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Regd. No. NW/CH-22

Regd. No. CHD/0092/2018-2020

EXTRAORDINARY

Published by Authority

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LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT

Contents

Pages

Part - I

Acts

Nil

Part - II

Ordinances

Nil

Part - III

Delegated Legislation

1. Notification No. G.S.R. 70/P.A.1/1914/ Ss.

21 and 59/Amd.(68)/2020, dated the 11th

September, 2020, containing amendment in

the Punjab Distillery Rules, 1932.

2. Notification No. G.S.R. 71/P.A.1/1914/

Ss. 22 and 59/Amd.(27)/2020, dated the

11th September, 2020, containing

amendment in the Punjab Excise Bonded

Warehouse Rules, 1957.

Part - IV

Correction Slips, Republications and

Replacements

Nil

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PART III

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

OFFICE OF EXCISE COMMISSIONER PUNJAB, PATIALA

NOTIFICATION

The 11th September, 2020

No. G.S.R. 70/P.A.1/1914/Ss.21 and 59/Amd. (68)/2020.– In exercise

of the powers conferred by clause (d) of sections 21 and 59 of the Punjab

Excise Act, 1914 (Punjab Act No. 1 of 1914), read with the Government of

Punjab, Department of Excise and Taxation, Notification No. S.O.25/P.A.1/

1914/S.9/2020, dated the 4th August, 2020, and all other powers enabling me

in this behalf, I, Rajat Agarwal, I.A.S., Excise Commissioner, exercising the

powers of Financial Commissioner, make the following rules further to amend

the Punjab Distillery Rules, 1932, namely: –

RULES

1.

(1)

These rules may be called the Punjab Distillery (Second

Amendment) Rules, 2020.

(2)

They shall come into force on and with effect from the date of

their publication in the Official Gazette.

2.

In the Punjab Distillery Rules, 1932, in rule 5, in the last line, for the

words, letters and figures "on payment of a fee equivalent to the fee for grant

of new license in Form BWH-2", the words, bracket and figures "on payment

of a minimum fee as specified in sub-rule (1) of rule 4 of the Punjab Bonded

Warehouse Rules, 1957.” shall be substituted.

RAJAT AGARWAL,

Excise Commissioner, Punjab.

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PART III

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

OFFICE OF EXCISE COMMISSIONER PUNJAB, PATIALA

NOTIFICATION

The 11th September, 2020

No. G.S.R. 71/P.A.1/1914/Ss. 22 and 59/ Amd.(27)/2020.– In exercise

of the powers conferred by sections 22 and 59 of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914

(Punjab Act No. 1 of 1914), read with the Government of Punjab, Department

of Excise and Taxation, Notification No. S.O.25/P.A.1/1914/S.9/2020 dated

the 4th August, 2020, and all other powers enabling me in this behalf, I, Rajat

Agarwal , I.A.S, Excise Commissioner, exercising the powers of Financial

Commissioner, make the following rules further to amend the Punjab Excise

Bonded Warehouse Rules, 1957, namely:-

RULES

1.

(1)

These rules may be called the Punjab Excise Bonded Warehouse

(Second Amendment) Rules, 2020.

(2)

They shall come into force on and with effect from the date of

their publication in the Official Gazette.

2.

In the Punjab Excise Bonded Warehouse Rules, 1957 (hereinafter

referred to as the said rules), in rule 4, in sub-rule (3), for the

second proviso, the following shall be substituted, namely :-

"Provided further that the Excise Commissioner may on the

request of the licensee, allow a lease of part of the licensed

premises. For this purpose, a license in Form B.W.H. 2A shall be

issued to the applicant on the following conditions, namely:-

(a)

The license in Form B.W.H. 2A shall be granted by the Excise

Commissioner with prior approval of the State Government;

(b)

The licensee shall have to pay an annual licensee fee of rupees

three lakh;

(c)

Minimum number of lines for lease allowable shall be two or one-

third of the total bottling lines, whichever is more;

(d)

An additional license fee shall be levied on B.W.H.2A at the rate

of rupees two lakh per month per bottling line. This additional license

fee shall stand exempted if the licensee produces alcoholic liquor

equal to or more than 6000 cases per month per bottling line;

Explanation: If the B.W.H.2A licensee, for example, produces 5800

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cases of alcoholic liquor on one of his bottling line in a month, he

shall be liable to pay an additional license fee of rupees two lakh;

(e)

The additional license fee, if payable, shall be paid every month by

the 7th day of next month:

Provided that the existing lease holders shall be allowed to

continue their bottling operations, subject to the condition that they

shall apply afresh for the B.W.H.2A license and an undertaking

shall have to be submitted that they shall be bound by the conditions

of B.W.H. 2A license;

(f)

The lessee shall have to deposit a revolving security equal to four

months of additional license fee. The amount of additional license

fee, if payable, shall be deducted from this security. The lessee

shall have to recoup the minimum balance of security equal to four

months of additional license fee by seventh day of every month."

In the said rules, after Form BWH-2, the following form shall be

inserted, namely:-

"FORM-B.W.H.2A

[See rule 4(3)]

"A license is hereby granted to_____________ under section 22 of the

Punjab Excise Act, 1914 to take on lease ________ number of bottling lines

and having a capacity of _____________ cases in the premises of

___________ BWH-2 licensee. The said licensee shall have to follow and

abide by the conditions of license laid down in Form B.W.H.2 as per the

Punjab Bonded Warehouse Rules, 1957.

Sd/-

Dated:

Excise Commissioner, Punjab."

RAJAT AGARWAL,

Excise Commissioner,Punjab.