Bihar Neera (Unfermented Juice of Palms) Rules, 2017

Q: What does Section 2 of Bihar Neera (Unfermented Juice of Palms) Rules, 2017 say?

(i) "The Act" means the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act,2016 ; (ii) "Licensing Authority" means the Excise Superintendent, Assistant Commissioner of Excise of the district concerned or any other authority empowered by the State Government to grant a license under these Rules; (iii) "Neera" means unfermented juice drawn from any coconut, palmyra, dates or any other kind of palm trees ; (iv) "Section" means a section of the Act . (v) "Tree" means a neera producing tree ;and (vi) " Tapper" means a

Q: What does Section 3 of Bihar Neera (Unfermented Juice of Palms) Rules, 2017 say?

(i) An agreement of annual/monthly/seasonal rent for tapping tree situated on personal land between the owner or his authorized agent and the tapper. (ii) An agreement of tapping tree situated on the government land between the Circle Officer of that area and the tapper as per sairat settlement procedure of the Revenue Department. Such settlements shall only be made with the tappers.

Q: What does Section 4 of Bihar Neera (Unfermented Juice of Palms) Rules, 2017 say?

(i) An annual agreement executed under rule-3 of these Rules shall remain effective for a period of one year from the 1st day of April, to the 31st day of March, following (both days inclusive) or (ii) A seasonal agreement for tapping tree shall remain effective from the months of April to August/September (Sahi season) or October/November to March (Basanti season), or (iii) A monthly agreement shall remain effective for a specific month of a year or any other period which deems fit for the owne

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1. The licensee shall not tap any tree other than the said trees nor shall be allowed any neera drawn under this license to ferment.

Section 1

2. The licensee shall deliver neera to Government authorised agency. The neera drawn by him from the said trees under this license will be carried to the collection/ manufacturing place by a direct route and to no other place.

Section 2

3. The licensee shall carry on the business personally.

Section 3

4. The licensee shall abide by the conditions of the license and the provisions of the Bihar Prohibition And Excise Act, 2016 and the rules, regulations and orders made thereunder and shall give an undertaking to that effect.

Section 4

5. The licensee, his heirs, legal representatives or assignees shall have no right to claim whatsoever to the continuance or renewal of this license after the expiry of the period of license. It shall be entirely within the discretion of the Licensing Authority to permit or not, the assignee of the licensee, in case of sale or transfer, or the heir or legal representative of the licensee in case of death, to have the benefit of the license for the unexpired portion of the term for which it is gr

Section 5

6. Infraction of any of the above conditions will render the license liable to forfeiture and licensee will be liable to all or any of the penalties prescribed by the act, rules or orders.

Section 6

bihar-neera-unfermented-juice-of-palms-rules-2017.json • 17 Sections • Bihar

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