An Act further to amend the Prohibition Act, 1950.
Preamble.—WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Prohibition Act, 1950, for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
Be it enacted in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. Short title.—This Act may be called the Prohibition (Amendment) Act, 1973.
2. Amendment of section 1.—In section 1 of the Prohibition Act, 1950 (XIII of 1950) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in sub-section (3), in clause (a), for the words and figures "sections 7 and 11", the word and figure "section 7" shall be substituted.
3. Amendment of section 2.—In section 2 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the brackets, words and figures "(except sections 1, 7 and 11)", the brackets, words and figures "(except sections 1 and 7)" shall be substituted.
4. Amendment of section 6.—In section 6 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), for the words and figures "sections 1, 7 and 11", in both the places where they occur, the words and figures "sections 1 and 7" shall be substituted.
5. Omission of section 11.—Section 11 of the principal Act shall be omitted.
