(1) Bottling of spirits shall be carried out in the bottling room.
(2) In bottling, the use of bottles of such capacity as are fixed by the Commissioner shall be allowed.
(3) [Omitted]
(4) The Manufactory Officer shall be present during the whole operation of bottling.
(5) An allowance of not more than one half of one percent shall be allowed for loss in bottling. Wastage shall be calculated on the quantity and not on any loss of strength that may occur. Any deficiency in excess of one half of one percent shall be charged with duty at the rate applicable to Indian-made foreign spirits.
(6) After the bottles are filled with liquor they shall immediately be cooled and sealed or filled with pilfer proof printed caps, and affixed with a label which shall contain the following particulars, namely:-
(i) brand or description of the liquor with quantity and strength and the volume of pure alcohol in it;
(ii) name of bottler and name of the place of bottling;
(iii) Batch No. of the product and date of bottling;
(iv) The slogan as follows:- *[―kJ-eh£L¡F, Å£L¡F, cæU¡F nfL;‖] **[Provided that this clause shall not apply to the labels affixed on the bottles meant for export outside the State;]
**[(v) The words ‗ For sale in Tamil Nadu only‘ or ‗ Not for sale in Tamil Nadu‘, as the case may be shall be printed on the front side of the label depending on whether the stocks are intended for consumption within the State of Tamil Nadu or for export outside the State of Tamil Nadu. The words ‗ For export only‘ shall be printed on the front side of the label on the bottles of Indian-made foreign spirits meant for export to foreign countries Specimen copies of the labels shall be sent to the Commissioner before hand and only the form of labels approved by the Commissioner shall be used; and
(vi) Such other matters as may be specified by the Commissioner.]
* Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.690, P&E (III) dated
12.06.1990 ** Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.783, P&E (III) dated
10.07.1989 * Omitted in G.O.Ms.No.36, Home, P&E(III) dt. 22.1.1991 SRO A-42/91 15 ***[7(a) The sealed bottle shall have in addition an excise adhesive label and no bottle without excise label shall be stored or issued from the manufactory.
(b) The cost of excise adhesive labels shall be recovered from the licensees at the rates specified by the Commissioner from time to time having regard to the capacity of such bottle along with the excise duty.]
(8) A record of operations in the bottling room shall be maintained in Form 7.
9. The bottles or cases packed with bottles shall be removed to the room provided for storage of finished products and a stock register for the purpose shall be maintained in Form 8.