GUJARAT ACT NO. 29 OF 2011.
(First published, after having received the assent of the Governor in the "Gujarat Government Gazette", on the 2nd December, 2011).
AN ACT
further to amend the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949.
It is hereby enacted in the Sixtieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
Short title and commencement. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Bombay Prohibition (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 2009.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Amendment of section 2 of Bom. XXV of 1949.
2. In the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949Bom. XXV of 1949. (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act"), in section 2. after clause (23), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-
"(23A) "Laththa" means spurious liquor, which contains methanol or any other poisonous substances, which may cause harmful or injurious effects to the human body or death of a person;"
Amendment of section 65 of Bom. XXV of 1949. 3. In the principal Act, in section 65. the proviso shall be deleted.
Insertion of new section 65A of Bom. XXV of 1949. 4. in the principal Act, after section 65. the following section shall be inserted, namely:-
Punishment for laththa.
"65A. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, whoever,-
- (a) manufactures laththa.
- (b) constructs or works any distillery or brewery for it,
- (c) sells or buys laththa, or
- (d) uses, keeps, transports or has in his possession laththa,
