41. Licensee to abide by provisions of the Act, etc.

5. The licensee shall, when called upon by any Prohibition and Excise Officer not below the rank of a Sub-Inspector of Prohibition and Excise, give an explanation in writing regarding any irregularity detected at his licensed premises and shall furnish any information regarding the management of the said premises; and shall answer all reasonable questions to the best of his knowledge and belief. He shall also, on demand, allow an inspecting officer to take without payment samples for analysis.

6. The licensee shall keep a visit book paged and stamped with the seal of the Collector in which visiting officers may record any remarks when inspecting the licensed premises. The licensee shall, on the termination of the period of his licence, deliver up the visit book, the accounts and the licence to the local Prohibition and Excise Inspector or Sub-Inspector.

41. Licensee to abide by provisions of the Act, etc.

1. Every holder of a vendor's licence shall comply promptly with all orders or directions issued from time to time under the Act and the rules and regulations and orders made thereunder.

2. Such licensee shall give an undertaking to the Collector that he will abide by the provisions of the Act and rules, regulations and orders made thereunder and that he agrees to and will abide by all the conditions of the licence.

3. The licensee or his successors or assignees shall have no claim whatsoever to the continuance ¹[* * *]¹ of the vendor's licence after the expiry of the period for which such licence was granted.

4. When a vendor's licence is suspended or cancelled during the currency of the licence period or is not renewed on its expiry, the licensee shall forthwith surrender the whole stock of unsold foreign liquor to the Collector. The stock so surrendered shall be sold by the Collector and the proceeds of the sale shall, after deducting the expenses and any sum due to the State Government, be returned to the licensee.

42. Suspension or cancellation of licence

A vendor's licence may be suspended or cancelled in accordance with the provisions of section 54 or 56 of the Act.

42A. Grant of vendor’s licence for beer in sealed bottle by retail sale for off wine or both consumption

1. Any person desiring to sell beer or ³wine or both³ in sealed bottle by retail sale for off consumption" shall apply, in Form F.L./A-10 appended to these rules for a licence in Form F.L./BR-II to the ⁴Superintendent of State Excise⁴ of the District in which he desires to locate the licensed premises for selling beer or wine or both. Every such application shall be accompanied by a chalan or demand draft evidencing payment of a fee of Rs. 100.

2. ⁴(2) On receipt of the application under sub-rule (1) in Form F.L./A-10 duly completed in all respect, the Superintendent, State Excise may make such enquiries as he deems necessary, and after satisfying himself that the premises proposed for location of the shop for selling beer in sealed bottle^{4 5}or Growlers or both⁵ is in conformity with the provisions of the rules and instructions issued by the State Government or the Commissioner in this behalf from time to time and that there is no objection to grant the licence applied for, he may with the previous sanction of the relevant Deputy Commissioner, State Excise of the Division in whose jurisdiction the District comes, grant licence in Form FL/BR-II on recovery of such licence fee (inclusive of consideration), as may be specified by the State Government or Commissioner, from time to time and a deposit of an amount equal to annual licence fee as earnest money.