Part IVA

48B. Registration of premises

1. On receipt of an application under rule 48A, the Superintendent of State Excise of the district where such premises are located shall make enquiries for verification of the particulars given in the application and allow registration of such suitable premises for the use of temporary licenses for sale of foreign liquor for special functions or events. The area of the premises where it is intended to sale foreign liquor, in case of open grounds and places, shall fulfill the criteria mentioned as under—

   1. shall be enclosed and earmarked distinctly from the rest of the premises; and
   2. shall not exceed 10% of the total area and in no case shall exceed 500 square meters;

   The Superintendent, State Excise shall inform in writing of the decision that the premises is registered.

   3. No premises shall be registered under this rule which, if situated in areas within the jurisdiction of a Gram Panchayat having population not exceeding 20,000, and within a distance of two hundred and twenty meters and if situated in Gram Panchayat having population exceeding 20,000, and within a distance of five hundred meters from the edge of any National or State Highway; or in case of any existing service road then the distance from the edge of such service road adjacent to the National or State Highway

      Explanation―For the purposes of this rule the distance referred to shall be measured from the mid-point of the entrance of the premises along the nearest path by which a pedestrian ordinarily reaches to the edge of any National or State Highway.

      48C. Application for temporary licence for a special function.

      For any registered premises under rule 48B any person or any institution or club or company or any person duly authorized may apply for a temporary license in their behalf for every such special function in Form F.L.A-IF. Every such application for the license shall be accompanied by a challan evidencing payment of application fee of hundred rupees and the license fees as prescribed by Commissioner of State Excise from time to time and as per the scale of the event and the type of liquor Sold. The applicant before making his application has to ensure that the day of the function or event is not barred from sale of liquor as per clauses (c1) and (c2) of rule 9 of the Maharashtra Foreign Liquor (Sale on Cash, Register of Sales, etc.) Rules, 1969.