Keyword(s):
Foreign Liquor, Trade, Excise

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The Andhra Pradesh Excise and the Andhra Pradesh (Regulation of Trade in
Indian made Foreign Liquor, Foreign Liquor) Acts (Amendment) Act, 2012.
Act 5 of 2012
Keyword(s):
Foreign Liquor, Trade, Excise
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ACT No. 5 OF 2012.
AN ACT FURTHER TO AMEND THE ANDHRA PRADESH
EXCISE ACT, 1968 AND THE ANDHRA PRADESH
(REGULATION OF TRADE IN INDIAN MADE FOREIGN
LIQUOR, FOREIGN LIQUOR) ACT, 1993.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Andhra Pradesh
in the Sixty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:
The following Act of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature,
received the assent of the Governor on the 16th April, 2012 and
the said assent is hereby first published on the 16th April, 2012 in
the Andhra Pradesh Gazette for general information:-
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THE ANDHRA PRADESH GAZETTE
PART IV-B EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
ANDHRA PRADESH ACTS, ORDINANCES AND
REGULATIONS ETC.
No. 5] HYDERABAD, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012.
2 ANDHRA PRADESH GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY [Part IV-B

  1. (1) This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh Excise
    and the Andhra Pradesh (Regulation of Trade in Indian made
    Foreign Liquor, Foreign Liquor) Acts (Amendment) Act, 2012.
    (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.
    (3) (i) clause 2 shall be deemed to have come into force
    with effect on and from the 21st July, 1993.
    (ii) clause 3 shall come into force on such date as the
    State Government may, by notification, appoint;
  2. After section 4 of the Andhra Pradesh (Regulation of Trade
    in Indian made Foreign Liquor, Foreign Liquor) Act, 1993, the
    following sections shall be inserted, namely:-
    4- A. The Government shall from time to time,
    specify the Trade margin, Privilege Fee or
    any other levy, by whatever name called, to
    be collected by the Andhra Pradesh Beverages Corporation
    Limited from the holders of licences.
    4.- B. The Amount realized under section
    4A, being the income of the Government, shall
    be remitted by the Andhra Pradesh Beverages Corporation Limited
    to the Government in the manner specified by the Government.
    4-C. Notwithstanding anything contained
    in this Act, the Andhra Pradesh Excise Act,
    1968 and the rules made there under or any
    order issued by the Government or the
    Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, all
    amounts paid by the Corporation from 21-07-
    1993 to the Commissioner of Prohibition and
    Excise or the Government as privilege Fee
    “Levy of Trade
    margin, Privilege
    fee etc.
    Insertion
    of new
    Sections
    4A, 4B
    and 4C.
    Act 15 of
    1993.
    Remittance to
    the Government.
    Privilege fee etc.,
    under sections
    23(1),23-A and
    23-B of the A.P
    Excise Act to be
    the income of the
    Government.
    Short Title
    and
    Commencement.
    April 16, 2012] ANDHRA PRADESH GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY 3
    Act 17 of
    1968.
    or Special Privilege Fee or any other fee or cess, by
    whatever name called, in consideration of the privilege
    conferred on the Corporation, as per the provisions of
    sections 23(1), 23-A and 23-B of the Andhra Pradesh Excise
    Act, 1968 shall be deemed to be and always deemed to
    have been the income of the Government and due payment
    for the relevant years in terms of section 4B”.
  3. In the Andhra Pradesh Excise Act, 1968, section
    23-A and section 23-B shall be omitted.
    A. SHANKAR NARAYANA,
    Secretary to Government,
    Legislative Affairs & Justice,
    Law Department.
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    PRESS, HYDERABAD.
    2012.