(i) "retail sale" means sale under a licence for the retail sale of rectified spirit granted under rule 26; "wholesale sale" means sale under a licence for the wholesale sale of rectified spirit granted under rule 38.]
(2) Words and expressions not defined in these rules shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in lhe Act.
4. Application for Licence for Possession and use
4.(1) Any person desiring to possess and use rectified spirit for any bona fide medicinal, industrial, scientific, educational, 1paihological1 or any other similar purpose shall make an application for a licence to the Collector or any officer duly authorized to grant licences in that behalf
[Provided that an application for a quota of Rectified Spirit exceeding 18,000 bulk litres per annum, shall be accompanied by a chailan evidencing payment of a fee of
(2) The application shall contain the following particulars, namely:
- (1) Name and address of the applicant;
- (2) Place where the rectified spirit will be kept and used;
- (3) Quantity of rectified spirit to be used 2in any three calendar months/six months2;
- (4) Specific purpose for which rectified spirit is required and the use it will be put to;3and, where the applicant desires to use rectified spirit for the manufacture of medicinal preparations which are drugs within the meaning of the Drugs Act, 1940, whether he holds a licence under that Act fbr manufacturing the same and if so, the number and date of such licence;3
- (5) Whether the applicant held any rectified spirit permit in the year immediately before the date of the application and ifso, the number of the permit and the quantity sanctioned;4
- (6) The period for which the licence is required;
- (7) Registration number of the applicant ifhe is a registered medical practitioner.
5. Grant of Licence for Possession and Use Form R.S.I and R.S.II
(1) On receipt of the application under rule 4-
- 2(a) the Collector may grant a licence in Form R.S.I. for a quantity not exceeding2 2fifteen/thirty bottles for any three calendar months/six months2 of Rectified Spirit in the case of an applicant who is a Registered Medical Practitioner and fbr a quantity not exceeding 2thirty/sixty bottles fbr any three calendar months/six months2 of Rectified Spirit in the case of an applicant who is a Pathologist. Explanation:- A bottle means a bottle having capacity of 750 millilitres]
- (b) if the applicant is any other person or if the applicant being a registered medical practitioner 5or pathologist5 has applied fbr the quantity of rectified spirit exceeding that specified in clause (a) the Collector or the authorised officer shall make such inquiries as he deems necessary and ifhe is satisfied that there is no objection to grant the applicant the licence applied, for, he may grant him a licence in Form R.S.H.