Explanation.

(ii) be given credit for the licence fee paid by him under the said sub-rule (2) as it stood prior to such commencement and be entitled to refund, if any, due in proportion to the unexpired period of the licence and the renewal fees payable under the amended provisions, which shall be paid to him within a period of two months.

Explanation.

For determining "difference, if any, in licence fee payable in terms of the said amendment rules", "credit" to be given and ¹refund if any due¹ mentioned in clauses (i) and (ii) above respectively, the following method shall be adopted:—

The licence fee paid under sub-rule (2) of rule 3 as it stood before the commencement of the Maharashtra Manufacture of Beer and Wine (Amendment) Rules 1988, being the fee for a total period of five years, a sum calculated by multiplying the number of completed years of unexpired portion of the period of licence as on the 31^st March 1988 by an amount equal to one fifth of the total amount of licence fee already so paid shall be treated as at the credit of such 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 said amended provisions. If the amount at the credit of licensee is more than the annual fee prescribed under the said amendment 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 the 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.]

4. Renewal of Licence परवाना नूतनीकरण

1. Any licence granted under rule 3 may be renewed by the State Government for a period not exceeding ³one year³ on recovery of a renewal ²fee (inclusive of consideration) of forty thousand rupees² if the renewal is for the licence for the manufacture of beer and ²four thousand rupees² if the renewal is for the licence for the manufacture of wine].

2. An application for renewal of a licence shall be made two months before the expiry of the licence in Form BRA. Where the application is for the renewal of a licence to construct and work a brewery it shall be made through the Brewery Officer, and where the application is for the renewal of a licence ³accompanied by a challan evidencing payment of a fee of Rs. 25³ to construct and work a manufactory, it shall be made through the manufactory officer.

4A. Existing Renewals विद्यमान नूतनीकरण

On the commencement of the Maharashtra Manufacture of Beer and Wine (Amendment) Rules, 1988, a renewal of a licence, granted under sub-rule (1) of rule 4 for a period of five years prior to such commencement, the period of which does not expire on the 31 March 1988, shall be deemed to have come to an end on the 31^st March 1988 and it shall further be deemed to be a fresh annual renewal granted with effect from the 1^st April 1988 in terms of the said amendment rules:

Provided that a holder of such renewed licence shall,

1. within a period of two months from such commencement be required to pay the difference, if any, in the renewal fee, in proportion to the renewal fee already paid by him under the sub-rule (1) of rule 4 as it stood prior to such commencement and the renewal fees payable in terms of the said amendment rules;

2. be given credit for the renewal fee paid by him under the said sub-rule (1) as it stood prior to such commencement and be entitled to refund, if any, due in proportion