63. Temporary resident’s permit

63. Temporary resident’s permit

1. Any temporary resident desiring to possess, use and consume foreign liquor shall apply to the Collector in Fonn EL./A-1. The form may be obtained from the office of the Collector on payment of a lee of Rs. I.

2. (i) On receipt of the application, the Collector shall satisfy himself

   1. (a) that such person is not a minor;
   2. (b) that he is temporary resident; and
   3. (c) that he fulfils the other conditions of section 40.

   (ii) The Collector shall also make such other enquiries as he deems necessary.

3. If the Collector, on making the necessary inquiries ¹[for the disposal of the application]¹, is satisfied that there is no objection, he may, in consultation with the Superintendent or Inspector of Prohibition and Excise of the district and in conformity with the order/s of the State Government and the Commissioner, grant the applicant on payment of a fee of ²[Rs. 30]² a permit in Form F.L. V for the possession, use and consumption of foreign liquor ³[and shall also issue a certificate separated, and easily detachable from the main permit by means of perforations, as evidence of the grant of the pennit.]³

4. ²[No permit shall be granted for a period exceeding twenty-fbur months from the date of its commencement.]²

5. The permit shall be granted for such monthly quantity no exceeding 1(fi) units as the Collector may fix in each case.

6. The permit-holder shall not possess at any one time any quantity of foreign liquor exceeding that which has been fixed in his case by the Collector under sub-rule (5).

7. The privileges of purchase and possession of foreign liquor granted under the permit shall extend only so far as they are incidental to its use or consumption in accordance with these rules and the conditions of the permit.

8. (i) Foreign liquor permitted for consumption under the permit shall not except with the previous permission of the Commissioner, be obtained from any place other than a Government depot or a licensed hotel or club or a shop holding a vendor's licence.

   (ii) The permit-holder shall get all purchases of foreign liquor entered in his permit by the officer-in charge of the government depot or the hotel licensee or the club licensee or the holder of a vendor's licence, as the case may be.

9. Whenever the permit-holder leaves the State for more than one month during the currency of the permit period, he shall before leaving the State, deposit with the Collector his permit and the stock of foreign liquor held by him there under, and obtain a receipt therefor. The stock so deposited shall be kept by the Collector in safe custody and marked with such distinguishing marks as he may deem fit. If the permit-holder returns to the State before the expiry of the period of the permit, the permit and the stock so deposited shall be returned to him on production of the receipt.

10. A permit-holder shall abide by the conditions of the permit and the provisions of the Act and the rules, regulations and orders made there under and shall give an undertaking to that eflect.

11. A permit may be suspended or cancelled in accordance with provisions of Section 54 ⁴[or 56]⁴ of the Act.