The Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 is an Act of the

Bombay Legislative Assembly Bombay Legislative Assembly came into existence in 1937, as the legislature of Bombay Presidency, a province of British India. It functioned until 1960, when separate states of Maharashtra and Gujarat were formed. History The first session of thi ...

relating to the promotion and enforcement of

alcohol prohibition Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic be ...

in the Bombay State. The Bombay state was divided into the states of Maharashtra and

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

in 1960. Under the Act a permit is mandatory to purchase, possess, consume or serve liquor. The Act empowers the police to arrest a person for purchasing, consuming or serving alcohol without the permit with punishment ranging from three months to five years in prison. Transporting liquor without a permit is punishable with a fine of 50,000 rupees and 5 years in prison. After independence the Government appointed Adv Mr J.S.Savant, Bombay as a Member of The Bombay Prohibition Committee. (Was the president of the Maratha Recruitment Board)

Notable arrests

A documentary filmmaker Priti Chandriani was arrested in 2013 for possessing liquor for making liqueur chocolates at home.

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Notable arrests

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