the conditions of any licence, permit, pass or authorization issued thereunder ; (o) regulating within the State the circulation distribution or sale of newspaper, news-sheet, book, leaflet, booklet or other publication '[ printed and published outside the State containing any advertisement or matter which '][ * * * ] solicites the use of, or offers any ''[intoxicant, hemp, rotten gur or ammonium chloride],'' '' * * ''; ''[ (p) imposing restrictions and conditions on buyers of intoxicant, denatured spirituous preparation, hemp, ''[mhowra flowers, molasses, rotten gur or ammoniom chloride ] or any article the purchase of which is regulated by clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 139 including provision for compelling them to sign entries pertaining to the purchase by them of any of these articles ; ] [ * * ] (r) regulating the taking of -[ samples of molasses, rotten gur or ammoniom chloride ] ; -[r1] prescribing the constitution of committees, Boards and Medical Boards or pan-els thereof and the procedure regarding their work;] (s) prescribing the powers, functions and duties of Prohibition Officers, -[ Boards, Committees ] and -[ Medical Boards or Panels thereof ] and the fees and allowances payable to the members of the -[ Boards, Committees ] and -[ Medical Boards or panels thereof; ] -[ ( t ) prescribing the procedure regarding the work of Board of Experts ; -[(t1) prescribing conditions of through transport under section 29;] (u) prescribing the fees payable in respect of any privilege, licence, permit, pass or authorization granted or issued under this Act; -[(uu) prescribing the other persons, other institutions or the circumstances under clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 66 ;] -[(uuu) prescribing the form of the bond, nature of the community service, and the terms and conditions subject to which such service shall be rendered and medical treatment to which person shall be subject under sub-section (1) of section 92]. (v) prescribing the period within which and the form in which a declaration under section 107A shall be submitted, and the form in which account shall be maintained ; ] -[ (w) prescribing the manner of collecting and forwarding blood and prescribing the form of certificates, and the other particulars required to be stated therein under sub-section (2) of section 129A. ] (3) The power to make rules under this section shall be subject to the condition of previous publication : Provided that any such rules may be made without previous publication if the -[ State] Government considers that they should be brought into force at once. -[ (4) All rules made under this Act shall be laid for not less than thirty days before the State Legislature as soon as may be after they are made, and shall be subject to such modifications as the State Legislature may make during the session in which they so laid or the session immediately following. ]