34.

34.

The licensee shall abide by the conditions of the licence and the provisions of Act and rules, regulations and order made there under and shall give an undertaking to that effect.

35.

The licence may be suspended or cancelled in accordance with the provisions of Section 54 or 56 of the Act.

36.

In case the licence is suspended or cancelled during the currency of the licence period or is not renewed on its expiry, the licensee shall forthwith surrender the whole of the unsold stock of rectified spirit in balance with him to the Collector.

Wholesale Sale

37.

Any person desiring to sell rectified spirit by wholesale shall apply to the Collector for a licence in that behalf. The application ¹shall be accompanied by a challan evidencing payment of a fee of ten rupees for such application and¹ shall contain the following particulars, that is to say-

1. (i) Name and address of the applicant;
2. (ii) Place where he wants to sell rectified spirit by wholesale with census No of the house or building, name of street, city, town or village, as the case may be;
3. (iii) Whether rectified spirit was sold at the above place in the past and, if so, the years during which it was sold;
4. (iv) Whether the applicant held any licence to sell rectified spirit, in the past and, if so, the years during which he held the licence;
5. (v) Whether the applicant holds any licence at present under the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949, or the Medical and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act, 1955, and the rules there under and, if so, the details of each of such licences;
6. (vi) Whether the place of the licence now applied for is fire-Proof and whether it has been approved by the Municipal or other local authorities for the storage of spirit;
7. (vii) An undertaking in writing to the effect that the applicant shall abide by the provisions of the Act and the rules, regulations and orders, made there under and the conditions of the licence applied for;
8. (viii) A declaration in writing, whether the applicant has been convicted at any time of an offence punishable under any of the provisions of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 or of any prohibition or excise law in force in any part of India and whether any prosecution under that Act or such prohibition or Excise law is at present pending against him in any court of law.

38.

On receipt of the application under rule 37, the Collector shall make such inquiries as he deems necessary and, if he is satisfied that there is no objection to grant the licence applied for, he may ²with the previous sanction of the respective Deputy Commissioner, State Excise of the Division in whose jurisdiction the District comes² grant the applicant a licence in Form R.S. VII on payment of an annual fee ³Inclusive of consideration of five hundred rupees³

39.

The licence in Form R.S. VII may be granted for the first time for a period not exceeding three years but the period shall not extend beyond 31st March of the third year from the date of the commencement of the licence. It may, thereafter, be renewed from year to year ⁴on payment of application fee of Rs. 5 and licence fee as prescribed in rule 38.⁴