FORM C. L.I (Amended by G.N. 24-06-2022)

FORM C. L.I 
[See rule 3 (2)] 
Licence for the manufacture of country liquor 
Licence is hereby granted, under and subject to the provisions of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 
(Bom. XXV of 1949), (hereinafter referred to as “ the said Act”), the Maharashtra Country Liquor Rules, 
1973, and all other rules, regulations and orders made under the Act to ..............................(hereinafter 
referred to as “the licensee”), authorising him to manufacture and sell country liquor at his manufactory 
situated at .................................(hereinafter referred to as “the Manufactory”), during the period 
commencing on the .......................................day of ................................19 and ending on the 31st day of 
March 19 , on the following conditions, namely :—  
Conditions 
1. The licensee shall not manufacture and sell country liquor except at the Manufactory, and under the 
supervision of a Prohibition and Excise Officer appointed to be in-charge of the Manufactory 
(hereinafter referred to as Manufactory Officer).  
2. The licensee shall provide suitable office accommodation, with sanitary arrangements for the use 
prohibition and Excise Officer and his staff within the premises of the Manufactory.  
3. The licensee shall, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner provide suitable quarters for the residential 
accommodation of the Prohibition and Excise Officer and his staff employed under condition I, in the 
close vicinity of the Manufactory. The rent to be charged to a member of the staff shall be the economic 
rent or 10 per cent of the basic pay of the member concerned, whichever is less. If the economic rent of 
the quarters is more than 10 per cent of the basic pay of the member, the licensee shall pay the excess 
over 10 percent, provided that, in no case will the licensee be liable to pay more than the difference 
between 10 percent. and 35 percent. of the basic pay of the member. If the economic rent is more than 
35 percent. of the basic pay of the member then the member shall pay 10 per cent. and the licensee 
shall pay 25 percent. and the member shall pay the excess over 35 percent. If the licensee is not willing 
to pay it. 
 4. The licensee shall not dilute or adulterate country liquor, or store or permit to be stored any country 
liquor which he knows to be diluted or adulterated.  
5. The licensee shall permit samples of spirit, country liquour or materials used in the manufacture of 
country liquor to be taken free of cost at any time by the Manufactory Officer or any other Officer of the 
Prohibition and Excise Department or Officer of the Food and Drugs Administration duly authorised by 
the Commissioner, for sending them to the Food and Drugs Administration Laboratory for analysis. The 
licensee may also draw samples of spirit and country liquor not exceeding 1 [375 ml.] from each batch 
for analysis in the laboratory of the manufactory. An account of samlpe of spirit, country liquor or 
materials drawn for analysis shall be maintained in the register in Form C. L. XXV.

6. All samples required for analysis under the Maharashtra Country Liquor Rules,1973, or under this 
licence shall be supplied free of cost by the licensee and all expenses in connection with the packing and 
dispatch of samples to places of analysis shall be borne by the licensee. The licensee shall pay on 
demand, a fee 1,2,3[as may be prescribed by the Commissioner to the chemical analyser for] analysing 
each sample of country liquor 4 [***] 
 7. The licensee shall ensure that no smoking and no use of naked lights or fires are allowed within the 
premises of the manufactory. 
 8. The licensee shall display the licence in a conspicuous place in the Manufactory.  
9. In addition to the registers and account books prescribed under the Maharashtra Country Liquor 
Rules, 1973, the licensee shall also keep such registers and account books as the Commissioner may 
direct from time to time.  
10. No. entry in any of the books kept by the licensee under this licence shall be erased or overwritten. 
Should it be necessary to correct any entry, a line should be drawn through the incorrect entry in such 
manner as to leave it distinctly visible, and the amended entry should be inserted above it. Every 
correction shall be initialled and dated by the person making it at the time it is made.  
11. The names of all persons to be employed either as managers or servants shall be submitted for 
information to the Manufactory Officer by the Licensee.  
12. The licensee shall not carry on the business of manufacture or sale of country liquor or of both 
except personally or by an agent or servant duly authorised by him in this behalf by a written 
nokarnama in Form C.L. XVIII signed by himself, and countersigned by the Manufactory Officer, provided 
that, any such nokarnama signed by the licensee shall be valid until counter signature is refused. The 
licensee shall maintain at his manufactory a register in Form C.L. XIX of all his agents or servants duly 
authorised by him. 
 If for any reason the Commissioner or the Superintendent shall order the withdrawal of any nokarnama 
issued by the licensee the nokarnama shall forthwith withdrawn. For every nokarnama issued by him, 
the licensee shall pay such fee as may from time to time be prescribed for this privilege. No nokarnama 
shall be issued to any person under 21 years of age, and no such nokarnama if issued, shall be valid. The 
licensee shall be responsible for breach of the rules or any of the conditions of this licence committed by 
any of this servants.  
13. Except with the written permission of the Commissioner State Government, the licensee shall not 
sell, manufacture, transfer or subject the right of manufacture conferred upon him by this licence nor 
shall he, in connection with the exercise of the said right enter into any agreement or arrangement 
which is in the nature of a sub-lease lease, sublease, tie-up or any other similar agreement. If any 
question arises whether any agreement or arrangement is in the nature of a sub-lease lease, sublease, 
tie-up or any other similar agreement, the decision of the Commissioner State Government on such 
question shall be final and binding on the licensee.

14. No person shall be recognised as a partner of the licensee, for the purpose of this licence, unless the 
partnership has been declared to the Commissioner before the licence is granted and the names of the 
partners have been entered jointly in the licensee; or if the partnership is entered into after the granting 
of the licence, unless the Commissioner agrees, on application made to him, to alter the licence, and to 
add the name or names of the partner or partners in the licence. 
 15. Unless otherwise specifically permitted by the Commissioner, the licensee shall not sell country 
liquor to any person other than the holder of a warehouse licence in Form C.L. II.  
16. The licensee, his Successors 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 Commissioner, whether or not to permit the assignee of the licensee in case of sale 
or transfer, or his successors in case of death to have the benefit of the licence for the unexpired portion 
of the term for which it is granted.  
17. The licensee shall abide by the conditions of this licence and the provisions of the Bombay 
Prohibition Act, 1949, the rules, regulations and orders made thereunder and shall give an undertaking 
to that effect in Form C.L. XX.  
18. This licence may be suspended or cancelled in accordance with the provisions of section 54 or 56 of 
the said Act.  
Granted this ............................................. day of ............................................. 19 .  
Place : .................................................................  
Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, 
                                                                                                                           Maharashtra State, Bombay.  
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