(j) "Municipal Council" means a Municipal Council under the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 (Mah. XL of 1965);
1(ii) "Nagar Panchayat" means a Nagar Panchayat constituted under the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 (Mah. XL of 1965)1
(k) "Resolution" means a Resolution passed by the Gram Sabha in the concerned village;
(l) "Secretary" means Secretary of a Panchayat as defined under clause (20) of Section 3 of the Bombay Village Panchayats Act, 1958 (Bom. III of 1959);
(m) "Superintendent of State Excise" means a Superintendent of State Excise as authorised by notification under Section 5 of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 (Bom. XXV of 1949).
3. Potable Foreign Liquor पिण्यायोग्य विदेशी मद्य
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The Collector shall closed down such liquor shop if not less than fifty per cent of the total voters or women voters present in the Gram Sabha pass the resolution by a simple majority for closing down the liquor shop. Any such resolution shall be passed in accordance with the Bombay Village Panchayats Act, 1958 (Bom. III of 1959) and rules made there under. The voters shall produce their photo identity before the Gram Sabha for verification as the voter is resident of the same village. If photo identity is not produced, under such circumstances the Secretary of Panchayat shall certify regarding the bonafide of voters. The voters, those produce such proofs, shall be allowed to participate in Gram Sabha.
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The verification of voters shall be done by the Block Development Officer alongwith the Inspector of State Excise of the area. The Gram Sabha shall be held in the presence of these two officers and representative of the liquor licence holder. There shall be video shooting of such Gram Sabha and said shooting shall be used as an evidence.
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The Collector shall not take into consideration the resolution passed by the Gram Sabha for reopening a shop at least one year from the date of passing resolution for