Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act Section 9 — Punishment for vexatious delay

Summary

Any officer or person exercising powers under this Act who vexatiously and unnecessarily delays forwarding to a Prohibition Officer or to the officer-in-charge of the nearest police station, as required by Section 38, any person arrested or any articles seized under this Act, shall be punished with a fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.

Official Text

Any officer or person exercising powers under this Act, who vexatiously land unnecessarily delays forwarding to a Prohibition Officer or to the officer-in-charge of the nearest police station as required by Section 38, any person arrested or any articles seized under this Act, shall be punished with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.

Sections referred to

• Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act §38 — Persons arrested how to be dealt with

Related Judgments

• K. GOPI vs THE SUB-REGISTRAR & ORS — Supreme Court of India (2025)
• MIS. CITADEL FINE PHARMACEUTICALS vs MIS. RAMANIYAM REAL ESTATES P. LTD. & ANR — Supreme Court of India (2011)
• STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND ANR. ETC. vs MAHALAKSHMI AMMAL AND ORS. ETC — Supreme Court of India (1995)
• UNNI KRISHNAN, J.P. AND ORS. ETC. IRRC vs STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ORS. ETC. ETC — Supreme Court of India (1993)
• UNION OF INDIA vs R. GANDHI, PRESIDENT, MADRAS BAR ASSOCIATION — Supreme Court of India (2010)