46.

46.

1. (1) Separate rooms or compartments having their grills embedded in cement shall be provided in the licensed premises in which bottling operations are intended to be carried on. Each such room or compartment shall be used only for one of the purposes specified below, namely:-

   1. (i) the storage of rectified spirit in bulk before bottling;
   2. (ii) the carrying on of bottling operations; and
   3. (iii) the storage of rectified spirit in sealed bottles.

2. (2) Every room or compartment in the licensed premises shall be well ventilated and all the windows thereof shall be securely barred and wire netted, the net having the mesh of not more than 2.5 centimeters. Every such room or compartment shall bear on the outside a sign board on which shall be legibly painted in oil colour the purpose for which the room or compartment is used.

3. (3) The premises shall be sufficiently fire-proof and approved by the municipal authorities.

47.

1. (1) After a licence has been granted for bottling, no addition to or alterations in any room or compartment or any of the permanent fixtures of the licensed premises shall be made without the previous approval of the Collector.

2. (2) The licensee shall provide suitable office accommodation, with sanitary arrangements, for the Prohibition and Excise Officer within the licensed premises and shall also supply such furniture and other articles for the Officer's use as the Collector may consider necessary.

3. (3) No smoking or naked lights or fires shall be allowed within the licensed premises.

4. (4) At the close of each day on which any business takes place, the licensed premises and every room or compartment therein shall be locked by the licensee and the Prohibition and Excise Officer supervising the bottling operations with separate locks.

48.

1. (1) The licensee shall not carry on bottling operations except in the presence of the Prohibition and Excise Officer as may be deputed in that behalf.

2. (2) Except with the permission of the Collector, the licensee shall not carry on bottling operations or other business on a Sunday or a public holiday and on any other day bottling operations shall not be carried on before 10-30 a.m. or after 5.00 p.m. and on Saturdays before 10.30 a.m. and after 1.30 p.m. The licensed premises shall not be kept open on Saturday after 2.00 p.m. and on any other day after 5.30 p.m. on every working day except Saturday, there will be a recess of half an hour from 1.00 p.m. to 1.30 p.m.

49.

Before commencing the bottling operations, the licensee shall make an application at least ten days in advance to the District Prohibition and Excise Officer giving the following particulars, namely:-

1. (a) quantity of rectified spirit or absolute alcohol to be bottled; and
2. (b) the duration during which the bottling operations shall be carried on.

50.

1. (1) No rectified spirit shall be bottled unless an account of the quantity and strength has been taken by the Prohibition and Excise Officer.