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In this Regulation, unless jhe context otherwise requires,- • •..• • -I, . t _. 4 ,_: ~. : ~ t ~ (I) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution; . . l!· .• ,' " '~'.' :. . . .• • .' ~2? ."alcohol"_means ethyl al,c?~~.1 of~sti~niili and purity having the'chemical composition C H OH' ' ... -. J 1'( ,', ....•. l I ' "" .~ (1) "alcoholic beverage" means 'any beverage containing alcohol inconformity with the' Bureau of Indian Standards specified under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 which may be lntoxicating 8I!d is. fit (or human consumption; 63 of 1986. ---------- . . (4) "Appellate Authority" means the Appellate Authority referred to in section 76; ,.': . (.5) "authorised officer" meansan officer authorised to exercise any of the powers and to perform any of the duties ~d functions under the provisions ~fthis Regulation and rules framed thereunder; " . ,-'I"t' . I . . r l (6) "beer" means alcoholic beverage prepared from malt or grain with or without addition of sugar and hops and includes black beer, ale, stout, porter and such other substance as may be specified by the Administrator by notification; I " (7) "black jaggery" means coarse brown sugar made from palm trees or cane juice ordinarily unfit for human consumption, but contains sufficient quantity of fermentable sugar for manufacture of ethyl alcohol; (8) "blending" means mixing of two or more spirits of different strengths and different qualities; (9) "Board of Experts" means the ~oil!d Qf,Ex~ constituted under section II; (l0) "brewery" means premises where ~r is manufactured and includes every place therein where beer is stored or wh~refi:o~, ;t ~ issu~d;;. ,.... . , (11) "compounding" means the manufacture of alcoholic beverage by addition to spirit ,of a flavouring or colouring matter or both; (12) "country liquor or traditional liquor" means plain or spiced spirit which has been manufactured in India from material recognised as base for country or traditional spirit, namely. mahua, rice, gur, molasses. etc.; (13) "denaturant" means any substance completely miscible in spirit and of -sueh a character that its addition renders the material> or any aqueous dilution of it, non-potable; (! 4) "denatured spirit" means spirit with an added denaturant to render it effectively and permanently unfit for human consumption; (15) ''Deputy Commissioner" means the Deputy Commissioner appointed under section 5; (J 6) "distillery" means premises where spirit is manufactused and includes every place therein where it is stored or wherefrom it is issued; (/7) "District Excise Officer" means the District Excise Officer appointed under section 5; i,· " , , ',.,:. 2 THE GAZEITE OF INDIA E~TRAORDINARY Definit ic n! . (l8) "e-governance" includes use of information and communication technology to promote efficient and cost-effective services to the public; (/9) "Excise Commissioner" means the officer appointed as Excise Commissioner by the Administrator under section 3; - • 1 , \ \ I i: ..... ' _" . SEC. I] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY - ~ 3 (20) "Excise Officer" means any officer or person appointed or invested with powers under this Regulation; (2/) "excise revenue" means revenue derived or derivable from any payment, duty, fee, tax, confiscation or fine imposed or ordered under this Regulation, or of any other law for the time being in force relating to liquor, but does not include fine unposed by a court of law; (22) "export" means to take out of the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands to any other State or Union territory within the country; (23) "fermented liquor" means liquor obtained by the process of fermentation and includes beer, ale, stout, porter wine, pachwai, fermented tari and any other similar liquor; (24) "foreign liquor" means any liquor imported by land, sea or air into India; (25) "Government" means the Administrator of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; (26) "hop" means ripened cones of female hop plant used for giving flavour to malt liquor; \. . , (27) "Illicit liquor" means any liquor manufactured or stored or distributed or sold, in contravention of the provisions of this Regulation or the rules framed thereunder or liquor on which appropriate duty or fee leviable under this Regulation or the rules framed thereunder, has ~ot been paid and includes foreign liquor on which appropriate duty of customs has not been paid; (28) "import" means to bring into Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands from any other State or Union territory of the country; (29) "import into India" with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions. means bringing into the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands from any place' outside India; (30) "Indian liquor" means.liquor manufactured in India by process of distillation or using alcohol obtained by distillation such as whisky, brandy, rum, gin, vodka, but does not include country liquor orfermented liquor; (3/) "licence" means a licence granted under this Regulation; ,I I '.,. " • (32) "liquor" means any alcoholic beverageand includes whisky, brandy, beer, wine, toddy, tari, pachwai, vodka, gin, tequila, country liquor, arrack and intoxicating .• liquid consisting of or containing alcohol besides any similar substance which tJie Administrator may; by notificaticn.vdeclare to be liquor for the purposes of this Regulation; (33) "major offences" means the offences punishable under sections 34, 35, 36, 38,39,43,44 and 45 of this Regulation; (34) "malt" means the germinated barley; (35) "manufactory" means any distillery, brewery, wineryor any establishment distilling, brewing, manufactw:in~; blending or bottling liquor; (36) "manufacture" includes any process- (a) incidental or ancillary to the completion of a manufactured liquor; or " . (b) ~ethe;'-n~1 'or artificial, by which any liquor is produced or prepared and also rc-distilrltion and every process for the rectification, reduction, flavouring.blending orcolouring of liquor; or (c) which in relation to liquor involves packing or repacking of such article in a bottle or unit package or labelling or re-labelling of bottles or unit package, including the declaration or alteration of maximum retail price on it or adoption of any other treatment on the Iiquor:tOr sale'lt6 the consumers. ': ! • '_ -' • 4 THE GAZETTE OF fNDlA EXTRAORDINARY [PAKr 11- ~':,.. : ~ r I Explanation.-For the remova(otdo~bts: it is hereby declared th~t labelling of bottles or unit packages, imported into' ~dia 'Or into the Union territory: to :comply with statutory requirements shall not be construed as manufacture; . (37) "manufacturer" means any person whe manufactures Indian liquor and includes a manufacturer of alcohol subject to exCi~~ duty uftder the Central Excise Act, 1944 'j f ; I . , ..r 1 0