142. Power of Collector to close places where intoxicant or hemp is sold in certain cases. जेथे मादक द्रव्य किंवा भांग विकली जाते ती ठिकाणे काही बाबतीत बंद करण्याचे जिल्हाधिका-याचे अधिकार.

Explanation—For the purposes of this section "inhabitants" shall include persons who themselves or by their agents or servants occupy or hold land or other immovable property within such area and landlords who themselves or by their agents or servants collect rents or revenue direct from ryots or occupiers in such area notwithstanding that they do not actually reside therein.

(3) It shall be lawful for the¹State¹ Government to extend for a term not exceeding in any case five years the period for the payment of such tax or rate beyond the period for which such additional police are actually employed.

²[(4) The provisions of sub-sections (4) to (7) of section 50 of the *Bombay Police Act, 1951 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the recovery of such tax or rate.]²

142. Power of Collector to close places where intoxicant or hemp is sold in certain cases. जेथे मादक द्रव्य किंवा भांग विकली जाते ती ठिकाणे काही बाबतीत बंद करण्याचे जिल्हाधिका-याचे अधिकार.

Power of Collector to close places where intoxicant or hemp is sold

(1) If the Collector is of opinion that it is in the interest of public peace to close any place in which any intoxicant or hemp is sold it shall be lawful for the Collector by an order in writing to the persons holding a licence for the sale of such intoxicant or hemp to require him to close such place at such time or for such period as may be specified in the order.

(2) If a riot or unlawful assembly is imminent or takes place it shall be lawful for any Executive Magistrate or Police Officer who is present to direct that such place shall be closed and kept closed for such period as he thinks fit and in the absence of any Executive Magistrate or Police Officer the person referred to in sub-section (1) shall himself close such place.

(3) Any order given under this section shall be final.

143. Power of State Government to make rules. राज्य शासनाचा नियम करण्याचा अधिकार.

Power of Government to make rules

(1) The¹State¹ Government may make rules for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act or any other law for the time being in force relating to excise revenues.

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions the¹State¹ Government may make rules,—

(a) regulating the delegation of any powers by the ⁴Commissioner⁴, by Collector or by any other Prohibition Officer;
(b) regulating the import, export, transport, ⁵collection⁵, sale, purchase, ⁶bottling⁶, consumption, use or possession of any intoxicant, ⁷denatured spirituous preparation⁷ or hemp, mhowra flowers or molasses;
(c) regulating the manufacture of any intoxicant ⁸or denatured spirituous preparation⁸;
(d) regulating the cultivation and collection of hemp;