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64. Amended by G. N., H. D., No. CLR.0621/CR-90/EXC-3, dated 8th November 2021, (M. G Pt. IV-B; p. 3).

65. Amended by G N., H. D., No. BPA.1117/CR-249/EXC-2, dated 8th April 2022, (M. G Pt. IV-B ; p. 15-16).

66. Amended by G. N., H. D., No. CLR.0322/CR-61/EXC-3, dated 20th May 2022, (M. G Pt. IV-B; p. 2).

67. Amended by G. N., H. D., No. CLR.1021/CR-175(1)/EXC-3, dated 31st May 2022, (M. G Pt. IV-B; p. 3).

68. Amended by G N., H. D., No. MIS.0417/CR-59/EXC-2, dated 24th June 2022, (M. G Pt. IV-B; p. 2).

69. Amended by G. N., H. D., No. BPA-0422/CR-91/EXC-2, dated 5th June 2023, (M. G Pt. IV-B; p. 3).

In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (b), (c), (f), (g), (h), (i), (k), (l), (l2), (l3) and (u) of sub-section (2) of section 143 read with sections 11 and 52 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:—

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1. Short title शीर्षक

(2) They extend to the whole of the State of Maharashtra.

2. Definitions व्याख्या

(a) "Act" ² means the ^*[Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949]^*;

(b) "Authorised Officer" means an Officer authorised by Government to grant permits for the purchase, possession, transport, use and consumption of country Liquor;

(c) "Chemical Analyser" means the Commissioner, Forensic Science Laboratory and Chemical Analyser to the Government of Maharashtra or Government Analyst, Drugs Control Laboratory, Bombay ³[or Director, Haffkine Institute for Training Research and Testing, Bombay or Officer Incharge, State Excise Chemical Laboratory, Bombay]^{3 6}[or Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Pune]⁶ or any other Officer appointed by the State Government as Chemical Analyser for the purposes of these rules;

(d) "Compounding" means the manufacture of country liquor by addition of pure filtered water or a flavouring or colouring matter or both, to spirit or to any liquor obtained by distillation;

⁷[(e) "Country Liquor" means liquor manufactured either by the process of distillation or by compounding or blending spirits with or without essence and flavouring substance but does not include country liquor which is declared for the purposes of the Act, to be foreign liquor, under the proviso to clause (II) of section 2 of the Act.]⁷

(f) "excise supervision" means supervision over the operations and transactions at a country liquor manufactory by a Prohibition and Excise Officer appointed in that behalf by the Commissioner, or any Prohibition and Excise Officer duly empowered by the State Government;

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(g) "Form" means a form appended to these rules;

1. Ins. by G N. of 21-5-1990. 5. Deleted by G. N. of 14-8-2006.

2. Deleted by 14-8-2006. 6. Ins. by G. N. of 2-1-2014.

3. Ins. by G. N. of 12-6-1998. 7. Sub. by G. N. of 31-5-2022.

4. Sub. by G. N. of 30-8-2005.