3. Prohibition to Denaturing Spirit मद्यार्क विप्रकृत करण्यास मनाई

3. Prohibition to Denaturing Spirit मद्यार्क विप्रकृत करण्यास मनाई

On receipt of an application under sub-rule (1) or (2) ¹[Inspector of the area for case may be]¹ shall make such inquiries for verification of the particulars given in the application as he deems necessary and if he is satisfied that there is no objection to grant the licence, ¹[the Inspector of the area]¹ applied for, the Superintendent may grant a licence in Form D.S. IV or D.S.V., respectively, as the case may be, on payment of ²[a fee of Rs. 25 per annum for a specified day or days, as the case may be, or if the applicant, other than the applicant desiring to possess ordinary denatured spirit for the purposes, such as conduction of eye camp and like purpose, desires to have the licence for a period of ten years, on recovery of Rs. 200 as licence fee for the said period]², a licence in Form D.S.IV and according to ²[the following scale of fees per annum]² for a licence in Form D.S.V namely];

⁴[(A) Where the total quantity allowed per month, for any industry (not being an industry engaged in manufacturing denatured spirituous preparations) or art or profession (business):⁴

1. ³(i) does not exceed two bottles .. .. .. 2³
2. ³(ii) exceeds two bottles but does not exceed 2,500 litres 50³
3. ³(iii) exceeds 2,500 litres .. .. .. .. 1,000³

(B) In respect of any art or industry (not being an industry engaged in manufacturing denatured spirituous preparations), undertaken by colleges, educational institutions, museums and other institutions–Re. 1.

(C) In respect of any two or all the purpose referred to in clause (A) or (B) the fee prescribed under clause (A) or clause (B), whichever is greater.]

4. Application for licence परवान्याकरिता अर्ज

No Superintendent shall grant a licence in respect of a quantity exceeding ²[25 litres]² per month and no District Inspector shall grant licence ;

Provided that the Superintendents of ¹[State]¹ Excise, Bombay and Poona Division, may grant a licence in respect of any quantity not exceeding ²[50 litres]² per month:

Provided further that if any Superintendent is of opinion that the applicant should be granted a licence for a quantity exceeding ²[25 litres]² or ²[50 litres]² per month, as the case may be, or the District Inspector is of opinion that the applicant should be granted the licence applied for, he shall forward the application and the papers of inquiry with his recommendation thereon to the Collector who may grant the applicant a licence in Form D.S. IV or D.S.V as the case may be, for such quantity as he deems fit on payment of the fee prescribed in sub-rule (3);

⁴[Provided also that, where the quantity of denatured spirit to be stored exceeds 50 litres, the applicant shall produce a certificate from the authorities concerned (e.g. Municipal or such other local authorities) that the premises where denatured spirit is to be stored are fire-proof within a period of three months from the date of communication made to him in respect of the decision to grant him a licence in Form D.S. IV or D.S. V as the case may be.]⁴

Whenever a licence in Form D.S. IV is granted, the authority granting the licence shall issue a certificate in the form specified in the permit as evidence of the grant of the permit