69. Visitor’s Permit

"¹If the permit-holder is any other person falling under any of the categories (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) mentioned in sub-rule (1) the permit shall be granted for such quantity of foreign liquor as the State Government or the Commissioner may direct in that behalf.]¹

(5) 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.

(6) Foreign liquor permitted for consumption under the permit shall not be obtained by the permit-holder except from his own stock in Customs Bond or from the stock in Customs Bond of a trade and import licensee:

Provided that the Commissioner may permit the permit-holder to obtain foreign liquor from any other source or place.

²[(6-A) The permit-holder shall, on relinquishing charge of his office or on his ceasing to be a person falling under any of the categories mentioned in sub-rule (1), surrender his permit together with the stock of foreign liquor held by him thereunder to the Collector. The stock of foreign liquor so surrendered may, with the permission of the Commissioner, be handed over to the permit-holder's successor-in-office or shall be disposed of in such manner as the Commissioner may direct:²

Provided that nothing in this sub-rule shall apply to any person falling under―

(i) clause (a) or his consort, or
(ii) Clause (b).]

(7) The permit-holder shall enter in his permit the quantity of foreign liquor obtained by him from time to time if it is obtained from his own stock in Customs Bond, and if it is obtained from any other place the quantity of the foreign liquor so obtained shall be entered in the permit by the foreign liquor licensee concerned.

(8) In the event of any permit-holder going out of the State for more than 30 days, the stock of foreign liquor held by him under the permit shall be disposed of in such manner as the Commissioner may direct.

69. Visitor’s Permit

³[(1) Any person who―³

(a) is a citizen of a foreign country or a citizen of India and resides in any part of India, where consumption of alcoholic liquor is not generally prohibited by law;
(b) is a citizen of a foreign country or is a citizen of India, and resides in any part of India, where consumption of liquor is prohibited by law, but has been consuming such liquor under a permit or other authorization, visits the ⁴State of Maharashtra⁴ for a period of not more than a week and desires to purchase, possess, use and consume foreign liquor, shall apply to the Collector.]

(2) The application shall be in Form F.L./A-5 which may be obtained by him from the Office of the Collector on payment of a fee of Re. 1.

(3) On receipt of the application the Collector shall satisfy himself that the applicant is a visitor to the State of Maharashtra ⁷and is not a minor⁷ and if he sees no objection, he may in conformity with the orders of the Commissioner, grant him a permit in Form F.L. IX for the ⁵purchase,⁵ possession, use and consumption of foreign liquor on payment of a fee of Rs. 5, ⁶and shall also issue a certificate separated, and easily detachable, from the main permit by means of perforations, as evidence of the grant of the permit.⁶

²[(4) The permit shall be granted ordinarily for a period not exceeding one week at any one time:]²

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