Office Memorandum No. 1892/2024/RASD of the Registration and Stamps Department, Government of Punjab dated 19th September, 2024 on the sale of liquor for consumption on the premises [C18-1ZW]

No. 1892/2024/RASD

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

Registration and Stamps Department, Government of Punjab

Chandigarh, dated the 19th September, 2024

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The sale of liquor for consumption on the premises by bar licensees under the Punjab Excise Act, 1914, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Registration and Stamps Department, Government of Punjab on the manner in which the sale of liquor for consumption on the premises by bar licensees is to be regulated under the Punjab Excise Act, 1914.

2. The matter has been examined. Every bar licensee carrying on the sale of liquor for consumption on the premises shall make an application in Form G to the Government of Punjab within thirty days, accompanied by a fee of one thousand rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the sale of liquor for consumption on the premises is undertaken, and the Government of Punjab shall dispose of it within thirty days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Registration and Stamps Department, Government of Punjab.

(Secretary to Government)