Where an application for renewal of licence has been made after the last date specified in Rule 7 (a) but before the expiry of licence and admitted by the Commissioner under the proviso to Rule 7 (a), an additional fee of Two hundred and fifty rupees shall also be paid. Any licensee who has failed to apply for renewal before the date of expiry of the licence shall stop the manufacturing of spirit on the expiry of the licence period.
9. Cancellation of Certain Licence-
(a) Every distillery licence granted in Form II under the Madras Distillery Rules, 1960 or deemed to have been granted under (these rules) for the manufacture of rectified spirit and denatured spirit shall stand cancelled on the expiry of fifteen days from the date of publication of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1981 in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
(b) Every person who held the licence which stands cancelled under clause (a) shall, on application made within a period of fifteen days from the date of publication referred to in clause
(a) or such further period as the State Government may specify from time to time be entitled to the grant of licence under Section 17-B and for the grant of privilege of manufacturing rectified spirit under sub-section (1) of Section 17-C and a licence under sub-section (2) of said Section 17-C for the manufacture of rectified spirit and denatured spirit under (these rules) subject to the provisions of these rules.
(c) Any application made for the grant of renewal of licence for the manufacture of rectified spirit and denatured spirit in a distillery and pending before the State Government or any other authority on the date of publication referred to in clause (a) shall abate and fee, if any, already paid shall be refundable. Any person who has made such application may apply afresh under these rules for the grant of privilege of manufacturing rectified spirit and denatured spirit and for a licence under these rules, and such application shall be disposed of in accordance with these rules.