Maharashtra Excise Manual
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(d) to a registered medical practitioner holding a licence in Form D. S. IV of a quantity exceeding six 2* ♦2 bottles.

(2) The retail licensee shall not sell denatured spirit to—

  1. (i) any person holding a 4* ♦ *4 licence D. S. III except on the production of such permit or licence, as the case may be:
  2. (ii) any person holding a licence in Form D.S. IV—
    1. 3(a) except on the production of the licence with a monthly quota not exceeding 25 litres of ordinary denatured spirit during a month; and3
    2. (b) in other cases, except on the production by the purchaser of a requisition in Form D. S. VIII duly countersigned by the State Excise Officer within whose jurisdiction the licensed premises of the purchaser are situated and under cover of a transport pass issued by a State Excise Officer within whose jurisdiction the licensed premises of the retail licensee are situated;
  3. (iii) any person holding a licence in Form D. S. V 1*11(or D.S.R I granted under the Maharashtra Denatured Spirituous Preparations Rules, 1963)1—
    1. (a) except on production of the licence in cases where the licence is granted for a quantity not exceeding 22 2*2 bottles per month; and
    2. (b) in other cases except on the production by the purchaser of a requisition in Form D.S. VIII duly countersigned by the State Excise Officer within whose jurisdiction the licensed premises of the purchaser are situated and a transport pass issued by a State Excise Officer within whose jurisdiction the licensed premises of the retail licensee are situated.

(3) The retail licensee shall, on sale of denatured spirit to any person specified in clauses (i), (ii) (a) or (iii)(a) of sub-rule (2), enter in the permit or licence the details of the sale made to such person and sign against such entry.

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(1) Ordinary denatured spirit shall not be sold or exposed for sale by a retail licensee or wholesale licensee except in sealed 2* *2 bottles, jars, drums or casks, duly labelled in the manner provided in this rule.

(2) All bottles, jars, drums or casks containing denatured spirit intended for sale shall bear a label printed in red and containing skull and cross-bones and on each of the four sides of the label the words "Poison" and "Not to be taken internally" in English and 3Marathi3,

(3) The word "Poison" shall appear at the top in red in prominent letters and beneath it shall appear the words "Not to be taken internally" in smaller letters in black. The design and style of the label shall be such as may be approved by the Director.

(4) Each bottle, jar, drum, cask or receptacle, containing ordinary denatured spirit of Indian manufacturing kept for sale shall be conspicuously labelled or branded with the words "Ordinary denatured spirit manufactured in India".