Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | 
                Commencement/Effective Date 
                    Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
                 | 
                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
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						Whole Act  | 
					
						28 July 1938 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
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						Rstrct. | 
					2/1947, ss. 4 (2), 9 | 
					
			
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						Trans. of cert. functns. under. | 
					S. I. No. 288 of 1981 | 
					
			
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						  | 
					S. I. No. 383 of 1983 | 
					
			
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						  | 
					S.I. No. 418 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1 | 
					
			
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						S.10 am. | 
					42/1980, s.2 | 
					
			
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						S.14 am. | 
					42/1980, s.7 | 
					
			
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						S. 15(1)(a) del. | 
					10/2011, ss. 1(2), 6 & 36(a) | 
					
			
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						S. 15(1A) ins. | 
					10/2011, ss. 1(2), 6 & 36(b) | 
					
			
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						S.17, s. | 
					42/1980, s.8 | 
					
			
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						S.18 am. | 
					42/1980, s.9 | 
					
			
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						S.23 (7) am. | 
					2/1947, s.10 | 
					
			
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						S. 29(2) references construed | 
					13/2021, s. 4(1), schedule 1 | 
					
			
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						Sch. am. | 
					2/1947, s.4 (1) | 
					
			
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					42/1980, s.10 | 
					
			
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						Schedule, par. 4(d) trans. of cert. functns. under. | 
					10/2011, ss. 1(2), 6, 9, 20 & Sch. 2 pt. 1 | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
					| 
						S. 3 | 
					Industrial Alcohol Act, 1938 (Appointed Day) Order 1939.(S.I. No. 69 of 1939) |