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Panaji, 11th May, 2020 (Vaisakha 21, 1942)

SERIES I No. 6

Reg. No. G-2/RNP/GOA/32/2018-2020

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

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EXTRAORDINARY

No. 4

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Finance

Revenue & Control Division

Notification

15/1/2019-Fin(R&C)/554

In exercise of the powers conferred by

section 22 of the Goa Excise Duty Act,1964

(Act 5 of 1964), the Government of Goa hereby

makes the following rules so as to further

amend the Goa, Daman and Diu Excise Duty

Rules, 1964, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1)

These rules may be called the Goa Excise Duty

(Amendment) Rules, 2020.

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

their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of rule 2.— In rule 2 of the

Goa, Daman and Diu Excise Duty Rules,1964

(hereinafter referred to as the “principal

Rules”), after clause (j), the following clauses

shall be inserted, namely:—

“(jj) “visitor” means any person not below

the age of 21 years visiting the visitor centre;

(jjj) “visitor centre” means a place in the

manufacturing unit established with

permission of Commissioner where the

manufacturer may allow a visitor to taste a

liquor manufactured in such manufacturing

unit and may also sell such liquor in sealed/

/packed bottles not exceeding 1500 ml. to such

visitor;”.

3. Insertion of new rule 53 A.— After rule

53 of the principal Rules, the following rule

shall be inserted, namely:—

“53A. Establishment of visitor centre for

tasting and sale of liquor.— (1) The

manufacturer of liquor who is desirous of

establishing a visitor centre in his

manufacturing unit shall make an

application to the Commissioner in Form

E-15C alongwith such details as desired by

the Commissioner and the following

documents, namely:—

(i) Affidavit stating that applicant shall

abide by the rules laid down under the

Goa Excise Duty Act, 1964 (Act 5 of 1964)

and Rules.

(ii) Location and layout plan of the

Visitor Centre.

(2) The Commissioner, after making such

inquiry as he thinks necessary with regard to

the particulars stated in the application made

under sub-rule (1) and after conducting site

inspection of the proposed visitor centre and

on receipt of fee of Rs. 25,000/- from the

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applicant, may permit in Form E-15D to

establish visitor centre to allow the visitor to

taste a liquor manufactured in his

manufacturing unit and to sell such liquor in

sealed/packed bottles not exceeding 1500 ml.

to such visitor at such visitor centre.

(3) Licence granted under sub-rule (2) shall

be subject to the following conditions,

namely:—

(i) the total quantity of the liquor that may

be sold to a visitor shall not exceed 1500

ml.;

(ii) the price to be charged for the liquor

sold at the visitor centre shall not be less

than the maximum retail price printed on

the liquor bottle;

(iii) the visitor may be allowed to taste

samples of various brands of liquor,

however, the quantity of sample of each

preparation shall not exceed 10 ml.;

(iv) swallowing of liquor sample shall be

strictly prohibited and the tasting of sample

of liquor shall be restricted only to the

following actions, namely:—

(a) swirling,

(b) smelling,

(d) spitting.

(v) liquor which is used as a tasting

sample and/or sold at the visitor centre in

sealed/packed bottles shall be purchased

by the manufacturer from the licenced

distributor/wholesaler having valid licence

and shall not sell it below maximum retail

price.

(vi) the detailed record in respect of liquor

used for the purpose of sampling shall be

maintained alongwith complete details of

visitors who tasted the liquor in Form E-15E.

(vii) the detailed account of the sale of

liquor at the visitor centre shall be

maintained in Form E-15F.

(4) Licence granted under sub-rule (2) shall

be valid for a period of one year and it may be

renewed for same period by the Commissioner

on an application by the licensee before its

expiry on payment of fee of Rs. 25,000 by the

licensee.

Explanation:— For the purpose of this rule,

“liquor” means a country liquor and Indian

made foreign liquor.”.

4. Insertion of new Form E-15C, E-15D,

E-15E and E-15F.— After Form E-15B of the

principal Rules, the following forms shall be

inserted, namely:—

“GOVERNMENT OF GOA

DEPARTMENT OF EXCISE

FORM E-15C

[See rule 53A(1)]

Form of application to establish Visitor Centre

To,

The Excise Commissioner,

Panaji-Goa.

Sub.:- Application to establish Visitor Centre.

Sir,

I/We............ residing at ......... Village/Town.........

Taluka, ....... District, having a licence for

manufacturing/bottling of IMFL/Country liquor

bearing licence No. ............, situated at Village/

/Town......., Taluka........, District........, may be

granted permission to establish visitor centre

and a licence to allow tasting of, and sell liquor

products to the visitor at visitor centre, subject

to the provisions of the Goa Excise Duty Act,

1964 (Act 5 of 1964) and the rules made

thereunder.

I/We agree to abide by the terms and conditions

of the licence, if granted.

I/We enclose the affidavit and the site plan of

the premises giving the exact location and the

area of the visitor centre.

I/We declare that to the best of my knowledge

and belief the information furnished herein is

true and complete.

Place: .................

Date: ..................

Yours faithfully,

.............................................................

Signature(s) of the applicant(s)

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GOVERNMENT OF GOA

DEPARTMENT OF EXCISE

FORM E-15D

[See rule 53A(2)]

Permission to establish visitor centre and licence to allow tasting of and to sell liquor at such visitor centre

Shri/Sarvashri … holder of licence for manufacturing/bottling bearing licence number … situated at …

taluka … is hereby permitted to establish visitor centre and authorized to allow tasting of and sell liquor

manufactured by him/it at the visitor centre, subject to the provisions of the Goa Excise Duty Act, 1964 (Act

5 of 1964) and the rules made thereunder.

The licence is valid from …20…to…20… provided that the licence fee is paid according to the provisions of

the Rules. The non-payment of licence fee in time shall render this licence to be cancelled.

……………………………………

(The Commissioner of Excise)

______

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

DEPARTMENT OF EXCISE

FORM E-15E

[See rule 53A(3)(vi)]

Sr.

Date

Name

Address

Date of

Brand

Quantity

Signature

No.

of the

Birth of

name

of the

visitor

Visitor

the

liquor

visitor

Incharge

visitor

liquor

tasted in

of the unit

tasted

ml.

______

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

DEPARTMENT OF EXCISE

FORM E-15F

[See rule 53A(3)(vii)]

Sr.

Date

Name

Address

Date of

Numder of

Brand

Quantity

Signature

No.

of the

Birth of

bottles

name of

in ml.

of the

visitor

the visitor

purchased

liquor

Incharge

of the unit

”.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Pranab G. Bhat, Under Secretary, Finance (R&C).

Porvorim, 8th May, 2020.

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Debt Management Division

Notification

5-7-2020-Fin(DMU)

Government of Goa hereby notifies the sale

of Goa Government Stock (Securities) of

10-year tenure for an aggregate amount of

Rs. 100.00 crore (Nominal). The sale will be

subject to the terms and conditions spelt out

in this notification (called specific notification)

as also the terms and conditions specified in

the General Notification No. 1-45-2005/Fin

(DMU)/572 dated April 25, 2017 of

Government of Goa.

Object of the Loan

1. (i) The proceeds of the loans will be

utilized for financing capital expenditure

in connection with the development

programmes of the Government of Goa.

(ii) Consent of Central Government has

been obtained to the floatation of this loan as

required by Article 293(3) of the Constitution

of India.

Method of issue

2. Government stock will be sold through

the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office

(PDO) Fort, Mumbai - 400 001 by auction in

the manner as prescribed in paragraph 6.1

of the General Notification No. 1-45-2005/Fin

(DMU)/572 dated April 25, 2017 at a coupon

rate to be determined by the Reserve Bank

of India at the yield based auction under

multiple price formats.

Allotment to Non-competitive Bidders

3. The Governments stock up to 10% of

the notified amount of the sale will be

allotted to eligible individuals and institutions

subject to a maximum limit of 1% of the

notified amount for a single bid as per the

Revised Scheme for Non-competitive Bidding

Facility in the Auctions of State Government

Securities of the General Notification

(Annexure II).

Place and Date of Auction

4. The auction will be conducted by the

Reserve Bank of India, at its Mumbai Office,

Fort, Mumbai 400 001 on May 12, 2020. Bids

for the auction should be submitted in

electronic format on the Reserve Bank of

India Core Banking Solution (E-Kuber) system

as stated below on May 12, 2020.

(a) The competitive bids shall be

submitted electronically on the Reserve

Bank of India Core Banking Solution

(E-Kuber) system between 10:30 a.m. and

11:30 p.m.

(b) The non-competitive bids shall be

submitted electronically on the Reserve

Bank of India Core Banking Solution

(E-Kuber) system between 10.30 a.m. and

11.00 a.m.

Result of the Auction

5. The result of the auction shall be

displayed by the Reserve Bank of India

on its website on the same day. The

payment by successful bidders will be on

May 13, 2020.

Method of Payment

6. Successful bidders will make payments

on May 13, 2020 before close of banking

hours by means of cash, bankers’ cheque/

/pay order, demand draft payable at Reserve

Bank of India, Mumbai/Mumbai or a cheque

drawn on their account with Reserve Bank

of India, Mumbai (Fort)/Mumbai.

Tenure

7. The stock will be of 10-year tenure.

The tenure of the stock will commence on

May 13, 2020.

Date of Repayment

8. The loan will be repaid at par on May

13, 2030.

Rate of Interest

9. The cut-off yield determined at the

auction will be the coupon rate percent per

annum on the stock sold at the auction.

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The interest will be paid on November 13

and May 13.

Eligibility of Securities

10. The investment in Government Stock

will be reckoned as an eligible Investment in

Government Securities by banks for the

purpose of Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)

under section 24 of the Banking Regulation

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