(1) The State Government may lease to any person, competent to contract, on payment of such sum in addition to excise duty or countervailing duty, on such conditions and for such period, as it may deem fit, the right–
(2) The State Government may lease to any person, competent to contract, on payment of such fee and on such conditions as the Financial Commissioner may direct under section 28, the right of manufacturing and possessing for home consumption-
Explanation.- For the purpose of this sub-section ‘tribal area’ or ‘specified area’ shall mean such area which stand notified as ‘tribal area’ or ‘notified area’ under the repealed Punjab Excise Act, 1914, on the date of commencement of the Himachal Pradesh Excise Act, 2011.
(3) The Financial Commissioner may grant to a lessee, a license for manufacturing or supplying the liquor in accordance with the terms of such lease as may be approved by the State Government under sub-section (1); provided that Collector may grant to a lessee, such licenses for sale of liquor by wholesale or by retail as the Financial Commissioner may prescribe.
(4) The Collector may grant to a lessee under sub-section (2) a permit in such form as the Financial Commissioner may prescribe.
