Rule 5: Sub-rule (5)

Sub-rule (8)

1. (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.
2. (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, the club licensee, or the holder or a vendor's licence, as the case may be.

Sub-rule (9)

The 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 effect.

Sub-rule (10)

The permit may be suspended or cancelled in accordance with the provisions of section 54 of the Act.

Sub-rule (11)

Where a permit is suspended or cancelled during the currency of the permit period, the permit-holder shall surrender forthwith the whole of the unconsumed stock of 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 permit-holder.

70A. Tourist’s permits

1. A tourist visiting the State of Maharashtra may, if he desires to possess, consume use or buy foreign liquor, apply to the Collector or any other officer authorised in this behalf in Form F.L./A-6A, which shall be supplied to him free of cost.¹

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2. On receipt of the application, the Collector or the authorised officer shall satisfy himself that the applicant is a tourist, and if he is satisfied that there is no objection, he may, in conformity with the orders of the Commissioner, grant him, free of charge, a permit in Form F.L. X-A for the possession, consumption, use the purchase of foreign liquor:

   Provided that no such permit shall be granted to a minor

3. The permit shall be granted for the period of the applicant's intended stay in the ³[State of Maharashtra]³ but not exceeding one month in any case.
4. The permit shall be granted for a quantity not exceeding ⁴[six units per month]⁴.
5. The permit-holder shall not possess at any one time any quantity of foreign liquor in excess of the quantity specified in his permit.