TOBACCO VEND RULES, 1958

THE TOBACCO VEND RULES, 1958

 2^nd January 1959

NOTIFICATION

No.Ex.IV/2/1-58, dated 2^nd January, 1959:    In exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (2) of Section 12 of the Tobacco Vend Act, 1958, the Government is pleased to make the following rules namely:-

1.               These rules may be called the Tobacco Vend Rules, 1958.

They shall come into force at once and shall supersede corresponding rules of notifications issued under any of the following enactments:-

(a)             The Bombay (District) Tobacco Act, 1933 in its application to the former  of Sind;

(b)             The Punjab Tobacco Vend Fees Act, 1934;

(c)              The North West Frontier Province Tobacco Vend Fees Act, 1938;

(d)             The Punjab Tobacco Vend Fees Act, 1934, as applicable to the former State of Bahawalpur; and

(e)             The Baluchistan Tobacco Vend Fees Regulation, 1942.

2.               A dealer’s license shall be given for the period of one financial year, but it may be issued from any date before the end of a financial year.

3.               The vend fee in respect of a dealer’s license for one financial year or a part thereof shall be as specified hereinafter:-

(a)             If the license is to be used by the licensee and not more than five assistants or employees at the vend premises specified in the license, Rs.40.

(b)             If the license is to be used by the licensee and not more than two assistants or employees at the vend premises specified in the license, Rs.30/-

© If the license is to be used by the licensee and not more than one assistant or employee at the vend premises specified in the license, Rs.8/-

(d) If the license is to be used by the licensee only as a hawker at any public place within the limits of a district specified in the license, Rs.5/-

4.               A vend fee once paid shall not be refundable:-

Provided that when the Collector is satisfied that a license was issued through an error or by inadvertence, he may cancel the license, refund the fee paid and issue an appropriate license if necessary on payment of the prescribed fee.

5.               Powers conferred on officers of the Excise and Taxation Department by Sections B and 11 of the Tobacco Vend Act, 1958 shall not be exercised except by an officer of or above the rank of a Sub Inspector.