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Power of the State Government to exempt intoxicants from provisions of the Act The State Government may, by notification, either wholly or partially, and subject to such conditions, (if any), as it may think fit to prescribe, exempt any intoxicant from all or any of the provisions of the Act, either throughout the State of Bihar and Orissa or in any specified local area, or for any specified period or occasion, or as regards any specified class of persons. Notifications S.O 988 the 26th November 1971- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 94 of Bihar and Orissa Excise Act 1915 (Bihar and Orissa Act II of 1915) the Governor of Bihar is pleased to exempt the intoxication 'Rum' provisioned and moved for consumption by the Armed Forces of India from (i) payment of excise duty, and (ii) provisions of the rules published under notification no. 471-F, dated the 15th January 1919 relating to its import, export and transport.