40.

40.

1. The licensee shall not obtain his supply of rectified spirit except from—

   1. a Government or licensed distillery;
   2. a bonded warehouse;
   3. a manufacturer or dealer in any part of India outside the State; or
   4. a place outside India through a Customs House.

2. The licensee shall not bring rectified spirit to the licensed premises except under a transport-in-bond pass prescribed under the Bombay Rectified Spirit (Transport-in-Bond) Rules, 1951.

41.

The licensee shall not sell rectified spirit except to a person, who holds a licence to posses the same and produces Part II of the requisition in Form R.S. III or an indent in Form I.D. I and the transport pass Form R.S.IV or the transport-in-bond pass prescribed under the Bombay Rectified Spirit (Transport-in-Bond) Rules, 1951 issued in his favour in that respect.

42.

The provisions of rules 32,33,34,35 and 36 shall mututis mutandis apply to the licensee.

43.

1. The licensee shall keep in the licensed premises in bound books or stout paper, paged and stamped with the seal of the Collector, Mamlatdar, Tahsildar or Mahalkari, accounts in Form R.S. VII-D and R.S. VII-E. The accounts shall be clearly and correctly written up-to-date daily. With the accounts in Form R.S. VII-D shall be filed the passes under the cover of which rectified spirit was received or sold. The account shall be open to inspection by the Collector or any other officer empowered under section 122 of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949.

2. The licensee shall submit not later than the 15th of every month returns in Form R.S. VII-F to the District Prohibition and Excise Officer in duplicate and shall maintain register in Form R.S. VII-G

Bottling

44.

Any person holding a licence for sale of rectified spirit and desirous of obtaining a licence to bottle, rectified spirit may make an application to the Collector 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 particular that is to say:—

1. The name and address of the applicant;
2. The number of the sale licence held by the applicant;
3. The place where the spirit will be bottled;
4. Approximate quantity of spirit to be bottled during a year.

45.

1. If after making such inquiries as he may deem necessary, the Collector is satisfied that the applicant is a fit person to hold the licence and that the premises in which he proposes to carry on the bottling operations are suitable and are in conformity with the requirements laid down in rule 46, he may, subject to the conditions hereafter provided, grant licence in Form R.S. VI-A.

2. The licence shall be granted¹or renewed¹ for a period not exceeding one year at a time and in no case such period shall be extended beyond 31st March next following the date of the commencement of the licence, on payment of a fee ¹(inclusive of consideration) of two hundred rupees.¹

3. ¹(3) Every application for renewal of a licence in Form R.S. VI-A shall be accompanied by a challan evidencing payment of five rupees for such application¹