RAJ EXCISE ACT PRE LEVEL 1

Section 1

Short title, extent and commencement: Act name, scope, and start date.

Section 3

Definitions: Meaning of specific legal terms used in the Act.

Section 4

Power of State Government to declare what is to be deemed "liquor": State may classify substances as liquor.

Section 5

Power of State Government to declare limit of sale by retail: State sets the retail versus wholesale quantity boundary.

Section 6

Possession by wife, clerk or servant: Master deemed in possession if held by employee/spouse.

Section 7

Saving of enactment relating to customs: Customs laws remain unaffected by this Act.

Section 8

Control of the Excise Department: Commissioner heads the administration under the State.

Section 9

Appointment of Commissioner and Excise Officers: State appoints the hierarchy of excise officials.

Section 9-A

Appeals and Revision: Rules for challenging excise orders and mandatory pre-deposits.

Section 9-B

Bar of jurisdiction of Civil Courts: Civil courts cannot hear or modify excise disputes.

Section 10

Appointment of officers and conferring powers: State can assign chapter powers to specific officers.

Section 10-A

Establishment of check-post and inspection of goods while in movement: Commissioner sets up transit check-posts.

Section 11

Import of excisable article: Mandatory conditions to bring goods into the State.

Section 12

Export and Transport of excisable article: Mandatory conditions to move goods out of or within the State.

Section 13

Power of State Government to prohibit, import, export and transport of excisable article: State can entirely ban the movement of goods.

Section 14

Passes necessary for import export and transport: Movement beyond set limits requires a pass.

Section 15

Grant of passes for import, export and transport: Issuance of general or special transit passes.

Schedule II

Bond for abstaining from the commission of offences under the Rajasthan Excise Act, 1950: Format of the good-behavior surety bond.