Maharashtra Excise Manual
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  1. (i) declaring the processes by which spirits shall be denatured in particular areas, or fbr particular purposes;
  2. (ii) for causing such spirits to be denatured through the agency or under the supervision of the Government Officers and for the payment of charges fbr such supervision;
  3. (iii) for ascertaining whether such spirits have been denatured;

(i) prohibiting and regulating the employment by the licence-holder of any person or classes of persons to assist him in his business in any capacity whatsoever;

(j) prescribing the manner in which the juice from a coconut, barb, date or any kind of palm trees is to be treated for the purpose of preventing fermention;

1[(k)] prescribing the persons or classes of persons to whom any intoxicant, denatured spirituous preparation, hemp, mhowra flowers or molasses may or may not be sold or who may or may not be allowed to sell, purchase or use any of these articles;

(l) fbr the prevention of drunkenness, gambling or disorderly conduct in or near any licensed premises and the meeting and remaining of persons of bad character on such premises;

2[(ll)] prescribing the occasions on which special orders may be granted fbr the sale by retail of larger quantities of liquor or intoxicating drugs, or opium than those which are prescribed in any notification issued under this Act and the conditions on which such sales may be made;

(12) prescribing the amount of security to be deposited by the holder of any licence, permit, pass or authorization for the performance of the conditions fbr the same;

(13) providing for the maintenance by the holders of licences, permits, passes or authorizations of the registers of sales, purchases, possession, consumption or use and the particulars to be entered in the register;

3[(m)] regulating the grant of rewards or expenses to officers, informants, or persons giving information or assistance in the detection or investigation of offences under this Act, and of compensation to persons charged with offences punishable under this Act and acquitted;

(n) regulating the printing, publishing or otherwise displaying or distributing any advertisement or other matter 4*[soliciting the use of, or offering any intoxicant] 5[or] hemp or calculated to encourage or incite any individual or class of individuals or the public generally to commit an offence under this Act or to commit a breach or evade the provisions of any rule or order made there under or the conditions of any licence, permit, pass or authorization issued there under;