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'''Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016''' is an Act of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] which prohibits manufacturing, bottling, distribution, transportation, accumulation, possession, purchase, sale or consumption of any type of liquor, intoxicating substance including [[bhang]] and medicines with alcoholic substance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160802/jsp/frontpage/story_100097.jsp |title=What the new Bihar Prohibition and Excise bill, 2016, says |publisher=Telegraphindia.com |date=2016-08-02 |access-date=2016-08-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://excise.bih.nic.in/Acts/Bihar-Excise-(Amendment)-Act-2016.pdf|title=Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806062517/http://excise.bih.nic.in/Acts/Bihar-Excise-%28Amendment%29-Act-2016.pdf|archive-date=2016-08-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Act prescribes stringent punishment including capital punishment to those manufacturing or trading illicit liquor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/bihar-legislature-clears-prohibition-bill-with-unanimity-116033001036_1.html |title=Bihar legislature clears prohibition bill with unanimity | Business Standard News |publisher=Business-standard.com |access-date=2016-08-06}}</ref>

On 30 September 2016, the [[Patna High Court]] struck down the Act, deeming it 'illegal'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Nitish-govts-anti-liquor-policy-is-illegal-Patna-high-court/articleshow/54600752.cms? |title= Nitish govt's anti-liquor policy is illegal: Patna high court|date= 30 September 2016|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[2016 Bihar hooch tragedy]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

{{Alcohol in India}}
[[Category:Government of Bihar]]
[[Category:State legislation in India]]
[[Category:Prohibition in India|Bihar]]
[[Category:Alcohol law in India]]
[[Category:2016 in Indian law]]

Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016 - Revision history

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