(1) The licensee shall maintain efficiency in fermentation and distillation and ensure an yield of different kinds of spirits for the different grades of molasses or 1 [other fermentative bases] at the rates specified by the Commissioner from time to time. Review of the yield shall be made by the Commissioner at least once in three months.
1.Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.
22, Home, P&E(II) Dept, dated 22nd April 2008.
(2) Wherever lower yield other than that specified by the Commissioner is obtained, the licensee shall furnish reasons for the same and steps taken to improve the yields to the satisfaction of the Commissioner. If it is proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that the shortfall in the rate of yield could not have been prevented by the licensee even after the exercise of proper care and precaution and that the molasses in any form 2 [or other fermentative bases] or spirit could not have been passed into consumption or misuse, the Commissioner may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, make suitable allowance in the rate of yield specified by him.
2. Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.
22, Home, P&E(II) Dept, dated 22nd April 2008.
(3) Where the Commissioner is satisfied that there is no reasonable cause for the lower rate of yield even after making allowance under sub-rule (2), he may, after complying with the provisions of sub-section (3) of Section 23 of the Act, suspend or cancel the licence.
(4) Where the rate of yield is lower than the rate specified by the Commissioner under subrule (1) and where no allowance has been given by the Commissioner under sub-rule (2), the licensee shall pay by way of penalty at the rate of sixteen rupees per proof litre on the difference between the rate of yield specified by the Commissioner and the actual yield.