Collect Excise Revenue
Supervision and Control of Licensed premises, and collection of revenue therefrom
Detect Excise Crimes
Acting as the law enforcement agency in respect of the Excise Ordinance
Detect Tobacco Crimes
Enforcement of the Tobacco Tax Act including supervision and control of Tobacco Manufactories
Detect Narcotic Crimes
Acting as a law enforcement agency in respect of the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance
Implementation Of Policies
The Department implements the policies on licenses for the distillation, importation, manufacture, bottling, wholesaling and retailing of any product that may be used as an alcoholic beverage. Each type of license is subjected to terms and conditions designed to safeguard against undeclared production and marketing of alcoholic beverages. The Government has been consistently keen on increasing excise taxes in order to increase the revenue and to confine the alcohol industry in a regulatory framework