FORM F. L. II. (Amended)

FORM F. L. II.  
[See Rules 25] 
 No. .....................  
 
Vendor’s Licence for sale of Foreign Liquor 
 Licence is hereby granted, under and subject to the provisions of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949, and 
the rules, regulations and orders made thereunder, to . . . . . . . . of . . . . . . . . . . . . (hereinafter called “the 
licensee”) on payment of a fee of Rs. ........... and deposit of Rs. ................. in advance, authorising him to 
sell foreign liquor at his permises situated at ................. (hereinafter called “the licenced premises”) 
during the period from ................. to ................. (both days inclusive), subject to the following 
conditions, namely :—  
Conditions  
1. The licensee shall carry on business of selling foreign liquor at the licensed premises either personally 
or by an agent or servant duly authorised by him in this behalf by a weitten nokarnama signed by 
himself and countersigned by a Prohibition and Excise Officer not lower in rank than a Sub-Inspector : 
Provided that any such nokarnama signed by the licensee shall be valid unless and until such 
countersignature is refused. If for any reason the Collector shall order the withdrawal of any nokarnama 
issued by the licensee, the nokarnama shall be forthwith withdrawn. For every nokarnama issued by him 
and countersigned the licensee shall pay a fee of Re. 1. No nokarnama shall be issued to any person 
under 21 years of age.  
2. The licensee shall, if required by the Collector, pay to the State Government in advance at the 
beginning of each quarter commencing from the date of this licence such cost of the staff appointed at 
the licensed premises for the purpose of excise supervision as may be fixed by the 1 [State 
Government].  
3. Except with the permission of the Collector, the licensee shall not sell, transfer or sub-let his right of 
selling foreign liquor conferred upon him by this licence, nor shall he in connection with the said right 
enter into any agreement or arrangement which is of the nature of a sub-lease. If any question arises 
whether any agreement or arrangement is in the nature of a sub-lease the decision of the Collector on 
such question shall be final and binding on the licensee.  
2 [4. No person shall be recognised as partner of the licensee for the purposes of his licence, unless the 
partnership has been declared to the Collector before the licence is granted and the names of he 
partners have been entered jointly in the licence or if the partnership is entered into after the granting 
of the licence, unless the Collector agrees on application made to him to after the licence and to add the 
name or names of the partner or partners in the licence :

Provided that, no name or names of the partner or partners shall be entered in the licence by the 
Collector, without the previous sanction of the State Government.]  
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1 [5. The licence shall always display at the entrance of the shop, a signboard of the size of 60 
centimetres by 90 centimetres bearing the following inscriptions in legible characters :— 
       1. Name of the licensee (s).  
      2. Licence No.  
      3. Location of the shop.  
     4. Authorised opening and closing hours of the shop. No additional items shall be inscribed on the 
signboard.]  
5A. (1) The licensee shall display name of his licence on Name Board in Marathi language in Devnagari 
script as follows, namely :— 
 “----------- Foreign Liquor Shop. 
” e.g. “ Novelty Foreign Liquor Shop”: 
 Provided that, the licensee may also have name of his licence on the Name Board in any other language 
and script in addition to Marathi in Devnagari script:  
Provided further that, lettering in Marathi language shall essentially be written in the beginning on the 
Name Board and the font size of the letters in Marathi Language shall not be smaller than the font size 
of the letters in any other language.  
(2) No additional items shall be inscribed on said Name Board. 
6. The licensee shall abide by conditions of this licence and the provisions of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 
1949, and the rules, regulations and orders made thereunder and shall give an undertaking to that 
effect. 
 7. The licensee shall comply promptly with all lawful orders and directions issued from time to time by 
the Commissioner Collector or the Superintendent or Inspector of Prohibition and Excise.  
8. 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 licensee, in case of 
sale or transfer or the heir or legal representative of the licensee, in case of death, to have the benefit of 
the licence for the unexpired portion of the term for which it is granted.

9. This licence may be suspended or cancelled in accordance with the provisions of section 54 or 56 of 
the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949.  
10. In case this licence is cancelled or suspended during the currency of the licence period or is not 
renewed on its expiry, the licensee shall surrender the whole stock of unsold foreign liquor forthwith to 
the Collector. The stock of liquor so surrendered shall be sold by the Collector and the procceds of the 
sale shall after deducting the expenses and any sum due to the State Government be returned to the 
licensee.  
Granted this ........................... day of .................................. 20  
Seal of the Collector  
Collector of ..................