Bihar Beer (Import & Sale) Rules, 2000

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    "id": 15212,
    "slug": "bihar-beer-import-sale-rules-2000",
    "title": "Bihar Beer (Import & Sale) Rules, 2000",
    "short_title": "Bihar Beer (Import & Sale) Rules, 2000",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. S.O. 165 dated 10t",
    "act_year": 2000,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Bihar Beer (Import & Sale) Rules, 2000",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "sections": [
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "2.\n(1) \"Act\" means the Bihar Excise Act, 1915 (Bihar Act II of 1915);\n(2) \"Brewer\" means person who brews beer, and the term \"brewery\" shall be construed accordingly;\n(3) \"Commissioner\" means the Excise Commissioner as defined in Clause (7) of Section 2 of the Act;\n(4) \"Distributors Licence\" means a licence for the sale of beer only to the holder of sale to trade licence in Excise Form 1;\n(5) \"Beer\" means beer as defined in clause (1) of sub-section 2 of the Bihar Excise Act, 1915 and includes beer manufactured outside India;\n(6) \"Licence\" means a licence granted under the Act or rules made thereunder and the term \"Licensee\" shall be construed accordingly;\n(7) \"Licensed Premises\" means premises in respect of which a licence has been granted and includes any other premises approved by the Collector for storage of beer.\n(8) \"Licensing year\" means the year beginning from 1st April and ending on 31st March following;\n(9) \"Section\" means section of the Act.\n(B) Words and expressions used in these rules but not defined in these rules shall have the same meanings as assigned to them in the Act.\n3.\n(i) The name and address of the applicant;\n(ii) Proof that applicant owns a brewery outside the State of Bihar or India as the case may be;\n(iii) Brands of beer to be sold in Bihar;\n(iv) The description of the proposed licensed premises;\n(v) Three copies of the layout plan showing the position of the offices respectively of the licensee, officer-in-charge and the godown in which beer is to be stored;\n(vi) Proof of solvency of the applicant;\n(vii) Whether the applicant is liable to pay any dues to the Government such as arrears of excise revenue, sales tax, income tax etc. in respect of any other license held by him.\n4.\n5.\n(i) The name and address of the licensee;\n(ii) The name and address of the brewery from which beer is to be imported;\n(iii) The brand names of beer, the alcoholic content of such beer and the exact quantity of beer to be imported and the number of bottles of different sizes containing beer;\n(iv) The rate of literage fee, or the Duty, as the case may be, and the amount of literage fee, or the Duty, paid; and\n(v) The route by which beer is to be brought.\n6.\n(a) The brand names under which and the labels with which the beer is intended to be imported into Bihar have been registered in Bihar in accordance with the rules for the time being in force for such registration.\n(b) The literage fee on the quantity of beer to be imported from outside India has been paid at the rate fixed under Rule 106D of the Board's rules and in case the beer imported from other States, Excise Duty and Import Fee have been paid at the prescribed rates.\n(c) The pass as aforesaid shall be drawn in quadruplicate. The original shall be made over to the importer to cover the import, the duplicate copy shall be forwarded to the Officer-in-charge of the brewery from which the consignment of beer is to be brought and the quadruplicate copy with the copies of the challans showing payment of literage fee or duty as the case may be and duly posted on it shall be retained on the record of the officer granting the pass.\n7.\n8.\n9.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 0
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "bh033",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. S.O. 165 dated 10th August, 2000",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2000",
        "Short Title": "Bihar Beer (Import & Sale) Rules, 2000",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}