Punjab Excise Powers and Appeal Orders , 1956 — The Punjab Excise Act, 1914(Bare Act )

Punjab Excise Powers and Appeal Orders , 1956 Published vide Punjab Notification No . 1083 -E&T -(7)-58/650 dated 18th March 1956 The notification may be cited as the " Punjab Excise Powers and Appeal Order , 1956 " , it extends to the whole of the Punjab as formed by the States Reorganisation Act , 1956 , and it shall come into force at once . 1 . In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 of the Punjab Excise Act (1 of 1914) , an Excise Commissioner who will be designated as Excise and Taxation Commissioner , Punjab , has been appointed and invested with all the powers conferred on the Financial Commissioner by the said Act . 2 . (A) All the Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioners , shall discharge the functions of a Collector , under the said Act , in all the districts under their respective charge . However , for the purpose of conducting auctions of liquor vends , all the Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioners , shall discharge the functions of a Collector , in an area , as may be specified by Excise Commissioner , Punjab . [(B) All the Additional Excise and Taxation Commissioners and the Joint Excise and Taxation Commissioners , shall also discharge the functions of a Collector , for the purpose of conducting auctions of liquor vends in whole of the State of Punjab , subject to the directions of Excise Commissioner , Punjab , in this regard . ] 3 . Omitted vide notification dated 27 . 2 . 70 . 4 . In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of section 8 of the Punjab Excise Act (1 of 1974) all the Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioners in Punjab shall control [the Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioners , the Excise and Taxation Officer] and the other Excise Staff in the districts under their respective charges . 5 . Under section 10 of the Pu