Draft proposal to amend the Puducherry Excise Rules, 1970 was notified as required under sub-section (1) of section 70 of the Puducherry Excise Act, 1970 in the Notification No. 6249/DCE/Estt./2025/ 338, dated 18th March, 2025 of the Department of the Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Puducherry.

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No. Puducherry Wednesday 7th May 2025

(17 Vaisakha 1947)

GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENTNo. 6249/DCE/Estt./2025/547. Puducherry, dated 06th May 2025. NOTIFICATION Whereas, the Draft proposal to amend the Puducherry Excise Rules, 1970 was notified as required under sub-section (1) of section 70 of the Puducherry Excise Act, 1970 in the Notification No. 6249/DCE/Estt./2025/ 338, dated 18th March, 2025 of the Department of the Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Puducherry and Published in Part-II, Issue No. 19, dated 19th March, 2025 of the Extraordinary Gazette of Puducherry, inviting objections and suggestions from all the persons likely to be affected thereby, within seven days from the date of publication of the said notification in the Official Gazette. [ 657 ] 658 LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT [PART–II

And whereas, pursuant to the said notification, objections and

suggestions have not been received within the stipulated time-limit.

Now, therefore, in exercise of powers conferred under section 70 of the Puducherry Excise Act, 1970, the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, hereby makes the following Rules further to amend the Puducherry Excise Rules, 1970, namely:-

RULES

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

the Puducherry Excise (Amendment) Rules, 2025.

(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)