Section 277 in Rules under the United Provinces Excise Act, 1910
277. Excise peons to be trained.
- Every efforts should be made by an Excise Inspector in-charge of a preventive circle to train excise peons under him in preventive and defective work. An excise peon is not a mere office or a personal peon but should perform duties and analogous to those performed by constables of the police station. Assistant Excise Commissioner will see that this instruction is carried out and peons are properly trained in detection work. Inspectors may employ informers at their own discretion and risk.
