FORM N III

138	Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 [1949 : Bom. XXV
FORM  NA-III
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FORM  N-III
Licence for the retail sale of neera for consumption on premises
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 ............................................ 
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* * * authorising him
during the period commencing from................................................................................... to
........................................................... (both days inclusive) to sell neera by retail for
consumption on his premises situated at ................................................. (hereinafter called
“the said place of sale”).
This licence is granted subject to the following conditions, namely :
Conditions
1. The licensee shall not sell or keep for sale neera unless—
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[(i) it is neera of standard quality;]
(ii) it has been obtained from a supplier approved and licensed by the Collector and at
a rate not exceeding that 
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[prescribed by the Government] from time to time under the Act.
2. The licensee shall not keep, sell or expose for sale neera, which has begun to
ferment or 
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* * * *which is adulterated.
The licensee shall forthwith destroy all neera which is not in accordance with the
standard prescribed and he shall not be entitled to any compensation therefor.
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[“3. The licensee shall sell Neera at a rate not exceeding—
(i) Rupees 3.00 per 200 millilitres in the areas within the limits of Municipal
Corporation and in the areas within the limits of Municipal Council of Lonavala and of the
Hill Stations of Matheran and Mahabaleshwar.
(ii) Rupees 2.50 per 200 millilitres in any other areas in the State”.]
4. The licensee shall not keep or store neera in any place other than the said place of
sale nor shall he allow anyone to remove any quantity of neera from the said place.
Provided that the unsold neera may be removed to the place of manufacture of gur or
any other article which is not intoxicant (if a separate place is approved for the purpose)
and stored thereafter it is boiled, in the manner prescribed :
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[Provided further that, the licensee, may under a transport pass, remove neera to any
other place of sale in respect of which a licence in Form N-II is granted.]
5. The licensee shall not stock or sell neera in a fermented state.
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[6. No neera shall be sold or served 
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[outside the said place of sale, except in such
quantities at a time as does not exceed the quantity of neera which the State Government
1 Deleted by G. N. of 4-1-1972. 2 Subs. by G. N. of 14-3-1963.
3 Deleted by G. N. of 25-2-1970. 4 Subs. by G. N. of 7-2-1994.
5 Added by G. N. of 25-2-1970. 6 Subs. ibid.
7 Subs. by G. N. of 12-6-1984.

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may direct that any person may possess and transport without any one hour before
sunrise and after sunset at any other place of sale. No neera which is not of standard
quality or which is fermented shall be sold. The unsold balance or neera may be used for
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 beyond
the day on which it is received at the place of sale, unless it is preserved in good condition
in cold storage under the temperature not exceeding 16
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C or unless it is boiled and no
such boiled neera shall be kept for more than 24 hours from the time it is boiled.]
7. The licensee shall be bound to supply at his cost sample of neera, received or sold
by him whenever required for analysis. The result of the analysis shall be binding on
him for the purposes of dealing with him, either under the conditions of this licence or
under the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 or Rules framed thereunder.
8. The licensee shall provide himself with all the requisite receptacles, vessels,
containers and glasses and standard measures of such metal and capacity as may be
prescribed by the Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise. All the copper and brass
pots used in the storage or selling shall be properly tinned from inside and kept clean.
9. This licence shall be huge up in a conspicuous position in the said place of sale
and a sign-board of the size and description specified by the Commissioner of Prohibition
and Excise shall be affixed on the outside of the said place of sale. On such sign-board
the following words in the regional language of the district and in Hindi shall be painted :
“LICENSED TO SELL NEERA BY RETAIL”.
10. The licensee shall enter every day in the book of the supplier the quantity of
neera received by him daily from such supplier and shall sign his name under such entry
in token of his having received such quantity of neera. Similarly, the licensee shall enter
such quantity in the book maintainted by him and obtain below such entry the signature
of the supplier or his authorised agent in token of his having supplied such quantity of
neera.
11. The licensee shall not sell neera except at the premises previously approved by
the Collector. Such premises, all stocks of neera contained therein and all accounts
relating to the sale of neera shall, at all reasonable times, be open to inspection by an
officer of the Prohibition and Excise Department not below the rank of a Sub-Inspector or
any other officer or person duly authorised in this behalf.
12. The licensee shall maintain such accounts as may be prescribed by the
Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise under the Act. He shall also maintain a visit-
book serially paged for the remarks of the inspecting officers.
13. The licensee shall submit returns as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of
Prohibition and Excise under the Act.
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15. The licensee shall carry on the business whether personally or by an agent duly
authorised by him in this behalf, by a written 
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[authorisation certificate] signed by
himself. The name of each agent and the date of his appointment shall be communicated
forthwith in writing by the licensee to the Inspector of Prohibitions and Excise having
charge of the area in which the said place of sale is situated.
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[Within two months of the
date of appointment of such agent, the licensee shall get the 
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[authorisation certificate]
issued to such agent countersigned by the said Inspector of Prohibition and Excise and if
1 Deleted by G. N. of 9-7-1955. 2 Subs. by G. N. of 1-3-1960.
3 Ins. by G. N. of 9-7-1955.

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he fails to do so, such 
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[authorisation certificate] shall cease to be valid. No
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[authorisation certificate] shall be issued to any person under 21 years of age, and
no such 
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[authorisation certificate] if issued shall be valid.] The licensee shall be
responsible for the breach of any of the conditions of this licence committed by any
person so authorised.
16. No partnership entered in to by the licensee after the granting of the licence shall
be recognised for the purpose of the licence, unless the Collector, no receipt of an
application from the licensee, agrees in writing to enter the name of the partner in the
licence.
17. The licensee shall abide by the conditions of this 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.
18. The licensee, his 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 the sale or transfer or the heir or legal
representative of 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.
19. This licence may be suspended or cancelled in accordance with the provisions of
section 54 or 56 of the said Act.
Granted  this ........................................... day of ................................ 19 .
Seal of the
Collector.
Collector.
1 Subs. by G. N. of 1-3-1960.