No. 272 Regis-tered No. N. E. 930.
TRIPURA GAZETTE · uthority EXTRAORDINARY-ISSUE Aga1.rta/~, Tuesday, October 27, 2015 A. D., Kattika 5, 1937 S. E.
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PART--t--i Orders_ and Notifications by the Government of Ttlpura, \ · The High Court, Government Treasury etc. · GOVERNMENTOFTIUPURA I FINANCE DEPARTMENT ...,.,"" . : . ~ ,: EXCISE & TAXATION '---.-.... t.II-8(1)-EX/2\014(P) ' Dated,Agartala,the'27th October, 2_015.
NOTIFICATION .
Nowad~ys, prolife~ation of spurious and smuggled beverages like Liquor and Be~r in the State has becom~ a kajo~: condern for its users and for the Department. As per available report, excise crime ' ! . .
prevention ·.offt~ials are detecting unregistered foreign Liquor and Beer from the open market. These types of activities :carried out by some unscrupulous traders have wide reaching ramifications.
Innocent Llqu~r consumers in many States of India have met untimely deaths due to consumption of I 1 • spurious Liquor.
Keeping this in mind, the State Government has decided to· make mandatory use of ,high security tamper evident Hol~gram labels in Liquor and Beer bottles sold from different retail outlets of .
the State, \s~ that the licit and illicit Liquor can be distinguished by the consumers, at a single look, side by side .Excise and other preventive organization could detect illicit Liquor easily. _ ~ ~. Fo1 thispurpose, the Governor is pleased to pres~ribe folloWing guidelines rtr 'compliance to aU Llquor Compames, Manufacturer . and Importers havmg_ registr?-tion in 1'ripura, so that use of ) Hologram labels in liqu~r and be.er bottles in the State can be done in letter artd spirit.
1. All Liquor bottles sold in Tripura in different volumes shall mandatbrily have high security :t per ~ evident Hologram labels. Foreign Made Foreign Liquor (BlO), Liquor supplied under I .
Mil\tary Canteen Tenant System (excluding TSR) and Country Liquor sold in Tripura shall be exerpkr from affixing high secu~ity Hologram ~n Liquor bottles. The high security Hologram sha~ l ;be. pJflxed by the concerned Ltquor CQmpames, Manufacturers on the Liquor bottles.
2. Holograms shall be procured by the 0 I o the Commissioner of ExCise from the finn, namely, Holostik India Ltd. as per need for the whole State. The 0 I o the Commissioner of Excise shall supply the required Holograms to the respective Collector.of Excise as per the demand.
3. The requisition of Hologram shall be placed before the Collector of ExCise by the Importers and accordingly, the delivery of Hologram shall be done from the 0 I o the Collector of Excise of th~ respective District.
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4. The cost of Hologram shall be borne by the concerned Manufacturer, which is subject to change from time to time, if required. The payment in respect of supplied Holograms may be made by the Manufacturer through · the Importers prior to issuance of Import Permit. The cost of Holograms shall be paid by the concerned Importers through Bank Draft of any; Nationalized Bank in favour of the.· Commissioner of Excise, Government of Tripura. The a~ministrative charge shall, as .applicable, .be paid by the concerned Importers/ Manufacturers separately . . I !
through Treasury challan Under Head of Accounts 0039 {State Excise) aj:tet receipt of . I \ certification of challan duly authenticated by the Officer-in-Charge , :
of the concerned Bonded WarehousefManufacturir:g Unit. Manufacturer /1m porter i~fare to . .
produce the original copy of the challan at the time of placing requisition of security 'Holograms before the Collector of Excise: The Collector of Excise, on receipt of the original copy of challan regarding payment of administrative charge by the Importers/Manufacturers shall thereafter forWard the challans to the 0 fa· the Commissioner of Excise on fortnightly basis. The 0 I o the Commissioner of Excise shall pay the ~ost of Holo~ams t~. Holostik India :Ltd. on monthly basis.
5. The respective Collectors. of Excise shall place UtiHzation Certificate of Hologram to th' ----/ Commissioner of Excise ·on ·monthly_ basis vis-a-vis the Collector of Excise shall obtain Utilization ·Certificate prior to issuance of Import Permit to the Importers.
6. Rate of Hologram :- Rs. 1.08/""' per unit of label (to be de,pdsited to the Administrative charge of Finance (Excise) Department.
Commissioner of Excise by the Importer I Manufacturer).
:- Rs. 0.16 paise per unit of Hol?gram{to be deposited through Treasury challan und~r Head of Accounts 0039 tState Excise) by the lfi\porter f Manufacturer\ .
7. The Officer-in-Charge and Licensee of concerned Bonded Warehou.ses sran verify and ensure hologram has been affixed .in all bottles and submit report to the Collectori of Excise.
8. Date of Commencement :-From 01-12-2015, use of HGlqgram in Liquor/Beer bottles shall be mandato,ry in ;the State.
9. The Import Permits issued prior to 01-12-2015 shall not attract thesp gui~elines ; ·
10. Violation of any of the abovementioned guidelines by the lmportersVMa~ufactu!rers will attrac .__...
the penal provision of Tripura Excise Act & Rules .
By order of" the Governor, ·• ~.~:,~Y ~o/ ;(M. $engup'ta) Under S~creta~ to the . I •J Govemm~nt of Tripura.
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