License Form
FORM BRL
Licence for the manufacture of beer/wine
[See rule 3(2)]
Form text (extracted)
: Bom. XXV] Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949
4.Approximate date from which the
applicant desires to commence the
brewery/manufactory.
5.The number and full description of
the vats, and other permanent
apparatus and machinery which the
applicant wishes to set up or work,
or already set up (giving distinguish-
ing letter and number of each).
6.List of varieties of beer/wine which
the applicant proposes to
manufacture, and/or those
manufactured during the precceding
year.
Variety of Beer/wine Quantity manufactured Quantity to be manufactured
During the preceding year during the year
1 2 3
Place :
Date : Signature(s) of the applicant(s).
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FORM BRL
[See rule 3(2)]
Licence for the manufacture of beer/wine
Licence is hereby granted, under and subject to the provisions of Bombay Prohibition
Act, 1949 (Bom. XXV of 1949) (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), the
Maharashtra Manufacture of Beer and Wine Rules, 1966 and other rules, regulations and
orders made under the said Act, to .............................................. (hereinafter referred to as
“the licensee”)
1
(on payment of a licence fee (inclusive of consideration
2
[of fourty
thousand rupees (Rs. 40,000)] authorising him to manufacture beer/on payment of a
licence fee (inclusive of consideration)
2
[of four thousand rupes (Rs. 4,000)]
authorising him to manufacture wine and to sell the same at his brewery/manufactory]
TABLE—contd.
1.Subs. by G. N. of 6-11-1981.
2.Subs. by G. N. of 16-3-1988.
668 Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 [1949 : Bom. XXV
situated at .......................................................................................................................................
(hereinafter referred to as the “brewery/manufactory”) during the period from the
........................................ day of .................................... 19 to the 31st day of March 19 ,
on the following conditions, namely :—
1.The licensee shall not manufacture and sell beer/wine except at the brewery/
manufactory and under the supervision of the Brewery Officer/Manufactory Officer.
2.The licensee shall provide suitable office accommodation, with sanitary
arrangements,for the use of the excise staff within the premises of the
brewery/manufactory.
3.The licensee shall to the satisfaction of the Commissioner provide suitable
quarters for the residential accommodation of the Prohibition and Excise staff employed
under condition 1 in the close vicinity of the brewery/manufactory.If the licensee is
not able to provide residential accommodation to the members of such staff, the Commis-
sioner shall be entitled to take on hire or otherwise secure suitable accommodation for
the said staff.The rent to be charged to a member of the staff shall be the economic rent
or 10 per cent of the basic pay of the member concerned, whichever is less.If the
economic rent of the quarters is more than 10 per cent, of the basic pay of the member, the
licensee shall pay the excess over 10 per cent, provided that in no case the licensee will
be liable to pay more than the difference between 10 per cent and 35 per cent, of the basic
pay 0 the member.If the economic rent is more than 35 per cent, of the basic pay of the
member, then the member shall pay 10 per cent, and the licensee shall pay 25 per cent and
the member shall pay the excess over 25 per cent, if the licensee is not willing to pay it.
4.The licensee shall use the same materials and ingredients and shall adopt the
same process of manufacturing beer/wine as are approved by the State Government.
5.The licensee shall not dilute or adulterate beer/wine or store or permit to be stored
any beer/wine which he knows to be diluted or adulterated.
6.The licensee shall permit two samples to be taken by the Brewery Officer, or as the
case may be, the Manufactory Officer, for analysis from each batch of beer/wine the
alcoholic strength of which has been declared by him after analysis in his laboratory.On
receipt of the two samples, the Brewery Officer or, as the case may be, the Manufactory
Officer shall proceed to take steps as hereinafter provide—
(a)One set of samples shall be sent at once to the Chemical Analyser, and a note
to that effect shall be made in the register in Form BR-III.The report of the Chemical
Analyser, when received, shall be shown to the licensee.
(b)The duplicate sample of beer/wine which is intended exclusively for replace-
ment of the original sample or repetition of its analysis, when necessary, shall be kept
under excise, ticket or revenue lock, and shall on receipt of the Chemical Analyser’s
report that it is satisfactory, be brought back to the manufacturing room immediately
for being mixed with subsequent batch of the same type of beer/wine.
(c)All such samples sent shall be sealed by the Brewery Officer or, as the case
may be, the Manufactory Officer and the licensee.
(d)The duplicate sample shall not be brought back to the manufacturing room in
any case where the alcoholic strength of beer/wine from which the sample was taken
is declared by the Chemical Analyser to be beyond the margin of 0.50 of the strength
declared by the licensee.
(e)When the Chemical Analyser reports that the strength of beer/wine varies
beyond the margin of 0.5
0
of the strength declared by the licensee, the beer/wine shall
be dealt with according to the orders of the Commissioner.All samples required for
analysis under the Maharashtra Manufacture of Beer and Wine Rules, 1966 or under
6691949 : Bom. XXV] Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949
this licence shall be supplied free of cost by the licensee and all expenses in
connection with the packing and despatch of samples to places of analysis shall be
borne by the licensee.
7.The licensee shall ensure that no smoking and no use of naked lights or fires are
allowed within the premises of the brewery/manufactory.
8.The licensee shall display the licensee in a conspicuous place in the brewery/
manufactory.
9.In addition to the registers and account books prescribed under the Maharashtra
Manufacture of Beer and Wine Rules, 1966, the licensee shall also keep such registers
and account books as the Commissioner may direct from time to time.
10.No entry in any of the books kept by the licensee under this licence shall be
erased or overwritten, should it be necessary to correct any entry, a line should be drawn
through the incorrect entry in such a manner as to leave it distinctly visible and the
amended entry should be inserted above it.Every correction shall be initialled and
dated by the person making it at the time it is made.
11.The names of all person to be employed either as brewers, managers of servants
shall be submitted for approval to the Brewery/manufactory officer by the licensee.No
persons other than those approved by the Brewery/Manufactory Officer shall be
permitted to work as brewers or managers or to make entries in the account books.
12.The licensee shall not carry on the business of manufacture and sale of beer/
wine except either personally or by an agent of servent duly authorised by him in this
behalf by a written nokarnama signed by himself and countersigned by the Brewery/
Manufactory Officer, provided that any such nokarnama signed by the licensee shall be
valid until countersignature is refused.
If for any reason the Commissioner shall order the withdrawal of any nokarnama
issued by the licensee the nokarnama issued shall be forthwith withdrawn.For every
nokarnama issued by him, the licensee shall pay such fee as may from time to time be
prescribed for this privilege.No nokarnama shall be issued to any person who is a
minor and no such nokarnama if issued shall be valid.The licensee shall be
responsible for breach of the rules or any of the conditions of this licence committed by
any of his servants.
13.Except with the written permission of the State Government, the licensee shall
not sell, transfer or sub-let the right of manufacture conferred upon him by this licence
nor shall he in connection with the exercise of the said right enter into any agreement or
arrangement which is in the nature of a sub-lease the decision of the State Government on
such question shall be final and binding on the licensee.
14.No person shall be recognised as a partner of the licensee for the purpose of this
licence, unless partnership has been declared to the State Government before the licence
is granted and the names of the partners have been entered jointly in the licence, or if the
partnership is entered into after the granting of the licence, unless the State Government
agrees, on application made to it, to alter the licence and to add the name or names of the
partner or partners in the licence.
1
[14A. In cases where a licence is granted in favour of a Private or Public Limited
Company, it shall be binding on such a company to communicate in detail to the licensing
authority any changes in the Directors of the Company such as their names and
addresses within fifteen days from the date of such a change.]
1.Ins. G. N. of 14-6-1979.
670 Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 [1949 : Bom. XXV
1.Insertion by 10-8-2009.
15.The licensee shall not sell beer/wine manufactured by him to any person other
than a holder of a trade and import licence :
Provided that, the licensee may also sell beer/wine for export to any place outside the
State of Maharashtra under a valid export pass.
1
[“Provided further that, the BRL Licensee manufacturing beer upto two lakhs litres
per year from microbrewery, who has the licence in Form ‘E’ under the Special Permits and
Licences Rules, 1952 or in Form FL III Licence granted under sub-rule (1-B) of rule 45 of
the Bombay Foreign Liquor Rules, 1952, may sell under unbottled and unpackaged.”.]
16.The licensee shall ensure that the process of brewing/fermentation adopted by
him or the treatment of brewing/fermentation effluent shall not produce foul smell or
cause nuisance to the neighbourhood.He shall also not permit the treated effluent to
pass into rivers or nullahs if that would result in the destruction of fish or such other
useful creatures in water.
17.The licensee, his successors 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 State Government whether or
not to permit the assignee of the licensee in case of sale or transfer or his successors in
case of death to have the benefit of the licence for the unexpired portion of the term for
which it is granted.
18.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
Place : Mumbai. Secretary of Government.
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FORM BR—I
[See rule 6 (11)]
Register of vats, vessels and receptacles in
Brewery
of .................................
Manufactory
ConsecutiveDescriptionGauged When When Where Remark
numbers of vats,contientstaken intotaken outinstalled
Vessels of use of use
receptacles
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
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