After Form 2and entries relating thereunder of the said rules, the following Form shall be inserted, namely:- “FORM 2-A (SEE RULE 3-D) CRAFT BREWERY LICENCE I, ………………Excise Commissioner in Karnataka, under the provisions of Rule 3-D of the Karnataka Excise (Brewery) Rules, 1967, hereby licence you, ……………………. (hereinafter called the licensee) to manufacture, store and sell bottled beer in the Craft Brewery at ……………………from ………to ……………..subject to the following conditions to be observed by you, the licensee:- CONDITIONS
1. The licensee shall be bound by the provisions of the Karnataka Excise Act, 1965, Notifications, Rules and Orders made or issued thereunder and the Karnataka Excise (Brewery) Rules, 1967.
2. The licensee shall observe such rules as may prescribed by the State Government or such instructions and Orders as may be issued by the Excise Commissioner from time to time in regard to the control of the manufacture, possession and sale or issue of bottled beer.
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3. The licensee shall be bound by such Orders as may be passed by the State Government or the Excise Commissioner concerning the process of manufacture to be adopted and the standard and the quality of beer to be produced.
4. The licensee shall provide a saccharometer and a thermometer of a kind to be approved by the Excise Commissioner for testing the gravity of wort in the Craft Brewery. A hydrometer should also be provided for testing the strength of the beer. The stores, fermentation rooms, all vessels and apparatus in the Craft Brewery shall be kept clean. The premises of the Craft Brewery should also be kept clean and in sanitary conditions.
5. The licensee is prohibited from manufacturing any of the bottled beers, save the ones specifically instructed.
6. The licensee shall issue bottled beer only to a person holding a distributor licence under the Karnataka Excise (Sale of Indian and Foreign Liquors) Rules, 1968.
7. The account of the transactions in the Craft Brewery relating to wort and beer should be maintained in such forms and in such manner as may be required by the Excise Commissioner.
8. The licensee shall furnish any statistics relating to the wort and beer that may be required when called upon to do so by any competent authority.
9. For any breach of the rules or the conditions of the licence, the Excise Commissioner may after giving a fortnight’s notice to the licensee suspend or cancel the licence. The licensee shall not be entitled to any compensation on account of such suspension or cancellation.
EXCISE COMMISSIONER”