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GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA
No: FD 9 PES 2022 Karnataka Government Secretariat
Vidhana Soudha,
Bengaluru, Dated:09th January 2023.
NOTIFICATION-II
The draft of the following rules further to amend the Karnataka Excise (Sale of Indian and
Foreign Liquors) Rules, 1968, which the Government of Karnataka proposes to make in exercise of
the powers conferred by section 71 of the Karnataka Excise Act, 1965 (Karnataka Act 21 of 1966) is
hereby published as required by sub-section (1) of section 71 of the said Act for the information of
all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft will be taken
into consideration after thirty days from the date of its publication in the official Gazette.
Any objection or suggestion which may be received by the State Government from any person
with respect to the said draft before the expiry of period specified above will be considered by the
State Government. The objections or suggestions may be addressed to the Additional Chief Secretary
to Government, Finance Department, Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru - 560001.
DRAFT RULES
1. Title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Karnataka Excise (Sale of
Indian and Foreign Liquors) (Amendment) Rules, 2023.
(2) They shall be come into force from the date of their final publication in the official Gazette.
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2. Amendment of rule 2.- In the Karnataka Excise (Sale of Indian and Foreign Liquors) Rules,
1968 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 2, for clause (f), the following shall be
substituted, namely:
“(f) “Licensee” means, a person or firm or company or legal heirs to whom a licence is issued.”
3. Amendment of rule 3.- In rule 3 of the said rules-
(i) in sub-rule (4), in the first proviso, in condition No (1), for the words “not less than
five years”, the words, “not less than three years, subject to production of audited
reports for the preceding three years” shall be substituted;
(ii) in sub-rule (7), for the first proviso the following shall be substituted, namely:
“Provided that, no licence under this clause shall be granted unless the hotel and boarding
house is having a minimum of fifteen double rooms in corporation areas and ten double rooms in
other areas, the dimension of each room shall not be less than 180 sq. ft (with attached bathrooms).”
(iii) sub-rule (10) shall be omitted.
4. Amendment of rule 4-B.- In rule 4-B of the said rules, in sub-rule (1), for clause (iv), the
following shall be substituted, namely:-
“(iv) If he is below the age of twenty one years or an undischarged insolvent or is of
unsound mind;”
5. Amendment of Forms CL-2, CL-4, CL-5, CL-6, CL-6A, CL-7, CL-7C, CL-8, CL-8A,
CL-8B, CL-9, CL-11, CL-11A, CL-11C, CL-12, CL-14, CL-15, CL-16, CL-17 and CL-18.- In
Forms CL-2, CL-4, CL-5, CL-6, CL-6A, CL-7, CL-7C, CL-8, CL-8A, CL-8B, CL-9, CL-11, CL-
11A, CL-11C, CL-12, CL-14, CL-15,CL-16, CL-17 and CL-18 of the said rules, for Condition
number 1, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“1. The licensee shall be bound by the provisions of the Karnataka Excise Act, 1965,
Notifications and any general or special rules prescribed there under and the Orders issued by the
Excise Commissioner/Deputy Commissioner from time to time”.
6. Amendment of Form CL-10.- Form CL-10 of the said rules shall be omitted.
7. Amendment of Form CL-11C.- In Form CL-11C of the said rules;-
(i) after condition number 7, the following condition shall be inserted, namely;-
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“8. The licensee shall sell or permit to sell Indian Liquor or Foreign Liquor or both at
prices not exceeding the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) indicated on the labels of the
bottles as declared under Rule 2-AF of the Karnataka Excise (Excise Duties and Fees)
Rules, 1968 and issue bills to the customers accordingly”;
(ii) the existing condition number 8 shall be renumbered as Condition number 9; and
(iii) after condition number 9 as so renumbered, the following condition shall be inserted,
namely;-
“10.There shall be only one and the same entrance and exit for the shop”.
8. Amendment of Form CL-16.- In Form CL-16 of the said rules, after condition No. 7, the
following condition shall be inserted, namely;-
“8. The licensed premises may remain open 24 hours.”
9. Amendment of Form CL-17.- In Form CL-17 of the said rules, for condition No. 7, the
following shall be substituted, namely;-
“7. The licensed premises may remain open 24 hours.”
By Order and in the name of
the Governor of Karnataka
(Manjula Nataraj)
Under Secretary to Government
Finance Department (Excise)
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