Maharashtra Excise Manual
License Form

FORM R. S. VI

Licence for the 1 [retail] sale of rectified spirit including absolute alcohol

See rule 26

What this form is for

Form R. S. VI is the licence issued for the retail sale of rectified spirit, including absolute alcohol, authorising the holder to buy, possess and sell it at a specified shop for a fixed period. It is issued by the Collector to a person who wants to run a retail outlet for rectified spirit, and it carries conditions on storage, inspection, accounts and returns. It is prescribed under rule 26 of the Bombay Rectified Spirit Rules, 1951, and is granted under the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949, and the rules, regulations and orders made under it.

Form text (extracted)
264	Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 [1949 : Bom. XXV
FORMR. S. VI
[See rule 26]
Licence No.
Licence for the 
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[retail] sale of rectified  spirit including absolute alcohol
Licence is hereby granted, under and subject to the provisions of the Bombay  Prohi-
bition Act, 1949 (Bom. XXV of 1949), and the rules, regulations and orders made  thereunder,
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (hereinafter called “ the licensee ”) on payment
of a fee of Rs. . . . . . . . . . . authorising him to buy,  possess and sell rectified  spirit including
absolute alcohol (hereinafter referred to as “ rectified spirit ”) at his shop situated at . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (hereinafter referred to as the “ licensed premises”)  during the
period from . . . . . . . . . . . to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (both days inclusive), subject to the following
conditions, namely :
Conditions
1.The licensee shall  not keep in his licensed  premises intoxicants on any kind which
he is not  authorised to sell.
2.The licensee shall  not keep rectified spirit  in any place except in the licensed
premises.
3.The licensee shall  not sell rectified spirit except in the licensed  premises nor shall
he allow any rectified spirit to be consumed in the said premises.
4.The licensee shall  not sell or have in his licensed premises adulterated or spurious
rectified spirit of any kind.
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[5.The licensee shall  not rack or vat rectified spirit, except with the permission of
the Commissioner or any other office empowered by him in that behalf.]
6.The licensee shall  affix to the front of his licensed premises a signboard inscribed
with his name and the words “ Licensed to sell   rectified spirit.”
7.The licensed premises and all rectified spirit therein contained shall at all times  be
open to inspection by the Collector, by an officer not lower in rank than a Sub-Inspector of
Prohibition and Excise or by an Officer empowered under section 122 of the  Bombay prohi-
bition Act, 1949.
8.The doors and windows of  the licensed premises not opening on to a public road
shall be securely  closed or barred by the licensee with iron bars and wire-netting,  unless  for
special  reasons exemption is allowed by the Collector in writing.
9.The licensee shall maintain such accounts as may be prescribed by 
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[the State
Government] under the Act.The accounts shall be written in a bound book paged and
stamped with the seal of the Superintendent of Prohibition and Excise or the District  Inspec-
tor of Prohibition and Excise, as the case may be.The accounts, the transport passes
covering the receipts at the licensed premises, the requisitions received from the purchasers
and transport passes covering the sales shall at all times  be open for inspection by the
Collector, by an officer not below the rank of a Sub-Inspector of Prohibition and Excise  or by
an Officer empowered  under section 122 of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949.
1.Ins. by G. N. of  4-11-1968.
2.Subs. by G. N. of 26-9-1966.

2651949 : Bom. XXV]	Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949
10.The licensee shall submit such returns as may be prescribed by 
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[the State
Government] under the Act.
11.The licensee shall also maintain such registers as may be prescribed by the
Commissioner under the Act.
12.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 holder of the licence, in case of sale of transfer, or the heir or legal
representative of the holder of the licence, in case of death, to have the benefit of the licence
for the unexpired portion of the term for which it has been granted.
Granted this . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . .  19.
Collector of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Seal of the
Collector.
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[FORMR. S. VI-A
[See rule 45]
Licence for the Bottling of  Rectified  Spirit
Licence is hereby granted, under and subject to the provisions of the Bombay  Prohi-
bition Act, 1949 (Bom. XXV of 1949), and the rules, regulations and orders made  thereunder,
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(hereinafter referred  to as  the licensee ) on payment of a fee of Rs. 100 (Rupees one hundred
only) authorising him to carry on the operations of bottling of rectified spirit (hereinafter
referred to as the spirit ) at the premises situated at .................................. (hereinafter referred
to as the “ licensed premises”) for the period commencing from the ................................ day of
the month of ...................................... 19 and ending on the 31st day of  March 19 (both days
inclusive), subject to the following conditions, namely :
1.The licensee shall  not carry on the operations of bottling of any spirit other than
recitified spirit.
2.The licensee shall carry on  the bottling at the licensed premises subject to the
provisions and conditions for the bottling of rectified spirit under the Bombay Rectified
Spirit Rules, 1951.
3.All spirit shall, before it is bottled, be filtered in such a manner as may  be
prescribed by the Collector or the District Officer of Prohibition and Excise from time to time.
4.(1)The licensee shall  keep in Form R. S. VI-B true accounts of the quantities of
all rectified spirit received and bottled and removed from the licensed premises.The
accounts shall be written  at the end of each day on which bottling operations take place.
1.Subs. by G. N. of 26-9-1966.
2.Forms R. S. VI-A to R. S. VII-G were inserted, ibid.
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