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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

LAW DEPARTMENT

No. 141/Leg./2011-LD.

Puducherry, the 6th March 2012.

The following Act of the Legislative Assembly, Puducherry received the

assent of the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry on 10th February 2012 and is

hereby published for general information :—

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THE PUDUCHERRY EXCISE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2011

(Act No. 1 of 2012)

(10-2-2012)

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ACT

further to amend the Puducherry Excise Act, 1970.

BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of

Puducherry in the Sixty-second Year of the Republic of India

as follows:-

1. (1) This Act may be called the Puducherry

Excise (Amendment) Act, 2011.

(2) Sections 2, 3 and 4 shall be deemed to have

come into force on and from 23rd April, 2007 and

section 5 shall come into force at once.

2. In the Puducherry Excise Act, 1970 (hereinafter

referred to as the principal Act), in clause (8) of

section 2, the words “and includes additional excise

duty and additional countervailing duty” shall be added

at the end.

3. In section 8 of the principal Act —

(a) after the proviso under sub-section (2), the

following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

“Provided further that nothing contained in this

section shall apply to any intoxicant taken out of

the Union Territory in the course of export from a

customs station as defined in section 2 of the

Customs Act, 1962.”;

Short title and

commencement.

Amendment of

section 2.

Act

No. 12

of

1970.

Amendment of

section 8.

Central

Act 52

of

1962.

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(b) after sub-section (2) as so amended, the

following shall be inserted, namely:-

“(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in

sub-sections (1) and (2), nothing in this Act shall

prevent the Deputy Commissioner from issuing a

no objection certificate in respect of the articles

so exported, a duplicate copy of which shall be

produced by the exporter or his authorised agent

along with the excisable articles before the

Customs Collector, Border Examiner or any officer

of Customs or Land Customs duly appointed by

the competent authority.”.

4. In the principal Act, in clause (a) of section 66,

after the words “either in whole or in part” the words

“prospectively or retrospectively’’ shall be inserted.

5. In the principal Act, after sub-section (2) of

section 70, the following shall be inserted, namely:—

“(2-A) All rules made under this Act and

published in the official gazette shall, unless they

are expressed to come into force on a particular

day, come into force on the day on which they are

so published.

(2-B) All notifications issued under this Act

and published in the official gazette shall, unless

they are expressed to come into force on a

particular day, come into force on the day on

which they are so published.”.

JOHN CLAUDE POMPEI MARIADASSOU,

Law Secretary to Government.

Amendment of

section 66.

Amendment of

section 70.

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