U.P. Hours of Retail Sale of Foreign Liquor Rules, 1977
Published Vide Notification No. 3774/9-14-B, dated September 18, 1977, published in U.P. Gazette Extraordinary, dated 18th September, 1977, page 3
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In exercise of the powers under Section 41 of the U.P. Excise Act, 1910 (U. P. Act No. IV of 1910) read with Section 21 of the U. P. General Clauses Act, 1904 (U. P. Act No. 1 of 1904), and in supersession of E.C.'s Notification Mo. 1956/IX-14-B, dated May 20, 1972 on the subject the Excise Commissioner, Uttar Pradesh, with the previous sanction of the State Government, is pleased to make the following rules regarding the hours for retail sale of foreign liquor by the licensee thereof :
- Short title and commencement.- (a) These rules may be called the Uttar Pradesh, Hours of Retail Sale of Foreign Liquor Rules, 1977.
(b) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Uttar Pradesh Gazette.
- Hours of sale.- The hours for retail sale of foreign liquor under the following licences shall be as noted against each :
| [(a) | Shop licensed for consumption "off" the premises (F.L. 5). | From 10.00 hours to 10.00 p.m.] |
| (b) | Hotel licence (F.L. 6). | Sunrise to 2 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. to bona fide residents, but any time in rooms occupied by residents or reserved for them. |
| (c) | Restaurant or hotel bar licence (F.L. 7) | Noon to 2 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on week days except Saturdays and up to 12 midnight on Saturdays. |
| Note.-Sale may be made any time to bona fide passengers by air by licensees holding a restaurant licence at an aerodrome. | ||
| (d) | Railways refreshment rooms or dining car licences (F.L. 8) | At any time to bona fide travellers. |
| (e) | Canteen tenant licence (F.L. 9) and Unit Canteen Licence (F.L. 9-A). | Such sum as may be fixed by the Military authorities. |
| (f) | Occasional licence (F.L. 11). | Such time as may be fixed by the Collector. |
| (g) | Theatre or cinema bar licence (F.L. 12). | In the case of theatre no sale will be permitted when sales may continue up to 12 p.m. In the case oil cinema there will be not sale after the interval in the last performance except on Saturdays when sale will be permitted for half an hour after the performance ends or until 12 p.m. whichever is earlier. The, sale of foreign liquor is also prohibited between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. |
Note.-The consumption of liquor by any person shall not be allowed on I licensed premises of all kinds of "on" licences of foreign liquor beyond half an I hour after the prescribed closing hours of sale.
