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(a) "Permit" means a no objection statement issued by the Collector of the district of destination concerned or an officer authorized in this behalf in the import and transport of liquor but not empowered to authorize its removal from the place of issue. This term is also used for permits authorizing possession of liquor exceeding the limit of retail sale.
(b) "Pass" means a document which actually authorizes the removal of liquor.
Explanation-
(i) A pass
granted under the excise law in force in another State or
(Ii) A pass covering a consignment of liquor so granted under the excise law in force in another State or Union Territory to authorise the removal of liquor from the State or Union Territory to another State or Union Territory through Punjab shall also deemed to be a pass, granted under the Punjab Excise Act, provided that the bulk shall not be broken in transit through Punjab.
(Iii) Any person carrying a consignment of
liquor under pass so granted under the Excise La\\! in force in another State
and Union Territory authorizing the removal of liquor from that State or Union
Territory through Punjab shall, unless exempted by the Excise Commissioner by
general or special order, also be required to present that pass to the
officer-in-charge of a check-post or barrier of entrance into the State of
Punjab for obtaining a Transit Pass in (Form T) as given below and shall also
furnish an indemnity bond in (Form I) as given below of the value equal of the
amount of duty and fee on the quantity of liquor mentioned in the said pass at
the rate chargeable thereon in Punjab. In the case of consignments of country
liquor the rate of fee shall be the average incidence of license fee per proof litre for the State of
2. Subject to the provisions of Order 23 of the Punjabi Liquor Import, Export, Transport and Possession Orders, 1932 a person importing exporting or transporting country Spirit. rectified spirit or denatured spirit must obtain
(a) a permit in Form L-32 in the case of import and transport or corresponding permit in case of export from the officer authorized to ,grant such permits in the district, State or Union Territory of destination; and
(b) a pass in Form 1.34 for export and transport and a corresponding pass for import from the officer authorized to grant such passes in the place of issue: Provided that a pass for the removal of spirit and beer from a licensed distillery or brewery or a warehouse issued in accordance with the rules made by the [Excise Commissioner] shall be deemed to be a pass for the purpose of this rule:
Provided further that a permit shall not be required for the transport of [ -] country spirit, rectified spirit or denatured spirit within a district except when denatured spirit is transported from the bonded warehouse of a licensed distillery: Provided further that the members of the diplomatic staff of a foreign embassy located in the State of Punjab shall not be required to obtain a permit for import and transport of imported liquor.
2-A. Subject to the provisions of Order 24 of
the Punjab Liquor Import, Export, Transport and Possession Orders, 1932 every
person who imports medicinal or other preparations containing rectified spirit
from any State or Union Territory in India as mentioned in Order 3, or the
Punjab Liquor Import, Export, Transport, and Possession Order, 1932 must obtain
an export pass from the officer authorised to grant
such passes at the place of issue. Such pass shall show in all cases the spirit
strength of the preparation to be exported and that the duty at the rate
prevailing in
2-8. The procedure stated above shall also
apply for the export of medicinal and other preparations from the
Provided that transport or export of such medicinal preparations without payment of duty from the premises of approved manufacturers for use of Government, Local Fund and Charitable Hospitals and Dispensaries shall not exceed the requirements of each hospital or dispensary for 12 months and shall be made only on indents signed by Civil Surgeon or the District Officer of Health of the district (for ordinary hospitals and dispensaries) and by the Deputy Superintendent of Civil Veterinary Department (for Veterinary Hospitals and Dispensaries) of the Principal, Veterinary College Punjab or an officer of the corresponding rank of a State or Union Territory. The approved manufacturer shall produce a certificate or reverse of Form L. 46 showing due delivery of the consignment.
2-C. The following procedure shall be observed
for the export-in-bond of preparations containing rectified spirit from the premises of approved
manufacturer to other State or
(a) Whenever an approved manufacturer in Punjab licensed under the Punjab Excise Act, receives a requisition for export in bond of such preparations to any other State or Union Territory in India the person importing such preparations shall obtain and send approved manufacturer an import-in-bond permit signed by the Collector of the district of destination or by any other officer authorized in his behalf.
(b) Every consignment of such preparations shall be issued under an export-in-bond authority in Form 1 3 mutatis mutandis granted by the Collector of the district in which the premises of the approved manufacturer are situated:
Provided that no such authority shall be granted for the dispatch of any consignment unless the approved manufacturer has executed and given a bond in Fom1 L. 37 binding himself in respect of the consignment to be dispatched to produce a certificate in Form L. 38 (mutatis mutandis) and binding himself to pay such duty in respect of any consignment dispatched, as may be demanded from him in accordance with provisions of the rule given below.
(c) If such certificate is not produced within such time after the expiry of the period of the currency of the pass in Form L. 46 as the Collector of the district in which the approved manufacturer is licensed, considers to be reasonable, the Collector shall recover from the approved manufacturer duty at the rate for the time being fixed by the Punjab Government under Section 31 of the Punjab Excise Act.
(d) If such certificate is produced before or within a reasonable time after the expiry of the period of the currency of any pass then
(i) if the certificate shows delivery of any consignment to have occurred in full with no greater deficiency than the rate of wastage of half per cent per hundred mi les, the Collector shall order that the bond in respectof such consignment has been discharged.
(ii) but if certificate shows a deficiency greater than that allowable according to the above scale, in any vessel in the consignment, then, unless the said deficiency is satisfactorily explained, the Collector shall obtain the [Excise Commissioner's] orders as to the portion of the total deficiency which is to be charged with duty at a rate not less than that fixed for spirit in such preparations under Section 31 of the Punjab Excise Act.
2-D. The
following procedure shall be observed for the export-in-bond for eventual export
ex-India of locally manufactured preparations containing spirit of
(1) Such export-in-bond shall only be permitted from stock held in a warehouse.
(2) An approved manufacturer, holding such stocks who wishes either to export such preparations by sea to a foreign country or to deliver them to a Military Supply Depot (hereinafter referred to as "the Depot") for export as aforesaid, for the use of the Defence Services, may apply to the Collector in whose jurisdiction the warehouse is situate, for an export-in-bond authorization in Form L. 46-A giving the following particulars namely-
(a) the description) of the spirituous preparations to be
(b) the quantity) exported;
(c) the alcoholic strength)
(d) the number and nature of the receptacles or packages to contain such preparations and the identification marks to be made on each;
(e) the route by which the consigml1ent is to be exported;
(f) the country to which the goods are to be exported;
(g) if the applicant is not himself the exporter, his agent;
(h) the name and address of the consignee; and
(i) the port from which the goods are to be shipped or, if delivery to a Depot is intended, the full description of such Depot.
(3) The Collector may refuse the application, or in the alternative may require the applicant to execute a bond in Form L. 46-B binding himself in respect of the consignment to the exported -
(a) to produce in due course a certificate in Form L. 46-C from
the Customs Collector at the
(b) to pay such duty and other Government dues as may be demanded from him in accordance with the rule.
Note - The execution of a bond may be dispensed with in the case of an approved manufacturer of standing who is prepared to deposit with the Collector a sum fixed by the Collector which shall be sufficient to cover the amount of duty payable by him on the goods exported by him on under the rule at all times. All sums leviable under this rule may be recovered by deductions from the deposit and the said manufacturers shall be bound to make good the amount so deducted.
(4) When the bond in Form L. 46-B has been duly furnished the Collector shall issue an export in bond authorization in Form L. 46-A which shall be prepared in quadruplicate. One copy shall be delivered to the applicant, the second copy shall be sent to the officer in-charge of the manufactory, the third copy shall be sent to the Excise Authority at the port or at the place where the Depot is situated as the case may be, and the fourth copy shall be retained by the Collector.
(5) On production by the applicant of this copy of authorization, officer-in-charge shall
. verifying that it tallies with the copy sent to him direct, take steps to have the containers or packages intended for export serially numbered and plainly marked to show the number of the export authorization in Form L. 46-A, the kind, the quantity and strength of the spirituous preparations they contain, as well as the names of the place of despatch and the place of destination. each container or package shall be securely sealed with the official seal of the officer-in-charge, who shall thereafter countersign the export authorization (Form L. 46-A) and return to the applicant the copy of the authorization received from him. The officer-in-charge shall also issue a warehouse authorization in Form L. 46-D delivering one copy to the applicant and sending the second copy along with the copy of the export authorization received from the Collector and sample of the seal placed on the containers and packages in the consignment to the Customs Collector at the intended port or to the Depot Officer, as the case may be.
(6) The applicant may then (subject to payment of warehouse dues and other charges) remove the consignment from the warehouse (at his own risk and expense) and shall arrange to despatch it to the port or the Depot in the shortest possible time. He shall also send information in advance to the Excise Authority at the port or the place where the Depot is situated of the probable date of arrival of the consignment within his jurisdiction to enable such authority to provide an ascort for the consignment while in transit to the docks or the Depot, as the case may be.
(7) Where delivery is made at a Depot, the Depot officer shall check the consignment in all respect against the entries contained in the warehouse authorisation in Form L. 460, produced by the applicant and that received by him from the office-in-charge, and shall certify accordingly in Form L. 46-C if he finds everything in order; and hand it over to the applicant or exporter who shall then forward such certificate together with his authorization in Form L. 46-D to the Collector.
(8) The following procedure shall be observed at the time of shipment. Along with the consignment and the shipping bills, the applicant or exporter or the Depot Officer, as the case may be, shall present before, the Customs Collector the copy of the warehouse authorization in Form L. 46-D, in his possession. The Customs Collector shall verify the number, markings and seals of each container or package in the consignment by checking against the authorization in Form L. 46-D produced, as well as any such authorization in respect of the consignment as he may have received from the officer-in-charge and if he finds everything in order, he shall certify to the effect in Form L. 46-C and make it over to the exporter when shipment has been effected the applicant or importer or the Depot Officer, as the case may be, shall forward his copy of the warehouse authorization together with the certificate of the Customs Collector and the copy of the shipping bill duly endorsed to show that shipment has been effected, to Collector. The Customs Collector shall also return to the Collector the warehouse authorization (if any) in L. 46-D received by him from the officer-in-charge.
(9) If. after receipt of the warehouse authorization in Form L. 46-D forwarded to him after proper proceedings by the applicant or exporter and the Customs Collector or the Depot Officer, as the case may be, the Collector is satisfied that the full consignment has been exported from India, and has further satisfied himself by enquiry from the officer-in-charge that no warehouse dues payable to Government are outstanding the Collector shall cancel the bond (if any) furnished by the applicant in Form L. 46-B, and shall in Form him accordingly. The bond shall not be cancelled unless all sums due to Government on account of duty or warehouse dues have been recovered.
(10) If the consignment is not shipped ex-India, or if on examination the Depot Officer or the Customs Collector, as the case may be, refused to certify concerning it as provided III sub rules (7) and (8) or if there is failure of compliance with any requirement of this rule. the approved manufacturer who first applied under sub rule (2) above shall be liable to pay the full excise duty leviable on such consignment or such portion thereof as may be fixed by the Collector and such duty may be recovered by the Collector by enforcement of the bond taken under sub-rule (3) and by any other process provided by any law enabling h1ln in that behalf. The Collector may also, at his discretion, refuse to allow the same facility to such defaulting applicant, for such period in future as he may fix. The provisions of the sub-rule shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any penalty incurred by reason of such default under the Punjab Excise Actor any other law, for the time hell1g in force.
(11) The Customs Collector at the port and the Depot Officer shall keep a detailed record of each consignment dealt with by them under this rule in a separate register to be maintained for the purpose.
3. Deleted, on 11.3.1966.
4. It shall be in the discretion of the Collector or any other excise officer to refuse to grant any pass, permit, or authority which he is authorized under these rules to grant.
5. The passes and permits granted in the Punjab shall be in the fom1s contained in Chapter 5 of Volume IV of the manual, and shall be granted by the Collector or District Excise Officer or other person duly authorised in this behalf:Provided that pem1its for the import of country spirit from distilleries in the Uttar Pradesh shall be granted only with the previous sanction of the [Excise Commissioner).
6. No pass of permit shall be valid after the date of expiry entered in it provided that the Collector granting the permit of authority to authorize the dispatch of any consignment under these rules may extend the period of the currency thereof, if extension applied for owing to delay in transit of a consignment or for any other sufficient reason.
7. Every pass for the import, export or transport of liquor shall specify the number on each vessel, the seals on it and the quantity and strength of a liquor it contains.
8. All passes granted to cover the import, export or transport of liquor shall be subject to the conditions-
(a) that bulk shall not be broken in transit;
(b) that all liquor shall travel in vessels securely sealed. If the consignment is a full wagon load by rail, each wagon shall have a revenue seal affixed by an Excise Officer of the first or second class of the district from which it was dispatched. If the liquor is dispatched from a distillery each cask or other vessel used for the transport of spirit under these rules, shall be clearly numbered and shall show clearly the name of the issuing distillery;
(c) that copies of the passes shall be sent to the Excise Inspector of the district of destination;
(d) all medicinal and other preparations containing rectified spirit received by the consignee shall be open to inspection by the excise staff of the district of destination and the consignee shall keep regular account of its receipt and sale,
9. All passes granted to cover the import of country spirit and foreign liquor, shall be subject to the condition that no consignment shall be brought into use until it has been examined by the Excise Inspector or Sub-Inspector of the district of destination, to whom intimation of the arrival of the consignment shall be given; such examination shall be conducted within seven days of the receipt of the intimation which shall be dispatched by the importer on the day following the receipt of the consignment.
10. All passes granted to cover transport of country spirit and foreign liquor from one district to another shall be subject to the condition that no consignment shall be brought into use until the fourth day from the date of the pass unless it has been previously examined by an excise inspector or sub-inspector.
11. The following procedure shall be observed as
regards the export-in- bond of country spirit, Indian made foreign spirit or
rectified spirit from any licensed distillery in the Punjab to any State or
(a) Whenever the manager of any distillery licensed in the Punjab under Section 21 of the Punjab Excise Act receive a requisition for the export-in- bond in spirit to any other State or Union Territory in India, the person importing the spirit shall obtain and send to the manager an import-in-bond permit signed by the Collector or Chief Excise Authority of the District, State or Union Territory of destination, respectively for supply of such spirit.
(b) The manager of the
distillery shall act as an agent for the supply of such spirit, to any other
State or
(c) Consignments of spirit
under these rules shall be issued under export-in-bond authorities in Form L.
36, granted by the Collector of the district in which the distillery is situate. Export-in-bond passes shall not be issued for any
liquor in excess of the quantity previously sanctioned by the 1 [Excise
Commissioner] for the State or
(d) Whenever the manager
of any licensed distillery in the Punjab obtains the requisite pass for the despatch of any consignment of spirit in pursuance of the
above rules, he will be shown in the pass as the consigner and an authorised officer of the District, State or
12. When rectified spirit is imported or transported in bond from licensed distilleries to the licensed premises of approved manufacturers, the approved manufacturer shall obtain a permit in Form L. 32 from Collector of the district of destination.
13. When the manager of any distillery, licensed under Section 21 of the Punjab Excise Act, wishes to send in bond spirit to another such distillery, he shall obtain from the Collector an authority in Form L. 36 for the despatch of the spirit and shall consign it to the Distillery Inspector of the Distillery of destination under a pass in Form D. 20.
13-A. Deleted.
14. No authority or permit shall be granted to authorise the despatch of any consignment under these rules unless the manager of the distillery in the case of export or transport under Rules 11 and 13 or the approved manufacturer in the case of import or transport under Rule 12 has executed and given a bond in Form L. 37 binding himself in respect of the consignment to be despatched to produce a certificate in Form L. 38 and binding himself to pay such duty in respect of the consignment despatched as may be demanded from him in accordance with the provisions of the rules given below.
15. If such certificate is not produced within a reasonable time after the expiry of the period of the currency of any pass, as noted thereon, the Collector of the district in which the distillery is situated or the Collector of the district of destination in case of an approved manufacturer, shall recover from the said manager or approved manufactl.1rer, as the case may be, at the rate for the time being fixed by the Punjab Government under Section 31 of the said Act, the duty which would in ordinary circumstances have been levied on the spirit removed under the pass.
16. If such certificate is produced before or within a reasonable time after the expiry of the period of the currency of any pass, then
(i) if the certificate shows delivery of any consignment to have occurred in full with no greater deficiency than that allowable according to the scale in sub-paragraph
(iii) below the Collector shall order that the bond in respect of such consignment has been discharged.
(ii) But if the certificate shows a deficiency greater than that allowable according to the said scale, in the consignment, then unless the said deficiency is satisfactorily explained, the Collector shall obtain the [Excise Commissioner's] orders as to the portion of the total deficiency which is to be charged with duty at a rate not less than that fixed for such spirit under Section 31 of the Punjab Excise Act.
(iii) The following shall be the scale of wastage allowance per cent for spirit conveyedin
(a) Wooden, (b) metallic vessels :
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(iv) No scale of wastage is prescribed for bottled spirit. Breakages shall be satisfactorily explained in the remarks column of Form L. 38.
Explanation. - In calculating the time taken by a journey the day of receipt at the destination, but not the day of despatch, shall be included:
Provided that if in any case the temperature of the spirit on arrival at its destination is found to be lower than the temperature when despatched, a further allowance shall be made (if required to cover any wastage that has occurred) of 09 per cent for every degree centigrade (05 per cent for every degree Fahrenheit) of difference between the two temperature.
17. Deleted
18. The following rules apply to the import, export and transport of Indian- made foreign spirit and country spirit required for use to troops:
(1) Indian-made foreign spirit or country spirit may be imported from any State or Union Territory in India for use of troops free of all restrictions provided that such spirit is not excised at a lower rate of duty than the prevailing in Punjab and provided that the import is covered by a duty paid permit in Form L. 39 granted by the Collector.
(2) Indian-made foreign spirit or country spirit may be exported or transported for the use of troops from any distillery licensed in Punjab, subject to the condition that no issue of spirit shall be made for the use of troops until a duty paid permit in Form L. 39 or a corresponding from covering such transport or export has been received by the distillery inspector concerned from the Collector of the district of destination in the case of transport or from a competent authority in the State or Union Territory of destination in the case of the export.
[Provided that during an emergency proclaimed by the President of India under Article 352 of the Constitution of India, Indian made rum may, by general or special order of the Excise Commissioner, be imported, exported or transported under a permit in Fom1 L.39-A from any distillery in Punjab or outside Punjab, for the use of troops without prior payment of duty, on an application made to the competent authority in Fom1 L.37-A and subject to such procedure and conditions as the Excise Commissioner may impose.
Provided further that duty payable on Indian made rum imported, exported or transported under the aforesaid permit shall be paid within two months of the date of the issue of such permit.
19. Deleted.
20. Deleted.
21. Deleted.
22. The 2[Excise Commissioner] is pleased to prescribed the following Forms and conditions for the exemption permits referred to in order 18 of the Punjab Liquor Import, Export, Transport and Possession Orders :
(a) and
(b) Deleted.
(c) A permit for the possession of ordinary country spirit for private use granted to any person for use on any special occasion shall be granted [by the Collector, on payment of fee of one hundred rupees,] in Form L. 43 and shall cover the transport of such spirit.
(d) A permit for the possession of denatured spirit granted to [educational institutions, hospitals, dispensaries, research institutions or to] any chemist, varnish maker or other person engaged in any business who requires large quantities of denatured spirit for the purpose of his business shall be granted by the Collector in Form L. 42-A.A fee at the rate of [two rupees] per bulk liter on the quantity of denatured spirit which the permit holder has been permitted to posses shall be recovered at the time of issue of the permit:
[Provided that in respect of denatured spirit consumed by the industries which are declared by the Excise Commissioner to be alcohol based industries the fee would be assessed at the rate of [forty five paise] per bulk litre:
[Provided further that in case a permit holder is allowed to import denatured spirit from outside the State of Punjab, he shall pay reduced fee at the rate of [forty five paisa] per bulk liter [Provided further that] no fee shall be charged on the quantity of tinctured spirit on which fee has already been recovered previously in the Punjab.
7 [Provided further that] in any case of a special nature falling under this sub-rule the [ Excise Commissioner] may vary the condition of the permit granted for possession of denatured spirit in such manner, as he may think fit may remit the fee prescribed thereof.
Note - Rectified spirit of 66 degree to 69 degree over proof strength specially denatured with two per cent kerosene 111 the manner prescribed by the [Excise Commissioner] to be used as fuel for motor vehicles shall be exempted from the payment of permit fee provided that the issues are made in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed in this behalf by State Government.
(e) A permit for the possession of rectified spirit granted to any Chemist Medical Practitioner Superintendent of a Hospital approved homeopathic chemist or practitioner. Arsenals of the OrdinaJ: 1ce Department, or to any hospital, dispensary, scientific body or educational institution, or to any other who requires large quantities of rectified spirit, shall be granted by the Collector in Form L.42-B.
(f) The Collector is authorized to grant a permit for the possession of specially denatured spirit in excess of the limit specified for retail sale, to soap manufacturers for the purpose of their business. Such permits shall be in Form L. 42-C and will be issued only on execution of a bond to secure the proper storage and use of such spirit. Such bond shall be in Form L. 48.[(g) A fee at the rate of [ one rupee] per proof liter on Ethanol-Denature with 0.2%Crotonalddehyde and 4 gram Denatonium Benzoate/Denatonium Scharide per 100 litres of Ethanol shall be recovered at the time of issue of permit. ](11) Deleted.
22.A. [( I) Permit in Form L-50 for possession upto 24 Quarts of IMFL of750 mililitres including brandy and imported liquor (i.e. upto 18 litres in any size), 48 bottles of beer of 650 mililitres (i.e. up to 31.2 litres in any size) and 24 bottles of wine of750 mililitres (i.e. upto 18 liters in any size). will be issued on permit fee of Rs. 500 for one year by the Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner incharge of the district and permit for life time will be granted on payment of lumpsum permit fee of Rs. 5,000 with the approval of the Collector. for consumption by the permit holder himself or for his guests of annual and lifetime license in Form L-50, two passport size photographs of the applicant would be required to be submitted alongwith the application. One photograph shall be pasted on the permit and the other shall be retained in the office of the Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner, incharge of the district for record. In case of holders ofL-50 for lifetime as on 31st March, 2004, the enhancement of possession limit shall be allowed after the payment of the differential amount between Rs. 5,000 and thy amount already paid before the grant of the previous permit in Form L-50 for lifetime.]
Provided that -
(i) the pem1it holder may substitute six bottles each of the capacity of757 milliliters of beer or six bottles each of the capacity of757 milliliters of cider for every bottle of the capacity of 757 milliliters of foreign liquor; .
(ii) the foreign tourists, having in there possession, letters of introduction from the Traffic Advisory Committee, shall on application, be issued the above mentioned permit in Form L. 50, free of charge, for the purchase, transport and possession of foreign liquor;
(iii) a liquor permit
issued to any foreign tourist by visa issuing officers of Indian Missions
Overseas or the Director or Assistant Director of the Government of India
Tourist Office in
(2) A register in Form L. 51 showing the particulars of such permit holders shall be maintained in all District Excise and Taxation Offices.
(3) The permit shall not be transferable.
(4) Each permit, unless otherwise provided therein, shall be valid throughout Punjab upto the 31st March following but it may be withdrawn, suspended or cancelled at any time by the authority granting the permit for reason to be recorded in writing.
(5) The pem1it shall be renewable by the Excise and Taxation Officer In charge of the district, for one year at a time on payment of fees prescribed in sub- rule (1) above.
(6) In case of its non-renewal, the permit shall be delivered to the Excise and Taxation Office-in-charge of the District who shall cancel it in red ink with his full signature and seal of office..
22-B. A pem1it in fom1 L-50A for purchase, transport and possession of IMFL and Imported Foreign Liquor and beer of any quantity may be issued to a person for .specified period, not exceeding twenty four hours on a payment of rupees one thousand in corporation cities including areas falling within two kilometers of their outer boundaries, rupees five hundred for all Municipal Committees and area falling within two kilometers of their outer boundary and rupees two hundred and fifty for all other areas for the celebration of a special occasion in a marriage palace or a banquet hall or at a temporary enclosure at a public place. The said person can purchase aforesaid liquor and beer from any retail vend within the excise circle in which the venue of celebration is situated.]
23. The following procedure shall be observed before the pem1it in Form L. 42-B is granted by the Collector in the case of an educational institution:
(a) An application for rectified spirit required for use in research and teaching should be made by the governing body or their representative, of the University, College or other educational institution to the [Excise Commissioner]through the Collector of the District in which the University, College or other educational institution is situated.Inthe application should be mentioned the situation of the particular University, College or Educational Institution for research or teaching, the number of laboratories therein the purpose or purposes to which the spirit are to be applied the bulk quantity likely to be required in the course of the years and if it amounts to 227 liters or upwards, the name or names of one or more sureties or a guarantee society to join in bond that the spirit will be used solely for the purpose required and at the place specified.
(b) The [Excise Commissioner] will communicate his decision to the Collector who, if the application is sanctioned, will grant the permit in Form L. 42-B in favour of the representative of the educational institution concerned.
(c) The spirit received at anyone institution must only be used in laboratories of that institution and must not be distributed for used in the laboratories of any other institution or used for any other purpose than those authorized.
(d) On the arrival of the spirit at the institution, the District Excise Inspector in whose jurisdiction the premises are situated should be informed and the vessels, casks, or packages, containing them are not to be opened until he is present to take account of the spirit.
(e) The stock of spirit in each institution must be kept under separate lock in a special compartment under the control of a permit holder.
(f) The spirit received may be distributed by the permit-holder undiluted to any of the laboratories belonging to the same institution.
(g) No distribution of spirit may be made from the receiving laboratory to Laboratories of other institutions.
(h) The quantity of spirit in stock at anyone time must not exceed half the estimated quantity required in a year where that quantity amounts to 90 litres or upwards.
24. The following procedure shall be observed before the permit in Form L-42 D is granted by :
(a) An application for ethanol-Denatured with 0.2 crotonaldehyde and 4 grams Denatonium Benzoate Denatonium Saccharide per 100 litre of ethanol required for storage for admixture with petrol should be made by oil companies or their representative, to the Excise Commissioner through the Collector of the district in which the business premises of the oil company is located. The application should clearly indicate the complete address of the business premises, its godown, and annual requirement of ethanol.
(b) The Excise Commissioner will communicate his decision to the Collector who, if the application is sanctioned, will grant the permit in Form L-42D in favour of the oil company.
(c) Ethanol received at any licensed premises shall be used by the permit holding company only and shall not be sold to any other oil company or any other person.
(d) On the arrival of the ethanol, the District Excise Inspector in whose jurisdiction the premises are situated shall be informed.
(e) The stock of ethanol must be kept under separate lock in a special compartment/tank
under the control of the permit holder.