THE MAHARASHTRA DENATURED SPIRITUOUS PREPARATIONS RULES, 1963

THE MAHARASHTRA DENATURED SPIRITUOUS PREPARATIONS RULES, 1963

GN.,H.D.,No.DNS. 1060/11245-(a)-III, dated 8th March 1963

(M.G,Pt. VB,p.322)

1. Amended by corrig., H. D. No., DNS. 1060/ll245-(a)lll, dated 19th March 1963. (M.G,PLlV-B,p.4O3).
2. Amended by G N., H.D., No. DNS. 1063-31781-111, dated 2nd Februaiy 1966. (M.G, PtIV-B,p.l46).
3. Amended by G N., H.D., No. DNS. 1168-IJ1, dated 4th November 1968. (M.G, PL1V-B,p.l799).
4. Amended by G. N.. H.D., No. DNS. 1168-111, dated 20th February 1969. (M.G, PL1V-B,p.322).
5. Amended by G. N..H.D.. No. DNS. 1068/24688-111, dated 13th March 1969. (M.G, Pt.IV-B,p.387).
6. Amended by G N., H.D., No. SLC. 1069-111, dated 24th July 1971. (M.G, PLIV-B,p. 1111).
7. Amended by G. N., H.D., No. DNS. 2077-(1)-28-PR, dated 3rd March 1978. (M.G,PtIVB,p.545).
8. Amended by G. N., H.D., No. DNS. 2077-(0)PRO-2, dated 29th September 1978. (M.G, Pt. IV-B, p. 1023).
9. Amended by G N., H.D., No. BPA. 1081/21-(Vni)PRO-2, dated 1st November 1981. (M.G, Pt. IV-B,p.l942).
10. Amended by G N., H.D., No.BPA. 1088/XIl-PRO-2, dated 16th March 1988. (M.G, PUV-B,p. 283-85).

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and clauses (j), (c), (d) and (12) of sub-section (2) of section 143, read with section 59-D, of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 (Bom. XXV of 1949), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf the Government of Maharashtra hereby makes the following Rules, the same having been previously published as required by sub-section (3) of the said section 143, namely :

PRELIMINARY

1. Short title and extent शीर्षक आणि व्याप्ती

1. These Rules may be called the Maharashtra Denatured Spirituous Preparations Rules, 1963.
2. They shall extend to the whole of the State of Maharashtra.

2. Definitions व्याख्या

In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,

1. "Act" means the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949;
2. "District Inspector" means a District Inspector ofProhibition and Excise;
3. "Form" means a Form appended to these Rules;
4. "licensed premises" means premises in respect of which a licence has been granted under these Rules;
5. "licensee" means a person who has been granted a licence under these Rules;
6. "bottle" for the purposes of these Rules means a bottle having a capacity to contain 650 milliliters of any liquid;
7. "pass" means a pass granted under these Rules;
8. "Superintendent" means a superintendent ofProhibition and Excise.

^@ The short title of this Act has been amended as "The Maharashtra Prohibition Act" by Mah. 24 of 2012, s.2, Sch. entry 37. w.e.f. 1-5-1960.