The Manufactory Officer shall be responsible for the correct maintenance of stock of bottled Indian-made Foreign Spirits in the finished stores room and for the collection of proper excise duty [*****] on such stocks before their release from the manufactory. He shall maintain a cash account of duties and fees collected and also the Treasury Challans for the receipt of the amounts referred to in rule 22.
He shall also conduct a monthly reconciliation of receipts by him with the Treasury accounts. He shall maintain a correct account of the Excise labels supplied to him and issued to the licensee while bottling.
He shall maintain a diary in form 9 in which he shall record at the time in ink the exact hours of:-
(i) his arrival at and departure from the licensed premises;
(ii) his opening and closing the spirit, compounding and blending room, bottling room and finished products room;
*[(ii) (a) commencement and completion of distillation of spirit;]
(iii) the storage of spirits and removal of finished products;
(iv) the receipt of application for release of finished products;
(v) the putting and taking away of lock tickets; and
(vi) his night visits and all other actions taken by him with reference to his duties.
He shall maintain a parallel set of account prescribed for maintenance by the licensee. When more than one officer is employed, each officer enter in consecutive order, the record of operations conducted by him and initial each entry. At the close of the week, a copy of the diary shall be submitted to the Assistant Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise punctually every Monday morning, together with the lock tickets which have been taken off during the week and their counterfoils. Superior officers inspecting the unit should invariably initial the diary, after entry of such remarks as they find necessary and should append to their initials, the hour and date of their visits.