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Application Form

FORM F.L./A. IA

Form of application for an ordinary trade and import licence for the removal from a Customs Frontier and for the import and vend of foreign liquor (potable) including Indian-made liquors (potable) excised at special rates (not to be drunk on the premises).

see rule 4

What this form is for

FORM F.L./A. IA is the application for an ordinary trade and import licence to remove foreign liquor (potable), including Indian-made liquor excised at special rates, from a Customs Frontier and to import and sell it, not to be drunk on the premises. It is filed with the Collector by a person seeking to carry on this import and wholesale business, often with partners, from specified premises. The applicant must also disclose any past foreign liquor licences, proof of solvency and any dues in arrears. It is prescribed under rule 4 of the Bombay Foreign Liquor Rules, 1953, and the licence itself is issued in Form F.L. I under rule 5.

Form text (extracted)
7371949 : Bom. XXV]	Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949
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[94-A.Prescription in the case of 
2
[Champagne, Port-type wine, etc.,].—
(1)For the purpose of rules 92,92 and 94 a prescription in the case of 
2
[Champagne,
Port-type wine, Port-wine, Wincarnis, Vibrona, Manola and Buck-fast Tonic wine] shall
mean a prescription.—
(a)Which is issued in Form C by a registered medical practitioner, who is a family
physician of the person to whom it whom it has been issued for a period of not less than
one year immediately before the date of such prescription and
(b)Which satisfies the requirements of sub-rule (2)
(2)The quantity of 
2
[Port-type wine, Port-wine, Wincarnis, Vibrona, Manola or Buck-
fast Tonic wine or Champagne,] as the case may; be, shall be so recommended in the
prescription that it does not exceed.—
(i)
3
[750 millilitres] in a week in the case of 
2
[Port-type wine, Port-wine, Wincarnis,
Vibrona, Manola or Buck-fast Tonic wine,] and
(ii)
3
[375 millilitres] per day in the case of Champagne,
and that the total the total period for which such quantity is recommended shall not
exceed.—
(a)thirty days in the case of 
3
[Port-type wine, Port-wine, Wincarnis, Vibrona, Manola
and Buck-fast Tonic wine,] and
(b)fifteen days in the case of champagne from the date of the issue of the
prescription.]
94-B.Application for a transport pass.—Any licensee or permit-holder desiring to
obtain a transport pass in Form F.L. IA shall make an application in Form F.L./ A-9 to the
Collector through the District Prohibition and Excise Officer of his district.
95.Saving.—Notwithstanding the supersession of the Bombay Foreign Liquor Rules,
1950, any licence, permit pass or permission granted or issued under the said rule shall so
far as it not inconsistent with the provisions of these rules, continue in force and be
deemed to have been granted or issued under the corresponding provisions of these
rules, until the expiry of the term for which it was granted or issued or until it is suspend
or cancelled in accordance with the provisions of the Act, or these rules as the case may be.
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[FORM F.L./A.  IA]
(see rule 4)
Form of application for an ordinary trade and import licence for the removal from
a Customs Frontier and for the import and vend of foreign liquor (potable)
including Indian-made liquors (potable) excised at special rates
(not to be drunk on the premises).
1.Name and address of the applicant
2.Names and addresses in full of the partners, if any.
1Ins. by G. N. of 19-11-1957.
2Subs. by G. N. of 30-6-1958.
3Subs. by G. N. of 8-7-1969.
4Ins. by G. N. of 17-1-1973.

738	Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 [1949 : Bom. XXV
3.Exact location and full address
of    the  premises   where   the
business will be conducted.
4.Whether the applicant (or any
of his partners) holds on the
date of this application or held
at any time in the past (indivi-
dually or in  partnership  with
others)   any   licence   for  the
sale  of  foreign  liquor,  and  if
so, the details thereof.
5.Proof   of    solvency    of    the
applicant.
6.Whether   the  applicant  is  in
excise arrears  or in  arrears  of
any  other  Government  dues,
such as sales  tax, income-tax,
etc.
I hereby declare that the particulars given above are correct.
I hereby undertake to abide by the conditions of the licence and the provisions of the
Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949, and the rule, regulations and orders made thereunder from
time to time.
Date
Signature of the applicant.
To,
The Collector ..............................................]
.......................
FORM  F. L.  I
(see rule 5)
No. ..................................... of 20  -20.
(For the whole of the 
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[State of Maharashtra] )
Ordinary Trade and import Licence for the removal from a Customs Frontier and
for the import and vend of foreign liquors (potable) including Indian-made
liquors (potable) excised at special rates (“ not to be drunk on the premises”).
Preamble.—licence is hereby granted, under and subject to the professions of the
Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 and the rule, regulations and orders made thereunder,
to ................................................... of  ...................................... (hereinafter called “the licensee’),
authorising him to remove from a Customs Frontier and to import and sell by whole-sale
foreign liquor at his premises situated at ................................... (hereinafter referred to as
the  “licensed premises”)  from ......................................................... 19  to  the  31st  day  of
March 19 (both days inclusive) subject to the followings, namely :—
Conditions
1.The licensee shall pay into the Government treasury a sum of Rs. ...........................
(Rupees ...................................................) as licence fee and a sum of Rs. ...............................
(Rupees.....................................................) as deposit.
1Subs. by G. N. of 25-7-1963.
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