When two or more persons agree-
(a) to commit or cause to be committed any offence under this Act, or
(b) 1* * * * to commit a breach or a condition of a licence, permit, pass or authorization,
each of such persons shall, on conviction, be punished with 2[imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years but which may extend to five years or with fine which shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees but which may extend to fifty thousand rupees] or with both.
(a) to commit or cause to be committed any offence under this Act, or
(b) 1* * * * to commit a breach or a condition of a licence, permit, pass or authorization,
each of such persons shall, on conviction, be punished with 2[imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years but which may extend to five years or with fine which shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees but which may extend to fifty thousand rupees] or with both.
Source footnotes
1 The words "to defeat or frustrate the provisions of this Act, rule, regulation or order, or" were deleted by Bom. 26 of 1952, s. 37.2 These words were substituted for the words "imprisonement for a period which may extend to two years or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees" by Mah. 52 of 2005, s. 24.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise.Section 4 · Collectors.Section 5 · Subordinate officers.Section 6 · Investing officers of Police and other departments with powers and duties under this Act.Section 6A · Board of Experts.Section 7 · Other Boards and committees.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 22 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2021-02-23. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.