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Section 47. Penalty for vexatious delay
THE PUDUCHERRY EXCISE ACT, 1970
Act no. 12 of 19701970In forcePuducherry (State Act)
47. Any officer or person exercising powers under this Act, who vexatiously and unnecessarily delays forwarding to the nearest Excise Officer or to the officer in charge of the nearest police station as required by sub-section (2) of section 58 any person arrested, shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.