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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT

No. 6249/DCE/Estt./2025/338.

Puducherry, dated 18th March 2025.

NOTIFICATION

The draft of the following rules further, to amend the Puducherry

Excise Rules, 1970, which the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, has

proposed to make in exercise of the powers conferred upon him under

section 70 of the Puducherry Excise Act, 1970 (No. 12 of 1970), is hereby

published as required under sub-section (1) of the said section for

information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is

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hereby given that the said draft rules shall be taken into consideration

on the expiry of seven days from the date of publication of this

notification in the Official Gazette.

Any objection or suggestion which may be received from any

person by the Government of Puducherry in respect of the said draft

rules within the period specified above shall be considered by the

Government. The objections or suggestions shall be addressed to the

Secretary to Government (Excise), Chief Secretariat, Goubert Avenue,

Puducherry.

Draft Rules

1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called

the Puducherry Excise (Amendment) Rules, 2024.

(2) They shall come into force on and from the date of its

publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Substitution of sub-rule (16) of Rule 141.— In the Puducherry

Excise Rules, 1970, in Rule 141, for sub-rule (16), the following sub-rule

shall be substituted, namely:-

“(16) The licensee/permit holder shall not employ any person

convicted of an offence under the Act or the Rules or under the

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.”

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

ASHISH MADHAORAO MORE, I.A.S.,

Secretary to Government (Excise).

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