3. Definitions व्याख्या

Explanation.—For the purpose of this sub-rule,

1. "educational institution" means any pre-primary, primary, or secondary school, managed or recognised by any local authority or the State Government or the Central Government or any college affiliated to any University established by law, but does not include any private coaching institution ;

2. "religious institution" means an institution for the promotion of any religion and includes a temple, math, mosque, church, synagogue, agiary or other place of public religious worship which is managed or owned by a public trust registered under the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950 (Bom. XXIX of 1950) and includes such other religious institutions as the State Government may by order specify in this behalf;

3. the distance referred to ¹[in clause (5), (c) or (cd)]¹ shall be measured from the mid-point of the entrance of the shop along the nearest path by which a pedestrian ordinarily reaches,—

   1. the mid-point of the nearest gate of the institution, if there is a compound wall, and if there is no compound wall, the mid-point of the nearest entrance of the institution, or

   2. the mid-point of the nearest gate of the bus stand, station or depot of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation, if there is a compound wall and if there is no compound wall, the nearest point of the boundary of such bus stand, station ³[or depot or]³

   3. ⁴[(c) The mid-point of the nearest gate of the Statue, if there is a compound wall, and if there is no compound wall, the nearest point of foundation of such a Statue.]⁴

   4. ⁶[(cd) the edge of any National or State highway, or in case of any existing service road then to the edge of such service road adjacent to the National or State Highway.]⁶

4. ⁴[(iv) "Statue of National Personality" means any statue of the National Personality recognized by the Government and specified in the ⁸[Schedule-I]⁸ appended to these rules.]⁴

3. Definitions व्याख्या

1. any institution ⁵[and any Statue of National Personality]⁵ referred to in clause (i) of sub-rule (2) comes into existence within a distance of fifty metres or, as the case may be, one hundred metres from that shop, or

2. if any bus stand, station or depot referred to in clause (c) of the said sub-rule (2) comes into existence within a distance of fifty metres from that shop.]

4. Application for licence

1. a licensed shop shall not be shifted by a retail licensee to any other place within a taluka without prior approval of the Collector;

2. a licensed shop shall not be shifted by retail licensee to any place from one taluka to another taluka of the district without prior approval of the Commissioner;

   Provided that, the number of licensed shops for such shifting ⁷[shall not exceed 30%]⁷ of the total existing licensed shops in any district ²[excluding Mumbai City and Mumbai suburban district]² which would be inclusive of the licensed shop already shifted with prior approval of the Government or the Commissioner before the date of publication of these rules: