FORM N II

136	Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 [1949 : Bom. XXV
FORM  N-II
Licence to tap Neera-producing Trees and draw Neera therefrom for Domestic
Consumption
(No fee leviable)
Licence is hereby granted under and subject to the provisions of the Bombay
Prohibition Act, 1949, and the rules, regulations and orders made thereunder and the
conditions of this licence to Shri ................................................................. (hereinafter called
“the licensee”) residing at ................................................................. authorising him during
the period commencing  from ................................................. to ..................................................
(both days inclusive) to tap for and draw neera from the ...................................................
trees specified in the Schedule hereinafter appended (hereinafter  referred to as “the said
trees”) growing within the limits of the village of ............................................... in the 
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[taluka/
tahsil]  of .......................................................... and in the Survey Number specified in the
said Schedule for the purpose of using the neera for domestic consumption only by the
licensee and the persons of his household.
This licence is granted subject to the following conditions, namely;
Conditions
1. Each of the said trees hereby licensed to be tapped shall be marked and numbered
by the licensee at his own expense in the manner specified in the Bombay Neera Rules,
1951. The licensee shall not tap or cause to be tapped any of the said trees or draw or
cause to be drawn neera therefrom, until the said trees shall have been marked and
numbered as aforesaid.
The licensee shall not tap, or cause to be tapped or draw neera from any trees not
licensed to be tapped by him. Juice from any coconut, brab, date or any kind of palm tree
shall not be drawn except in a receptacle. Such receptacle before it is used for drawing
and collecting neera shall be washed with a freshly prepared solution of permanganate of
potash and water. After it is so washed it shall be washed again with pure water in order
to make it absolutely clean. After the receptacle is washed and rewashed as provided
above, fresh milk of lime shall be put in such receptacle in the proportion of 3 cubic
centimetres for every 900 ml. of neera to be drawn therein.
Explanation.—In this condition—
(i) “milk of lime” means solution of water and pulp of quick-lime in the proportion of
4:1; and
(ii) “pulp of quicklime” means the pulpy precipitate obtained by the gradual addition
of water to quicklime.
2. The licensee shall convey the entire quantity of the neera drawn by him under this
licence to his place of residence by a direct route. The licensee shall not draw neera from
the said trees 
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[before 4.00 a.m.] or after sunset and shall not convery the neera from the
said trees  after sunset. The licensee shall not convey of allow to be conveyed any
neera drawn under this licence, to any place other than his place of residence. He shall
use such neera only for the purpose of domestic consumption and shall not sell or supply
neera to others. The unconsumed balance of neera may be used for the manufacture of
gur or any other article which is not an intoxicant before it is fermented. Neera which is
fermented shall be destroyed forthwith. No Neera shall be kept till the day following
that on which it is drawn unless it is boiled, provided that no such boiled neera shall be
kept for more than 24 hours.
1 Subs. by G. N. of 25-7-1963.
2 Subs. by G. N. of 1-3-1960.

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3. The licensee shall not sell neera to anybody, not shall he give it to anybody
except to a person belonging to his household for such person’s personal consumption
only.
4. The licensee may, by a written 
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[authorisation certificate] signed by him, authorise
any other person to tap the trees hereby licensed and to transport the neera drawn from
them. The licensee shall communicate such person’s name and date of his appointment
to the Inspector of Prohibition and Excise having charge of the area in which the said trees
are situated.
5. The licensee shall abide by the conditions of the licence and the provisions of the
Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949, and the rules, regulations and orders made thereunder and
shall give an undertaking to that effect.
6. The licensee, this heirs, legal representatives or assignees shall have no claim
whatsoever to the continuance or renewal of this licence after the expiry of the period for
which it is granted. It shall be entirely within the discretion of the Collector to permit or
not the assignee of the licence, in case of sale or transfer or the heir or legal representative
or the licensee, in case of death, to have the benefit of the licence for the unexpired
portion of the term for which it is granted.
7. This licence may be suspended or cancelled in accordance with the provisions of
section 54 or 56 of the said Act.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this licence, a household shall mean a group of
persons residing and messing jointly as the members of one domestic unit.
Schedule
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No. and kind of treesNo. and situation of partNo. of part of Owner’s name
to the tapped of Plantation/VillagePlantation/Survey No.
(1) (2) (3) (4)
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Granted this ......................................  day of  ........................  19 .
Seal of the
Collector
Collector.
1 Subs. by G. N. of 1-3-1960.