(i) The [Excise Commissioner] has full powers to grant or refuse applications for licenses with reference to the requirements of the State.
(ii) No license shall be granted unless for the manufacture, storage, or issue of sweets in premises already used as distillery.
[No license shall be granted unless the applicant has deposited license fee in cash as under :-] Serial No.
Capacity Annual License fee 1 upto 5000 Bottles (Bottles of 650 mililitres) Rupees five thousand only.
2 5001 to 10,000 Bottles (Bottles of 650 mililitres) Rupees ten thousand only.
3 Above 10,000 Bottles (Bottles of 650 mililitres) Rupees twenty thousand only.
5. Omitted.
6. [(1)] A license granted under these rules shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issue unless it is cancelled, determined or surrendered earlier and shall be renewable [annually by the Excise Commissioner] on the application of the license on payment of the renewal fee as under:- [Table] "(1) Upto 5000 Bottles Rupees five thousand only (Bottles of 650 millilitres)
(2) 5001 to 10000 Bottles Rupees ten thousand only" (Bottles of 650 millilitres)
(3) Above 10000 Bottles Rupees twenty thousand only'.
(Bottles of 650 millilitres)
Provided that such a license may be cancelled for breach of terms thereof or may be determined by the [Excise Commissioner] after giving the licensee six month's notice.
(2) An application for the renewal of the license shall be made at [by the licensee to the Excise Commissioner so as to reach him] atleast 60 days before the expiry of the license:
Provided that if such application is not made within such period the [Excise Commissioner] may renew the license on payment of the fee chargeable for a new licence.
[7. Ordinarily no work shall be carried on any holiday. If however, the licensee desires to carry work on any holiday or a part of day or overtime, he shall do so subject to the payment of five hundred rupees per day or a part of day and three hundred rupees for overtime into the Government Treasury for winery to be kept open for work. An account of the fee thus charged shall be maintained by the officer-in-charge in Form-D23.
Explanation - "Work" shall mean any normal operation connected with working of the winery.]
8. The licensee may not hypothecate the whole or any part of the licensed premises without the previous written sanction of the [Excise Commissioner].
9. The licensee shall not make any addition either to building or to plant without the previous consent in writing of the [Excise commissioner], on the completion of any addition the existing entry in form S.2 shall be withdrawn and new entry made; provided that the previous sanction of the [Excise Commissioner] shall not be required in the case of simple repairs to or renewals of existing buildings or plant.