Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary No. 156A, 11 August 2014
The Government of Tamil Nadu published Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary Number 156A on 11 August 2014 to place Bills introduced in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly before the public, with statements explaining their purpose. The supplied pages reproduce proposed amendments concerning liquor excise, cyber offenders and sexual offenders, but do not show that the Bills were enacted or that any existing law was superseded.
What the publication does
Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary Number 156A, published by the Government of Tamil Nadu on 11 August 2014, presents Bills introduced in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for public information. The reproduced Bills are associated with the Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise and include explanations of why the Government proposed the changes.
The publication is a record of proposed legislation. The supplied text does not confirm that the Bills became law.
Proposals reproduced in the supplied pages
The supplied pages set out three Bills:
- Legislative Assembly Bill Number 18 of 2014 proposes amending the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act, 1937. It would allow excise duty on Indian made foreign liquor to be prescribed by notification, subject to maximum rates of Rs. 250 per proof litre for ordinary varieties, Rs. 300 for medium varieties and Rs. 500 for premium varieties. It covers liquor imported, exported, transported, manufactured, supplied or sold under the Act. The stated purpose is to increase Government revenue.
- Legislative Assembly Bill Number 19 of 2014 proposes bringing cyber law offenders within the preventive detention law that already covers bootleggers, drug offenders, forest offenders, goondas, prostitution offenders, sand offenders, slum grabbers and video pirates. A cyber law offender is described as a person committing, attempting or encouraging an offence punishable under Chapter XI of the Information Technology Act, 2000. The proposal would commence on a date notified by the State Government.
- Legislative Assembly Bill Number 20 of 2014 proposes adding sexual offenders to the same preventive detention framework. Its definition refers to specified offences under the Indian Penal Code, the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 1998, and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. It would also commence on a date notified by the State Government.
Relevance to land and property
The existing preventive detention law named in Bills Number 19 and 20 already includes slum or hut land grabbers and sand offenders. The reproduced amendments add cyber law offenders and sexual offenders, rather than changing the provisions concerning land grabbing or property transactions.
The contents page also lists Bills concerning town and country planning, panchayats, municipal laws and regulation of groundwater in the Chennai metropolitan area. Their detailed provisions are not included in the supplied text, so no conclusion about their effect on a particular property can be drawn from these pages.
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Common questions
Does Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary Number 156A prove that these Bills became law?
No. The supplied text says the Bills were published for public information after introduction in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. It does not record their enactment.
Does the publication change rules for buying or registering land?
The reproduced Bills do not change land purchase or registration rules. They concern liquor excise and the proposed inclusion of cyber law offenders and sexual offenders in a preventive detention law.
Does the publication amend the law relating to land grabbers?
The preventive detention law named in the Bills already includes slum or hut land grabbers. The reproduced amendments add other categories and do not state a change to the land grabber category.
Can I rely on the contents page for the effect of the listed planning and local government Bills?
No. The contents page lists Bills on town and country planning, panchayats, municipal laws and groundwater regulation, but the supplied text does not provide their detailed provisions.
