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Section 33. Penalty for illegal possession

THE PUDUCHERRY EXCISE ACT, 1970

Act no. 12 of 19701970In forcePuducherry (State Act)

33. Whoever, without lawful authority has in his possession any quantity of an intoxicant knowing the same to have been unlawfully imported, transported, manufactured, cultivated or collected, or knowing the prescribed duty not to have been paid thereon, shall, on conviction, be punished **[with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three months but which may extend to three years and with fine which shall not be less than ten thousand rupees but which may extend to one lakh rupees]