The Government of Punjab on March 09, 2024, issued the Punjab Distillery (Chandigarh 1st Amendment) Rules, 2024 to further amend the Punjab Distillery Rules, 1932.
The following amendments have been stated:
• In Rule 93, the existing clause (kk), shall be substituted with the following clause: -
"(kk) The Label Registration Fee for approval of labels for sale in the Union Territory, Chandigarh, shall be charged as under —
Provided that the wholesale licensees will have to pay the Label Registration Fee in respect of each brand he desires to market in U.T., Chandigarh.
Provide further that only those distilleries/bottling plants whose rates are approved by the Chandigarh Administration will be allowed to sell their products in U.T., Chandigarh.
Provide further that in case of L-1DF and L-1F licences, the wholesale supplier will be required to affix a white sticker on the bottles of Imported Wine, Champagne, Cider, Imported Foreign Liquor and Imported Beer etc. of Minimum 70 mm by 35 mm readable by naked eyes showing the 'Name and Address of the Importer', 'Name and Address of the Wholesale Supplier of U.T. Chandigarh', 'FSSAI license No.', along-with legends 'Consumption of Alcohol is Injurious to Health' 'Be Safe-Don't Drink and Drive', 'FOR SALE IN U.T. CHANDIGARH ONLY' and 'Minimum Retailsale price'.'
• For the existing Rules 122A, 122B, 122C, 122D & 122E, the following shall be substituted, namely :—
"122A- In order to monitor the bottling operations and dispatches of liquor, an integrated CCTV mechanism should be installed with 30 days backup in the bottling plants and the expenditure for this will be borne by the licensees."
"122B-Holograms/Intaglio printed security labels with holograms on packings/bottles of country liquor, Indian Made Foreign Liquor and Imported Foreign Liquor (excluding Beer, Wine, Champagne, Liqueurs and RTD etc.) will be mandatorily affixed by licensee at the time of bottling & labeling of liquor bottles in case of Country Liquor & IMFL and at the time of transfer from Custom Approved Bond to L-1F in case of IFL at his own expense except on liquor sold at L-9 licensee. The department will implement 'Track & Trace' system during the policy year. The cost of compliance of the 'Track & Trace' system will be borne by licensees as notified. Any directions passed by the Competent Authority for implementation of Track and Trace system would be binding upon the stakeholders."
"122C - In order to monitor the production in the bottling plants, installation of flow meters have been made mandatory. The real time data / monitoring of Flow Meter and storage Vats will be made online at the expense of the Bottling Plants."
"122D - The Bottling Plants will get a technical and structural audit of their Bottling plant done from reputed institutions like IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Ropar, PEC (Deemed University) Chandigarh or Thapar Institute of Technology, Patiala by 01.05.2024, at their own expense. If the audit report is not submitted, the plant will not be allowed to operate post 01.05.2024."
"122E - Ex-Servicemen will be deployed at each Bottling Plant and at CCTV Control Room in order to keep a check on the Bottling Plants at the expense of the Bottling Plants."
• After the Rule 122E, the following new Rule 122F shall be inserted, namely: —
"122F - Digi-Lock is mandatory for every vehicle to be used for import of Extra Neutral Alcohol(ENA)/ Spirit."
[Notification No. No. E&T/ETO(X)-2024/2619]
