Office Memorandum No. 296/2024/ED of the Environment Department, Government of Bihar dated 3rd May, 2024 on the import of liquor into the State [C14-6B2]

No. 296/2024/ED

GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR

Environment Department, Government of Bihar

Patna, dated the 3rd May, 2024

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The import of liquor into the State by importers of liquor under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Environment Department, Government of Bihar on the manner in which the import of liquor into the State by importers of liquor is to be regulated under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

2. The matter has been examined. Every importer of liquor carrying on the import of liquor into the State shall make an application in Form H to the District Excise Officer within twenty-one days, accompanied by a fee of fifty thousand rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the import of liquor into the State is undertaken, and the District Excise Officer shall dispose of it within twenty-one days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Environment Department, Government of Bihar.

(Secretary to Government)