3A. Existing licence holders विद्यमान परवानाधारक

(4) Where the applicant is granted the licence applied for the Commissioner shall retain with him the originals of the description, plan and statements referred to in sub-rule (J), and forward the duplicates and triplicates there of with a copy of the licence, to the Distillery Officer; and the District Prohibition and Excise Officer concerned, respectively, and return the quadruplicate to the licensee.

(5) No licence shall be granted for a period of more than ¹one year¹ at a time, and in no case shall such period extend beyond 31st March ¹next¹ following the date of commencement of the licence.

3A. Existing licence holders विद्यमान परवानाधारक

²On the commencement of the Maharashtra Distillation of Spirit and Manufacture of Potable Liquor (Amendment) Rules, 1988, a licence granted under sub-rule (3) of rule 3 for a period of five years prior to such commencement, the period of which does not expire on the 31st March 1988, shall be deemed to have come to an end on the 31st March 1988 and it shall further be deemed to be a fresh annual licence granted with effect from the 1st April 1988 in terms of the said amendment rules:²

Provided that, a holder of such licence shall—

1. (i) within a period of two months from such commencement be required to pay the difference, if any; in licence fee, in proportion to the licence fees already paid by him under the sub-rule (3) of rule 3 as it stood prior to such commencement and the licence fees payable in terms of the said amendment rules;
2. (ii) be given credit for the licence fee paid by him under the said sub-rule (3) as it stood prior to such commencement and be entitled to refund, if any, due in proportion to the unexpired period of licence and the licence fees payable under the amended provisions which shall be paid to him within a period of two months.

Explanation— For determining the difference if any, in licence fee payable in terms of the said amendment rules, and 'credit' to be given and "refund if any due" as mentioned in clauses (i) and (ii) above respectively, the following method shall be adopted.—

The licence fee paid under sub-rule (3) of rule 3 as per the provisions as they stood before the commencement of the Maharashtra Distillation of Spirit and Manufacture of Potable Liquor (Amendment) Rules, 1988, being the fee for a total period of five years, a sum calculated by multiplying the number of complete years of unexpired portion of the period of licence as on the 31st March 1988 by an amount equal to one fifth of the total amount of licence fee already so paid shall be treated as the credit of the licence holder. If this amount is less than the annual fee as prescribed in the said amendment rules, the licensee shall have to pay the difference between the amount at his credit and the amount payable under the amendment. If the amount at the credit of licensee is more than the annual fee prescribed under the amended rules, the licensee shall be entitled to a refund of the differential amount:

Provided further that where a licence holder fails to pay the difference, if any, in licence fee payable in terms of the said amendment rules within a period of two months from the commencement of the said amendment rules, his licence shall be treated as cancelled.]