3. Definitions व्याख्या

3. Definitions व्याख्या

1. ¹Act¹ means the ^@Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949^@;
2. (3) ²Club licensee² means a person holding a club licence under these rules;
3. ³(3A) "Country liquor"³ has the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (c) of rule 2 of the Maharashtra Country Liquor Rules, 1973;
4. (4) "Duty-paid foreign liquor" means foreign liquor on which
   1. duty leviable under Indian Tariff Act, 1934, or ⁴the Sea Customs Act, 1962⁴, or
   2. the excise or countervailing duty under the Act has been paid and includes foreign liquor which is exempted from such duty;
5. (5) "Excise supervision" means the supervision by the members of the staff of the Prohibition and Excise Department appointed in that behalf by a competent authority;
6. (6) ⁵"Foreign Liquor" means potable duty-paid foreign liquor of the following kinds, namely:—⁵
   1. ⁶(a) "Spirits" means brandy, whisky, [rum], [club cup], gin, liquors and milk punch,⁶
   2. ⁷(b) "Wines" means Champagne, Moselle, Burgundy, Chianti, White Wines, Clarets, Hocks, Riesling, Madeira, Ginger Wine; Port-type, Port, Vermouth, Sherry; [Wincamis, Victoria, Manola, Buckfast Tonic-Wine] and such other wines as the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette specify [being wines having alcoholic strength exceeding 5 per cent, alcohol by volume (i.e. equivalent to 8.75 per cent, of proof spirit)];]⁷

   3. ⁸Explanation.—For the purposes of this item "Wincamis" means Wincamis prepared according to the following formula, namely:— Alcohol (by volume) 18 per cent. Sodium Glycerophosphate liquid B.P.C. 0.7 per cent. w/v. Meat Extract 0.46 per cent. w/v. Malt 0.46 per cent. w/v.⁸

   4. ⁹(c) "Fermented liquor" means ale, beer, milk stout (Porter), Cider [having alcoholic strength exceeding 5 per cent, alcohol by volume (i.e. equivalent to 8.75 per cent, of proof spirit)] and such other fermented liquors as the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette specify;⁹
   5. ¹⁰(d) "Mild liquor" means— (A) Mild beer having alcoholic strength not exceeding 5 per cent. v/v which is equivalent to 8.75 per cent. of proof spirit; or (B) Any foreign liquor other than mild beer having alcoholic strength not exceeding 5 per cent. v/v which is equivalent to 8.75 per cent. of proof spirit;]¹⁰