Maharashtra Excise Manual
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6. All samples required for analysis under the Maharashtra Country Liquor Rules, 1973, or under this licence shall be supplied free of cost by the licensee and all expenses in connection with the packing and dispatch of samples to places of analysis shall be borne by the licensee. The licensee shall pay on demand, a fee 1[as may be prescribed by the Commissioner to the chemical analyser for]1 analysing each sample of country liquor

7. The licensee shall ensure that no smoking and no use of naked lights or fires are allowed within the premises of the manufactory.

8. The licensee shall display the licence in a conspicuous place in the Manufactory.

9. In addition to the registers and account books prescribed under the Maharashtra Country Liquor Rules, 1973, the licensee shall also keep such registers and account books as the Commissioner may direct from time to time.

10. No entry in any of the books kept by the licensee under this licence shall be erased or overwritten. Should it be necessary to correct any entry, a line should be drawn through the incorrect entry in such manner as to leave it distinctly visible, and the amended entry should be inserted above it. Every correction shall be initialled and dated by the person making it at the time it is made.

11. The names of all persons to be employed either as managers or servants shall be submitted for information to the Manufactory Officer by the Licensee.

12. The licensee shall not carry on the business of manufacture or sale of country liquor or of both except personally or by an agent or servant duly authorised by him in this behalf by a written nokamama in Form C.L. XVIII signed by himself; and counter-signed by the Manufactory Officer, provided that, any such nokamama signed by the licensee shall be valid until counter signature is refused. The licensee shall maintain at his manufactory a register in Form C.L. XIX of all his agents or servants duly authorised by him.

If for any reason the Commissioner or the Superintendent shall order the withdrawal of any nokamama issued by the licensee the nokamama shall forthwith be withdrawn. For every nokamama issued by him, the licensee shall pay such fee as may from time to time be prescribed for this privilege. No nokamama shall be issued to any person under 21 years of age, and no such nokamama if issued, shall be valid. The licensee shall be responsible for breach of the rules or any of the conditions of this licence committed by any of his servants.

13. Except with the written permission of the 2[State Government]2 the licensee shall not sell, manufacture, transfer or subject the right of manufacture conferred upon him by this licence nor shall he, in connection with the exercise of the said right enter into any agreement or arrangement which is in the nature of a 3[Lease, sub-lease, tie-up or any other similar agreement]3. If any question arises whether any agreement or arrangement is in the nature of a 3'[Lease, sub-lease, tie-up or any other similar agreement]3 the decision of the 2[State Government]2 on such question shall be final and binding on the licensee.

14. No person shall be recognised as a partner of the licensee, for the purpose of this licence, unless the partnership has been declared to the Commissioner before the licence is granted and the names of the partners have been entered jointly in the licencee; or if the