(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Odisha State Beverages Corporation Ltd., which is a Corporation wholly owned and controlled by the State Government, or any other Agency as may be notified by the State Government, shall have the exclusive privilege of supplying, by wholesale, foreign liquor, India made foreign liquor and country liquor manufactured from molasses for the whole of the State of Odisha.
(2) The Odisha State Beverages Corporation Ltd., shall be granted the licence by the Excise Commissioner for the exercise of the exclusive privilege referred to in Sub-section (1) and such licence shall be subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.
(3) The Odisha State Beverages Corporation Ltd., may open its branches or depots in the State at such places and subject to such conditions as the Excise Commissioner may specify and for each place of business, separate license shall be issued by the Excise Commissioner on payment of such fees as may be decided by the State Government from time to time.
(4) It shall be lawful for the State Government to grant licence to the Odisha State Beverages Corporation Ltd., on such conditions and restrictions and for such period, to exercise the exclusive or other privileges of importing, storing and selling foreign liquor, India made foreign liquor, as it may deem fit.
11THE ODISHA EXCISE ACT, 2008