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License Form

2 [FORM R. S. VI-A

Licence for the Bottling of Rectified Spirit

See rule 45

What this form is for

Form R. S. VI-A is the licence issued by the Collector authorising the holder to bottle rectified spirit at specified premises for a licence year ending on 31st March, on payment of a Rs. 100 fee. It is sought by a person or firm that wants to carry on rectified spirit bottling operations, and it is granted subject to conditions such as maintaining accounts in Form R. S. VI-B and filing monthly returns in Form R. S. VI-C. The form is prescribed under rule 45 of the Bombay Rectified Spirit Rules, 1951, and is issued under the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949, which also governs its suspension or cancellation under section 54 or 56.

Form text (extracted)
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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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.

266	Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 [1949 : Bom. XXV
(2)The licensee shall send monthly return in Form R. S. VI-C to the Superintendent/
District Inspector of Prohibition and Excise showing opening  balance,  receipt, use for
bottling, losses and closing balance of spirit during the month.The returns for rectified
spirit and absolute alcohol shall be separate.
(3)The account  books shall at all times be open to, and produced on demand for
inspection by the Commissioner, or the Collector or any other Prohibition and Excise Officer
duly empowered in this behalf.
(4)The accounts shall be preserved for a period of twelve months after the expiry of
the period of the licence.
(5)All premises used by the licensee for the storage of rectified spirit and for the
operations of bottling shall be open to inspection by the Commissioner or the Collector or
any other Prohibition and Excise Officer duly empowered in this behalf.
5.Each cask, tank or vat to be used by the licensee shall be gauged so as to show its
depth at every centimeter and millimetre and shall be provided with a gauge-rod and a
discharge cock having an internal  diameter of two and half  centimetre or of any other size
approved by the Commissioner.
6.Except with the permission of the Collector, the licensee shall not transfer or
sub-let the right of bottling granted to him by the licence nor shall be in connection with the
exercise of the said right enter into any agreement which in the opinion of the Collector is of
the nature of a sub-lease.No person shall be recognised as the partner of  the licensee for
the purpose of this licence, unless the partnership has been declared to the Collector 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 grant of the licence, unless the Collector agrees
on application made to him to alter the licence and to add the name of the partner in the
licence.
7.The licencee shall abide by the conditions of the licence and the provisions of the
Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 and the rules, regulations and orders made thereunder and the
orders which may be issued by the Commissioner, Collector or the Distrct Prohibition and
Excise officer for carrying out the provisions of the said Act, rules, regulations and orders
and shall not do anything which would have the effect of directly or indirectly defeating or
(frustrating) the Prohibition policy adopted by the Government of Maharashtra.
8.The licencee, his heirs, legal representatives or assignees, shall have no claim
whatever to the continuance or renewal of the licence after the expiry of the period of the
licence for which it is (granted).It shall be entirely within the discretion of the Collector
whether to premit or not the assignee of the licensee, in case of transfer, or the heir or legal
representative of the licencee in case of death, to have the benefit of the licence for the
unexpired portion of the term for which it was granted.
9.The licence may be suspended or cancelled by the Collector in accordance with
the provisions of section 54 or 56 of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949.
Granted this .................................. day of ..............................19.
Place ......................................................
Seal of the
Collector
     Collector ..............................
Note.—Separate accounts shall be maintained for Rectified spirit and Absolute Alcohol.
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