Maharashtra Excise Manual
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  1. The licensee shall sell country liquor in sealed bottles for consumption to a permit holder for removal off the licensed premises.

  2. The Shop and the stock of country liquor there in shall at all times be open to inspection by officers duly empowered under section 122 of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949.

  3. The licensee shall, when called, upon by any Prohibition and Excise Officer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector, give an explanation in writing of any breach of the rules or any irregularity detected and committed by him or his agents or servants of the rules or any irregularity detected and committed by him or his agents or servants and furnish any infbirmation regarding the management of the Shop, answer all reasonable questions to the best of his knowledge and belief He shall also on demand allow a Prohibition and Excise Officer or an Officer of the Food and Drugs Administration to take free of cost samples ofcountry liquor for analysis 1[by the chemical Analyser]1. He shall also pay to the 2[Chemical Analyser a fee as may be prescribed by the commissioner for the analysis of such sample.]2 An account of samples of countiy liquor shall be maintained in register inFormC.L.XXV

  4. The licensee shall abide by the conditions of this licence and the provisions of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949, the rules, regulations and orders made there under and shall give an undertaking in Form C.L. XX to that effect.

  5. The licensee shall comply promptly with all lawful orders and directions issued from time to time by the Commissioner, Collector or the Superintendent.

  6. The licensee, his heirs, legal representative or assignees shall have no claim what soever to the continuance or renewal of this licence after the expiry of the perid for which it is granted. It shall be entirely within the discretion of the Collector to permit or not the assignee of licensee, in case of sale or transfer or the heir or legal representative of the licensee, in case of death, to have the benefit of the licence for the unexpired portion of the term for which it is granted.

  7. The licence is liable to the suspended or cancelled in accordance with the provisions of section 54 or 56 of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949.

  8. In case this licence is cancelled or suspended during the currency of the licence period or is not renewed on its expiry the licensee shall surrender the whole stock of unsold country liquor forthwith to the Collector. The stock of liquor so surrendered shall be sold by the Collector and the proceeds of the sale shall, after deducting the expenses and any sum due to the State Govenment be returned to the licensee.

Granted this............................ day of............._____ _.19 .

Seal of the
Collector.

Collector
.............................. District

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  1. Added ibid.
  2. Sub. by 12-6-98.
  3. Sub. by 12698.