Legal Permissions for Late Night New Year Celebrations Almost every country is in a festive mood with Christmas and New Year just round the corner. There are events almost on all days between Christmas and New Year that keep the people enthralled and in the mood. The celebrations continue throughout the week making the entire country glitter in lights and magic. People from India love to socialize. They meet in large gatherings. Loud music and party are common in the New Year eve. Nobody wants to celebrate their New Year stuck in traffic. You can organize or host New Year party in your apartment. For conducting party or get-together at your residence, you don’t require a premises or performance license. However, if you intend to use a loudspeaker, you need permission. Important License and Permission required For organizing a New Year party in your apartments, you need permission from concerned officials and department in your state or in neighborhood. Following are some of important permission required for organizing a party.
Permission for your loudspeaker: According to the Noise Pollution (Regulations and Control) Rules 2000, a loudspeaker or a public address system shall not be used at night between 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. But New Year is special case where concerned authority allows you to play music or use loudspeaker for your New Year party. For conducting pooja / birthday party / family get-together or religious ceremony at your residence, you don’t require a premises or performance license. However, if you intend to use a loudspeaker, you will have to make an application to the concerned Police station. The authorities do not permit loudspeaker in silence zone. Silence Zone is an area comprising not less than 100 meters around hospitals, educational institutions, courts, religious places or any other area which is declared as such by the competent authority. License for serving liquor in parties: A consumer is allowed to keep 18 liters of IMFL/Beer (in any proportion) at his residence at a time for bonafide consumption by him and family members/guests. For higher possession, he can apply to the Department for a permit for which a fee of Rs. 2000/- is charged. For serving liquor in the party,
association or club has to get special or temporary excise license. Temporary Excise License is issued for parties hosted by individual (L49A) and Licensed Hotel, Club, Restaurant inside their premises (L20). Parking Space: Lack of parking space is one of the problems facing in developing cities. Police and concerned authorities limit the parking or restrict the entry of certain vehicles on New Year eve. If you are planning to organize or host a New Year party in your apartment and planning to invite your friends, relatives or colleagues, ensure that your apartment provides parking space for their vehicle. No Objection Certificate: For organizing or hosting a New Year party you need to get No Objection Certificate (NOC). If you are organizing party in your apartment, you need to get NOC from your landlord or neighbors in your apartment and from apartment owners association. If apartment owners association is conducting or hosting the New Year party, they will have to get NOC from its members and residents in apartment. Other NOC required for your organizing or hosting New Year party are NOC from property manager or Apartment Owners Association NOC from concerned Police station, NOC from Fire Brigade, NOC from Electrical Inspector, NOC from Health Department of BMC (if eatables are being served) Safety and security: If your event management has been outsourced to an external cocoordinator, ask for, and review their risk assessment plan. Make sure you have emergency medical aid and review arrangements to ensure the safety and security of the attendees. Taking a personal interest in the arrangements even if you have outsourced them will ensure that everything gets your personal attention. In the party serving liquor, woman and girls safety should be given higher priority. Teens and college girls should never travel alone on New Year eve. The preparation should start well in advance, if one is to avoid last minute crunches and partyfright. The best way to save time and effort is to plan a menu that is no fuss, healthy and tastysomething that the guests enjoy eating. Get NOC from concerned authority and ensure the safety and security of the attendees. Enjoy this New Year but remember not to disturb your neighbors or people in neighborhood. Useful links to Refer: punekar.in/site/2009/12/16/no-parties-in-open-spaces-this-year/ www.wikihow.com/Host-a-Proper-Indian-Party excise.delhigovt.nic.in/l20.asp www.noisebusterz.com/How%20can%20you%20help.html www.dnaindia.com/opinion/report_no-noise-is-good-noise_2381 www.mumbaipolice.org/cap/services7.htm www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu
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