Maharashtra Excise Manual
Certificate

FORM A

Certificate by a registered medical practitioner showing whether a person examined by him has or has not consumed an intoxicant.

See rule 3

What this form is for

Form A is a medical certificate recording whether a person examined at a hospital or dispensary has consumed alcohol, opium, charas, ganja or bhang, and whether he is under the influence of alcohol. It is completed and signed by the registered medical practitioner who conducts the clinical examination of a person brought in by a police or prohibition officer. It also notes whether blood was collected for chemical testing. The form is prescribed under rule 3 of the Bombay Prohibition (Medical Examination and Blood Test) Rules, 1959.

Form text (extracted)
9931949 : Bom. XXV]	Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949
5.Certificate of test of sample blood.––The Testing Officer shall on receipt of the
sample blood, test it and shall certify the result of his test in Form ‘C.’ The Testing  Officer
shall send the certificate in duplicate to the registered medical practitioner by whom the
blood was forwarded to him for test and retain a copy thereof on his record.On receipt of
the certificate from the Testing Officer, the registered medical practitioner shall forward the
original copy of the certificate to the Police Officer or the Prohibition Officer concerned.The
duplicate copy of the certificate shall be kept by him on his record.
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FORM ‘A’
(See rule 3)
Certificate by a registered medical practitioner showing whether a person examined by
him has or has not consumed an intoxicant.
Serial No.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Name  and location of the
 Dispensary or Hospital)
Certified that Shri/Smt./Kumari. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was brought to this hospital/dispensary by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(here state name and designation of the Officer) on. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  a. m./p. m. and was examined by me on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .a. m. /p. m.
A clinical examination of the above-named person disclosed the following :
Age	. .
Weight	. .
Smelling.
Breath	. . Not smelling   
alcohol/opium/charas/ganja/bhang
Incoherent
Speech	. . Normal
Unsteady
Gait	. . Steady
Dilated
Pupils	. . Normal
additional remarks, if any.
I find that the above named person 
 has
 
consumed alcohol/opium/charas/ganja/bhang.
         
has not consumed any intoxicant.
I also find that he     
is
       under the influence of alcohol.
  
is not

994	Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 [1949 : Bom. XXV
was
N. B.–– (Blood  from  the  body  of  the  above   named  ————  collected  by  me  for
chemical examination).
was not
Dated . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20.	(Signature) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Designation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Signature/Thumb-impression of the
person  examined.
Marks of identification of the person
examined in case he refuses to give his
signature or thumb-impression.
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FORM ‘B’
[See rule 4 (2)]
No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
From
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(Name , designation and address of the registered medical practitioner.)
To,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Name , designation and address of the Testing Officer. )
                     Dated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20.
Sir,
I, forward herewith by post/with  Shri*  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a phial bearing serial No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
containing. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  c. c. o. venous blood collected by me on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . .
at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .a.m./p.m. of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . who was
produced  before  me  for  medical  examination  †and/or  collection  of  blood  from his/her
body ‡ by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and request
you to test the blood and issue a certificate (in duplicate) regarding the result of the test.
Yours faithfully,
Signature and designation of the
registered medical practioner.
Facsimile of the seal or monogram used for
sealing the phial containing the blood.
* Here specify the name, designation and address of the messenger with whom the phial containing the
blood is forwarded for delivery to the Testing Officer.
† Strike off, if these words are not required.
‡ Here state the name and designation of the officer by whom the said person was produced for
collection of blood.
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