Preamble. —WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Abkari Act, I of 1077, for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
Be it enacted in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. Short title and commencement . —(1) This Act may be called the Abkari (Amendment) Act, 1975.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 3.—In the Abkari Act, I of 1077 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 3, after clause (17), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
"(17A) "Transit" means to move from one place in a State to another place in that State through the territory of the State of Kerala.
Explanation . —In this clause, "State" means the State of Karnataka or the State of Tamil Nadu or the Union territory of Pondicherry.".
3. Amendment of section 29 .— In sub-section (2) of section 29 of the principal Act, in clause (j), for the words "possession or transport", the words "possession, transit or transport" shall be substituted.
4. Amendment of section 55 .—Insection 55 of the prin cipal Act, in clause (a), for the words "transports or possesses”, the words "transports, transits or possesses” shall be substituted.
