Punjab Liquor Prohibition Rules , 1955

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Punjab Liquor Prohibition Rules , 1955 Published vide Punjab Notification No . 6222 -E&T -55/3226 dated 14th October 1955 These rules may be cited as the Punjab Liquor Prohibition Rules , 1955 and shall come into force at once . A -Definitions 1 . In these rules , unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context:- (a) " Prohibition area " means the territorial limits of any civil district or a part thereof where under Sections 17 and 24(4) of the Act , the State Government has by notification prohibited the possession for sale or otherwise and the import or transport of any kind of liquor save under the provisions made in these rules . (b) " Act " means the Punjab Excise Act I of 1914 . (c) " Brandy " means and includes any foreign liquor obtained after distillation of grapes or sophisticated by the addition of essences of brandy whether imported from abroad or made in India . (d) Chief Medical Officer means " the Chief Medical Officer or other principal medical officer of the district . (e) " Government " means the Government of the State of Punjab . (f) the expressions " Import " , " transport " and " sale " have the same meanings as are assigned to them under the Act . (g) " Medical Certificate " means a certificate given by a Registered Medical Practitioner to a person , certifying the quantity of brandy to be possessed by the latter for his bona fide household medical use ; and (h) " Registered Medical Practitioner " means any person registered under the provisions of the Punjab Medical Registration Act , 1916 . B -Possession 2 . Save as herein provided , no person shall possess for sale or otherwise and import or transport any kind of liquor in the prohibition area :- (a) Denatured Spirit . (b) Rectified Spirit in the possession of licenced vendors , r

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1 · . In these rules , unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context:-

2 · . Save as herein provided , no person shall possess for sale or otherwise and import or transport any kind of liquor in the prohibition area :-

3 · . Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 2 preceding -

4 · . A licenced vendor in form Pn . 1 may import or transport brandy on the authority of a permit and a pass , as the case may be , granted by the Collector . A person or a medical practitioner holding permits in forms Pn . 3 and Pn . 5 , respectively , shall obtain his supplies from the licencee .

5 · . A medical practitioner in managing or supervising charge of a Government Local Fund , Railway , or charitable hospital or dispensary may import or transport such quantity of brandy as may be specified in the indent signed by the Chief Medical Officer of the district or the Divisional Medical Officer , Northern Railway , Delhi/Ferozepur , as the case may be . A copy of the indent shall be furnished in advance to the Collector concerned for record and for such action as he may deem it expedient in relation to the indent in regard to the quantity to be imported or transported .

6 · . A licencee shall sell brandy -

7 · . The Financial Commissioner shall grant a licence in form Pn . 1 for retail vend of brandy .

8 · . A person desirous of obtaining a licence in from Pn . 1 shall apply to the Collector through the Excise and Taxation Officer of the district in form Pn . 2 for the orders of the Financial Commissioner . The Financial Commissioner may , for reasons to be recorded in writing , refuse to grant the licence .

9 · . A register in form Pn . 6 showing the particulars of the persons granted permits in forms Pn . 3 and Pn . 5 shall be maintained in the District Excise and Taxation Officer .

10 · . The licence shall maintain regular amounts of this daily transactions in form Pn . 7 and shall submit a monthly return thereof in form Pn . 8 by the 5th day of the next month to the Excise and Taxation Officer of the district .

11 · . The licencee shall , in addition to these rules , be bound to observe all the rules under the Act , which may be applicable to his licence .

12 · . (1) The fee for the licence in form Pn . 1 will be assessed as in the case of licence in Form L -12 -C appended to these rules and shall be recovered in the following manner:If the total assessed fee does not exceed Rs . 200 it shall be payable as soon as assessed . If it exceeds Rs . 200 on -half of it shall be recovered in the month of April , onefourth before the end of June and the remaining one fourth before the end of September in each financial year;