Punjab Liquor Permit and Pass Rules , 1932

1 · . (a) " permit " means a no objection statement issued by the Collector of the district of destination concerned or an officer authorised in this behalf in the import and transport of liquor but not empowered to authorise its removal from the place of issue . This term is also used for permits authorising possession of liquor exceeding the limit of retail sale .

2 · . Subject to the provisions of Order 23 of the Punjabi Liquor Import , Export , Transport and Possession Orders , 1932 a person importing exporting or transporting country spirit , rectified spirit or denatured spirit must obtain-

2A · . Subject to the provisions of Order 24 of the Punjab Liquor Import , Export , Transport and Possession Orders , 1932 every person who imports medicinal or other preparations containing rectified spirit from any State or Union Territory in India as mentioned in Order 3 , or the Punjab Liquor Import , Export , Transport , and Possession Order , 1932 must obtain an export pass from the officer authorised to grant such passes at the place of issue . Such pass shall show in all cases the spirit strength of the preparation to be exported and that the duty at the rate prevailing in Punjab under the Punjab Excise Act , 1914 or the corresponding duty levied under the Medicinal and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act , 1955 , has been paid . No consignment thus imported shall be brought into use until it has been inspected by an Excise Officer , w ho shall sign the export pass in token of having done so . Such inspection shall be conducted within seven days of the receipt , from the importer on the advice of the arrival of the consignment .

2B · . The procedure stated above shall also apply for the export of medicinal and other preparations from the Punjab State to any other State or Union Territory in India . Medicinal and other preparations containing rectified spirit may be exported and transported from the premises of approved manufacturers under the pass in Form L . 46 :

2C · . The following procedure shall be observed for the export-in-bond of preparations containing rectified spirit from the premises of approved manufacturer to other State or Union Territory in India :-

2D · . The following procedure shall be observed for the export-in-bond for eventual export exIndia of locally manufactured preparations containing spirit of India manufacture:-

3 · . Deleted , on 11 . 3 . 1966 .

4 · . It shall be in the discretion of the Collector or any other excise officer to refuse to grant any pass , permit , or authority which he is authorised under these rules to grant .

5 · . The passes and permits granted in the Punjab shall be in the forms contained in Chapter 5 of Volume IV of the manual , and shall be granted by the Collector or District Excise Officer or other person duly authorised in this behalf :

6 · . No pass of permit shall be valid after the date of expiry entered in it provided that the Collector granting the permit of authority to authorise the despatch of any consignment under these rules may extend the period of the currency thereof, f, if extension applied for owing to delay in transit of a consignment or for any other sufficient reason .

7 · . Every pass for the import , export or transport of liquor shall specify the number on each vessel , the seals on it and the quantity and strength of a liquor it contains .

8 · . All passes granted to cover the import , export or transport of liquor shall be subject to the conditions -

9 · . All passes granted to cover the import of country spirit and foreign liquor , shall be subject to the condition that no consignment shall be brought into use until it has been examined by the Excise Inspector or Sub-Inspector of the district of destination , to whom intimation of the arrival of the consignment shall be given ; such examination shall be conducted within seven days of the receipt of the intimation which shall be despatched by the importer on the day following the receipt of the consignment .

10 · . All passes granted to cover transport of country spirit and foreign liquor from one district to another shall be subject to the condition that no consignment shall be brought into use until the fourth day from the date of the pass unless it has been previously examined by an excise inspector or sub-inspector .

11 · . The following procedure shall be observed as regards the export-in- bond of country spirit , Indian made foreign spirit or rectified spirit from any licensed distillery in the Punjab to any State or Union Territory in India:-

12 · . When rectified spirit is imported or transported in bond from licensed distilleries to the licensed premises of approved manufacturers , the approved manufacturer shall obtain a permit in Form L . 32 from Collector of the district of destination .

13 · . When the manager of any distillery , licensed under Section 21 of the Punjab Excise Act , w ishes to send in bond spirit to another such distillery , he shall obtain from the Collector an authority in Form L . 36 for the despatch of the spirit and shall consign it to the Distillery Inspector of the Distillery of destination under a pass in Form D . 20 .

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14 · . No authority or permit shall be granted to authorise the despatch of any consignment under these rules unless the manager of the distillery in the case of export or transport under Rules 11 and 13 or the approved manufacturer in the case of import or transport under Rule 12 has executed and given a bond in Form L . 37 binding himself in respect of the consignment to be despatched to produce a certificate in Form L . 38 and binding himself to pay such duty in respect of the consignment despatched as may be demanded from him in accordance with the provisions of the rules given below .

15 · . If such certificate is not produced within a reasonable time after the expiry of the period of the currency of any pass , as noted thereon , the Collector of the district in which the distillery is situated or the Collector of the district of destination in case of an approved manufacturer , shall recover from the said manager or approved manufacturer , as the case may be , at the rate for the time being fixed by the Punjab Government under Section 31 of the [Punjab Excise Act , 1914] , the duty which would in ordinary circumstances have been levied on the spirit removed under the pass .

16 · . If such certificate is produced before or within a reasonable time after the expiry of the period of the currency of any pass , then -

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18 · . The following rules apply to the import , export and transport of Indianmade foreign spirit and country spirit required for use to troops :-

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22 · . The [Excise Commissioner] is pleased to prescribed the following forms and conditions for the exemption permits referred to in order 18 of the Punjab Liquor Import , Export , Transport and Possession Orders :-

22A · . [(1) Permit in form L-50 for possession upto 24 Quarts of IMFL of 750 mili litres including brandy and imported liquor (i . e . upto 18 litres in any size) , 48 bottles of beer of 650 m ili litres (i . e . upto 31 . 2 litres in any size) and 24 bottles of wine of 750 mili litres (i . e . upto 18 liters in any size) , w ill be issued on permit fee of Rs . 500 for one year by the Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner incharge of the district and permit for life time will be granted on payment of lumpsum permit fee of Rs . 5 , 000 with the approval of the Collector , for consumption by the permit holder himself or for his guests of annual and lifetime license in form L -50 , two passport size photographs of the applicant would be required to be submitted alongwith the application . One photograph shall be pasted on the permit and the other shall be retained in the office of the Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner , incharge of the district for record . In case of holders of L -50 for lifetime as on 31st March , 2004 , the enhancement of possession limit shall be allowed after the payment of the differential amount between Rs . 5 , 000 and the amount already paid before the grant of the previous permit in form L-50 for lifetime . ]

1 · . The permit h older is authorised to possess ethanol - Denatured with 0 . 2% crotonaldehyde and 4 grams Denatonium Benzoate/Denatonium Saccharide per 100 litre of ethanol for admixture with petrol .

2 · . The permit holder shall not have in his possession more than permitted quantity of ethanol .

3 · . No resale of ethanol is permitted .

1 · . Date of arrival of consignment;

2 · . (i) Name of the owners/person incharge of the consignment;

3 · . Name and address of the owner/person incharge of the consignment;

4 · . Place from where consignment was purchased;

5 · . Name of the place from where the consignment was consigned;

6 · . Particulars of consignment i . e . , Indian Made Foreign Liquor/Beer/Country Liquor/Rectified Spirit/Denatured Spirit;

7 · . Excise Pass No . and date , --v ide which the consignment was issued .

8 · . Quantity in cases/bags litres/bulks litres;

9 · . Destination of the consignment;

10 · . Name of the exit check barrier through which the consignment will pass out of Punjab;

11 · . Approximate time and date of crossing of the exit barrier;

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1 · . The permit-holder has credited----------------(in words) rupees only into the Government Treasury at-----------------------(Place) on the ------------------(date) .

2 · . This permit is granted subject to the provisions of the Punjab Excise Act , 1914 (Punjab Act 1 of 1914) and the rules and orders made thereunder and the following supplementary conditions .

1 · . Detail of special occasion

1 · . This permit is valid from_ _________ to __________ only .

2 · . No liquor obtained on the basis of this permit shall be sold .

3 · . The permit is not transferable .