(3)[ (i) The licenced premises for retail sale of foreign liquor or country liquor in the respective areas and adjoining areas shall remain closed for such period as the Election Commission of India or the State Election Commission of Orissa directs on account of election of by-election to the Lok Sabha, Bidhan Sabha, Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti, Grama Panchayat and other local bodies, as the case may be specially declared as "dry days" on account of such election or by-election.(ii)All licenced premises for retail sale of foreign liquor or country liquor shall remain closed on the 2nd day of October every year on account of the birth day of Mahatma Gandhi which has been specifically declared as dry day.No compensation shall be payable for closure of licenced premises during such days.] [Substituted vide BOR Notification No. 6409 dated 1.10.1999, O.G. No. 19/2.6.00.]
