Bare ActsThe JAMMU AND KASHMIR EXCISE ACT, 1958

Section 17

How duty may be imposed

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How duty may be imposed. ––Such duty may be levied in one or more of the following ways: –– (a) by duty of excise to be charged, in the case of spirits or beer, either on the quantity produced in the distillery or brewery or passed out of the distillery, brewery or warehouse 1[or imported into or exported from the State,] as the case may be ; (b) in the case of intoxicating drugs, by a duty to be rateably charged on the quantity produced or manufactured or passed out of the ware-house or on the acreage cultivated ; (c) by payment of a sum in consideration of the grant of any exclusive or other privilege–– (1) of manufacturing or supplying by wholesale, or (2) of selling by retail, or (3) of manufacturing or supplying by wholesale, and selling by retail any country liquor or intoxicating drug in any local area and for any specified period of time, (d) by fees on licences for manufacture or sale ; (e) by transport duties assessed in such manner as 2[the Government] may direct ; 3[(f) by duty on bottling of liquor.]

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