Meghalaya Excise (Amendment) Act, 2012
No: 14 Dated: Sep, 14 2012
THE MEGHALAYA EXCISE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2012
ACT NO. 14 OF 2012
AN ACT further to amend the Meghalaya Excise Act (Assam Excise Act No. 1 of 1910 as adapted and amended by Meghalaya). Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Meghalaya in the Sixty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Meghalaya Excise (Amendment) Act, 2012.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 58 of Meghalaya Excise Act (Assam No. 1 of 1910):- In section 58 of the Meghalaya Excise Act (Assam Act No. 1 of 1910 as adapted and amended by Meghalaya), in offences referred to in clause (a), after sub-clause (iii), the following, new clauses (iv) and (v) shall be (a), after sub-clause (iii), the following, new clauses (iv) and (v) shall be
“(iv) a bottling plant or distillery or brewery or winery or company with fine which shall not be less than ` 5,000/- but which may extend upto ` 25,000/-”
“(v) a bottling plant or distillery or brewery or winery or company with fine which shall not be less than ` 50,000/- but which may extend upto ` 3,00,000/-”
L. M. SANGMA,
Secretary to the Government of Meghalaya,
Law Department.