The Government of Himachal Pradesh on March 15, 2024, issued amendments in the Himachal Pradesh Liquor License Rules 1986 related to the License.
The following amendments have been stated:
• Sub-rule 10 (a) under rule 37 has been substituted as under :-
“ a) No person to whom a license in form L-2, L-2A, L-14 , L-14A , L-20B, S-1F and S-1AA is granted shall establish the vend at a distance of not less than 100 (one hundred) metres from any recognised educational institutions and 30 (thirty) metres from place of worship by public at large, inter district Bus Stands, cremation or burial grounds falling in the limits of Municipal Corporation, Municipal Committee and Notified area Committee which are Urban areas having concentration of population. However, the distance of liquor vends from prominent places of worship by public at large i.e. Jakhoo Temple and SankatMochan Temple in Shimla district, Shri Chintpurni Temple in Una district, Shri Jwala Ji Temple in Kangra district, Deotsidh Temple in Hamirpur District and Shree Naina Devi Ji Temple in Bilaspur district must not be less than 600 metres. In so far as areas other than those mentioned in the foregoing paragraphs are concerned, the distance for establishing liquor vends shall not be less than 100 (one hundred) metres from any recognised educational institution and 60 metres (sixty metres) from any place of worship by public at large, inter district Bus Stand, cremation or burial grounds.
b) The distance from the vend is not to be measured from the gate of the School but the farthest point of the premises (building and play ground used exclusively by school students).
c) All retail licensee shall install CCTV cameras having backup of atleast 7 days in their liquor vends. d) Warning shall be displayed conspicuously in Hindi & English on liquor vends as under :-
i) " Liquor shall not be sold to children below the age of 18" and
ii) “Consumption of Alcohol is injurious to Health
The provisions prescribed in point (a) & (b) above shall not apply in such cases where a new recognized school/educational institution/main bus stand/place of worship comes up within the prescribed distance during the currency of the year subsequent to the establishment of vend for the year 2024-25.”
• Sub-rule 19(A) has been substituted.
This notification will come into effect from April 01, 2024.
[Notification No. 7-232/2024EXN-7041]
