Office Memorandum No. 1351/2023/WACDD of the Women and Child Development Department, Government of West Bengal dated 23rd December, 2023 on the possession of excisable articles [C12-85P]
As at 7 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 1351/2023/WACDD
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Women and Child Development Department, Government of West Bengal
Kolkata, dated the 23rd December, 2023
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: The possession of excisable articles by persons in possession under the West Bengal Excise Act, 1909, regarding.
1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Women and Child Development Department, Government of West Bengal on the manner in which the possession of excisable articles by persons in possession is to be regulated under the West Bengal Excise Act, 1909.
2. The matter has been examined. Every person in possession carrying on the possession of excisable articles shall make an application in Form C to the Government of West Bengal within seven days, accompanied by a fee of five hundred rupees.
3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the possession of excisable articles is undertaken, and the Government of West Bengal shall dispose of it within seven days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Women and Child Development Department, Government of West Bengal.
(Secretary to Government)
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