THE KARNATAKA EXCISE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2016
KARNATAKA ACT NO. 01 OF 2017
(First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the fourth day of January, 2017)
(Received the assent of the Governor on the Thirty first day of December, 2016)
An Act further to amend the Karnataka Excise Act, 1965. Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Karnataka Excise Act, 1965 (Karnataka Act 21 of 1966) for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the sixty-seventh year of the Republic of India, as follows.-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016. (2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 2.- In the Karnataka Excise Act, 1965 (Karnataka Act 21 of 1966) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 2,- (i) for clause (27), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"(27) "Toddy" means fermented juice drawn from an excise tree but does not include Neera."
(ii) after clause (27), the following shall be inserted, namely:-
"(27-A) "Neera" means the juice drawn from a coconut tree and collected in receptacles in any manner and not subjected to fermentation, which is transparent, syrupy, sweet in smell and taste, without the slightest foam on its surface and preserved without any acid."
3. Insertion of new section 13-A.- After section 13 of the principal Act, the following shall be inserted, namely:-
“13A. Manufacture etc., of Neera and Neera Products prohibited except under a licence.- No person shall tap Neera from coconut tree or further process it, except with a licence granted by the competent authority or payment of such fee and subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.
4. Amendment of section 32.- In section 32 of the principal Act, after sub-section (3), the following shall be inserted, namely:
“(4) Whoever violates the provisions of section 13A or the rules made thereunder shall on conviction be punished with a fine of rupees five thousand for each time, upto first five offences. In case of subsequent offence, he shall be punished with an imprisonment for a term of six months or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees or with both.”
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