shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, but shall not be less than seven years and also with fine.
(2) When there has been death of any person by the consumption of the said laththa mentioned in sub-section (1) above, the person who has manufactured, kept, sold or arranged to make it drink or distributed laththa shall, on conviction, be punished with death or imprisonment for life and shall also be liable to fine.
(3) Whoever keeps, sells, buys or supplies any material for manufacture of the laththa and when there has been death of person by the consumption of the said laththa shall, on conviction, be punished for a term up to imprisonment for life and shall also with fine.".
Insertion of new section 94A of Bom. XXV of 1949. 5. In the principal Act, after section 94, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-
Punishment for failure in duty by Prohibition Officer or Police Officer. "94A. Any Prohibition Officer or Police Officer duty bound under section 116C, fails to send the sample of liquor to Forensic Science Laboratory of the State for its detailed report shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year and with fine which may extend to three thousand rupees.".
Amendment of section 98 of Bom. XXV of 1949. 6. In the principal Act, in section 98. in sub-section (2), after the words "order of the Court". the words "but it shall not be released on bond or surety till the final judgement of the Court where the quantity of the seized liquor is exceeding the quantity as may be prescribed by the rules." shall be added at the end.
Amendment of section 115 of Bom. XXV of 1949. 7. In the principal Act, in section 115,-
(1) section 115 shall be renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section and in sub-section (1) as so renumbered, after the words "authorised by this Act", the words and figures "except any sentence under section 65A" shall be inserted;
