FORM A

FORM ‘A’ 
(See rule 5) 
Form of bond to be executed by a transporter or an exporter before permission is granted 
to him to transport in bond to a Customs Station in the State or to export in bond to a 
Customs Station in any other State in India, Indian-made foreign liquor for dispatch by 
sea, land or air to any foreign country. 
 
Whereas I/we ................................................................................................................................... 
.................................................... residing at ......................................... in the ................................... 
........................................ in the ............................................................................. taluka/tahsil/mahal 
of the .................................................................................... district have made an application on 
............................................................................... to .................................................................... for a 
pass authorising me/us to transport in bond/export in bond the Indian-made foreign liquor 
specified in the Schedule hereto annexed (hereinafter referred to as “ the said Indian-made 
foreign liquor”) from the bonded warehouse at .............................................................................. 
to the Customs Station at ................................................................................................................. 
for dispatch to .................................................................................................................... 
1
[I/we bind 
myself/ourselves] that I/we shall cause the said Indian-made foreign liquor to be duly and 
safely transported/exported from the bonded warehouse at .......................................................... 
and conveyed by the most direct route to the Customs Station at ........................................... 
aforesaid in conformity with the provisions of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949, and the 
rules and orders made thereunder and shall cause the said Indian-made foreign liquor to be 
delivered into the custody of the Customs Office at the Customs Station of 
............................................................................................................... and shall obtain and produce 
before the Collector of * ......................................................... within ............................................... 
days from the date of this bond a certificate signed by the officer-in-charge of the said 
Customs Station showing the quantity of the said Indian-made foreign liquor despatched 
from the said Customs Station to the place aforesaid. 
And if the whole quantity of the said Indian-made foreign liquor is not certified to 
have been received at the Customs Station for being despatched to the said place, I/we shall 
on demand by the said Collector of * ..................................................................................... 
pay or cause to be paid within seven days from the date of demand to the said Collector 
duty at the rates in force at the time of the issue of the pass or at the time when the shortage 
was noticed, whichever the Collector decides to demand, on such quantity of the said 
Indian-made foreign liquor as has not been so delivered for dispatch to the Customs officer-
in-charge of the said Customs Station. 
And in case of my/our failure to pay the amount of the said duty within the said period 
of seven days. I/we shall pay interest on the said amount at the rate of 12 per cent. per 
annum from the date of demand to the date of payment and in the event of my/our 
making default   in the payment of the said duty and the amount of interest due, if any, I/we 
bind myself/ourselves to forfeit to the Governor of Maharashtra the sum of Rs.
 .................................. in guarantee of which I/we have deposited with Government an amount 
of Rs. .................................. in cash/in securities. 
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*   Here insert the name of the place from which transport or export takes place. 
1 Subs by G. N. of 19.7.1969.

928 	Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 	[1949 : Bom. XXV 
 
Schedule 
Description and specification of the Indian-made foreign liquor 
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Quantities of 	Alcoholic Strength of 
Description 	Indian-made 	the Indian-made 
foreign liquor 	foreign liquor 
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Place dated this 	day of 19 
 
 
In the presence of — (1) 
(2) 
 
[Signature (s) of transporter (s)/exporter (s)] 
I/we 	(1) 
........................................................................................................................................................... (2) 
................................................................................................................................................................ 
residing at ............................................................................................................................................. 
in the .......................................................................................................... taluka/tahsil/mahal of 
........................................................................... district ..................................................... do hereby 
declare ourselves sureties for the above-named .....................................................................that 
he/they shall do and perform all that he/they has/have undertaken to do and perform and in case 
of his/their making default herein, I/we, hereby bind myself/ourselves, jointly and severally, to 
forfeit to the Government of Maharashtra the sum of Rs. ....................................... 
 
Place 	1. 
 
Date 	2. 
 
Signatures of sureties. 
In the presence of — 1. 
2.