The Government of Manipur on June 10, 2024, issued the Manipur Excise (Amendment) Rules, 2024, to further amend the Manipur Excise Rules, 1962.
This shall come into force on June 18, 2024.
The following has been stated namely: -
• In the Principal Rules, the words "Union Territory of Manipur", wherever they occur shall be substituted with the words "State of Manipur".
• In the Principal Rules, the words "Chief Commissioner", wherever they occur shall be substituted with the words "Governor of Manipur".
• In the Principal Rules, the words "Manipur Administration", wherever they occur shall be substituted with the words "State Government of Manipur".
• In rule 107 - 'Government warehouses', the words "by the Government at convenient places at the expenses of Government", shall be substituted with the words "by the Government/Government owned Agency/Corporation as decided by the State Government at convenient places at the expense of Government/ Government owned Agency/ Corporation".
• In rule 127 - 'Fine in case of breaches of conditions of licence, etc.', the figures "Rs. 50" and "Rs. 1,000", shall be substituted with the figure "Rs. 1,000/-" and "Rs. 1,00,000/-", respectively.
• Rule 185, which states "Retail liquor and ganja shops within two and half miles of border of another district", shall be substituted with "Except with the previous sanction of the State Government, licences for the retail sale of liquor at any place within 500 meters of the border of another district shall not be granted".
• In rule 188 - 'Places where foreign liquor 'on' licences may be grated', the words "in Imphal only", shall be substituted with the words "as notified by the State Government".
• In rule 238 - 'Women not to be employed' in country spirit or hemp drug shops', the words "any women as sales woman" shall be substituted with the words and figure "any woman below 25 years of age as sales woman".
• In rule 272 - 'Wholesale licences', the words appearing in the last line "superior class", shall be substituted with words "superior class or Government owned Agency/Corporation as notified by the State Government".
• In the Principal rules, after rule 354, new rules 355-365 shall be inserted.
Kindly refer to the attached document for more details.
[Notification no. - FX-8/13/2022-e-FD-Part(1)]
