(1) (i) In the case of licence holder in Form RL.1, RL.2, RL.3 or RL.4 and who desires to obtain supplies of rectified spirit, absolute alcohol, neutral or silent spirit, grape spirit, malt spirit or tapioca spirit from a distillery in this State, shall be on indents in Form R.ID. The indents shall be in quadruplicate and machine numbered consecutively. Whenever the licence holder indents for rectified spirit, absolute alcohol, neutral spirit or silent spirit, grape spirit, malt spirit or tapioca spirit, he shall prepare an indent in quadruplicate. The original of the indent, duly countersigned by the Excise Supervisory Officer employed in the licensed premises or by the Divisional Excise Officer / Taluk Excise Officer concerned as the case may be, shall be sent to the distillery along with original fly-leaf in Form R.L.F. of the licence.
(ii) In the case of RL 2 licence holder, who desires to obtain supply of rectified spirit, absolute alcohol from RL.1, licence holder, he shall prepare an indent in quadruplicate and send the original indent duly countersigned by the Divisional Excise Officer / Taluk Excise Officer concerned and send along with the original fly leaf in Form R.LF of the licence, to the RL.1 licence holder;
(iii) Wherever any licence holder desires to obtain his supplies of rectified spirit, absolute alcohol, neutral or silent spirit, grape spirit, malt spirit or tapioca spirit from sources outside the State, he shall apply to the Commissioner along with the original indent and the original fly leaf in Form R LF of the licence together with a treasury receipt in proof of having paid the import permit fee as prescribed by the Government from time to time. The said application shall be affixed with court fee label to the value of Rs.2/- (Rupees two only).
(iv) After having sent the original indent as specified above, the licence holder shall send duplicate copy of the indent to the Collector of the District in which the licence holder is situated and retain the triplicate copy for his file.
(2) (i) On receipt of the indent, if the distiller decides to comply with the indent, the officer in-charge of the distillery shall make necessary endorsement on the fly leaf of the licence and issue a transport permit in Form R.T.P to cover the transport of rectified spirit, absolute alcohol, neutral or silent spirit, grape spirit, malt spirit or tapioca spirit. The currency of the transport permit shall be restricted to the period from the time the consignment leaves the supplying licence holder to the time it may reasonably be expected to reach the intending licence holder. The transport permit shall be prepared in quadruplicate, the original issued to the indentor to be carried along with the consignments, the duplicate copy sent to the Commissioner, triplicate copy to the Collector of the District in which the indentor licence holder is situated and, the quadruplicate, copy retained by the distillery officer for his file. At the time of issue of R.T.P., the supplying authority shall note down the time and date of departure of the vehicle in the R.T.P.
(ii) In case of supply of rectified spirit or absolute alcohol to the holders of RL.2 licence a transport permit to cover the transport of rectified spirit or absolute alcohol shall be issued by the Divisional Excise Officer concerned in whose jurisdiction the RL-1 licence holder is located. The transport permit shall be issued in quadruplicate, the original sent to the indentor to be accompanied with the consignment, the duplicate sent to the Commissioner, the triplicate sent to the Collector of the district in which the indentor licence holder is situated and the quadruplicate copy retained for office file.
(iii) In case of supply of rectified spirit, absolute alcohol, neutral spirit or silent spirit, grape spirit, malt spirit or tapioca spirit, issued to the holders of RL.3 and RL.4 licences, Distillery Officer shall ensure the provision of escort as specified below, before the consignment is allowed to leave the distillery;-
(1) For each tanker containing 12,000 litres or less One Police Constable or one Office Assistant
(2) Transport of consignment under convoy system One Police Constable or one office Assistant for every three tankers.
No spirit shall be allowed to be released from the distillery before the escort as specified above is provided by the indentor licence holder, at his cost, in the case of transport of rectified spirit, absolute alcohol, neutral spirit or silent spirit. grape spirit, malt spirit or tapioca spirit.
(3) (i) In case of import from outside the State, the Commissioner shall, if there is no objection, issue an import permit in Form R.I.M.P. and return the indent and fly-leaf in Form R.L.F. of the licence, after making necessary endorsement thereon to the indentor to enable him to import the stock he applied for. The import permit shall be made in quadruplicate, the original issued to the indentor, the duplicate copy sent to the Collector of the District in, which the licence holder is situated, the triplicate copy sent to Excise Commissioner of the State from which import is to be made and the quadruplicate copy retained by the Commissioner for his office file;
1 [(ii) The import permit shall be issued before the collection of import permit fee at the rate prescribed by the Government from time to time.
(iii) The Importing licence holder shall provide escort at his cost, at the rate of one Police Constable or one Office Assistant for every tanker containing 12,000 litres or less from the State border Check-Post to the place of destination. For this purpose, the importing licence holder shall intimate in advance to the authorities for the provision of escort;-
(iv) The importing licence holder besides providing escort as specified above shall get the original import permit issued by the Commissioner and the original export permit issued by the Excise Authorities of the State from which import takes place, stamped at the State border check-post;
(v) Consignments imported from outside the State shall not be opened by the indentor and taken to stock unless and until verified by the Excise Supervisory Officer attached to the licence holder or by the Divisional Excise Officer / Taluk Excise Officer of the concerned Division / Taluk. For this purpose the importer shall, as soon as the consignment reaches the destination intimate to the Excise Supervisory Officer or the Divisional Excise Officer , Taluk Excise Officer as the case may be. The licence holder shall produce the original import Permit / Export Permit to the verifying officer for check;
(vi)The verifying officer shall, after due verification as aforesaid furnish full details to the Commissioner.
(4) In the case of persons or institutions exempted from taking out a licence under Rule 15, rectified spirit or absolute alcohol upto the limit allowed may be obtained from holders of licence in Form RL.1 or from a distillery or from the Medical Stores Depot, Chennai on production of fly-leaf in Form RLF issued to them by the Collector.
However an indent in the Form R.ID shall be made.
(5) Upon receipt of the consignment of spirit in the licensed premises of RL 3 or RL 4 licences, from the distillery in the State or by import from sources outside the State, the Excise Supervisory Officer / Bonded Manufactory Officer attached to the licenced premises or Divisional Excise Officer / Taluk Excise Officer concerned shall arrange for immediate verification of the tanker to ensure whether the seals are intact. They shall unload the spirit only in the calibrated steel tankers and keep in the safe custody under excise locks. On no account spirit shall be stored or kept in drums / barrels, thereafter the quantity / strength of the spirit received shall be verified with reference to the quantity / strength indicated in the R.T.P. An Excise Verification Certificate in the Form prescribed should immediately be issued by the verifying officer to the distillery officer. Once an Excise Verification Certificate is issued and spirit taken to stock, spirit shall not be allowed to be moved outside the licensed premises.
(6) The quantity of rectified spirit, absolute alcohol, neutral spirit or silent spirit, grape spirit, malt spirit or tapioca spirit shall be issued from the spirit store to the manufactory on a requisition of the licence holder, which shall be made in Form R.Q1 but only in such quantities as are in conformity with the production norms laid down by the commissioner. The requisition shall contain the details of the quantity of spirit required for the manufacture and the name and quantity of end product proposed to be manufactured. The quantity requisitioned shall always be in proportion to the production norm prescribed. The Excise Supervisory Officer or Bonded Manufacturing Officer or Divisional Excise Officer or Taluk Excise Officer as the case may be, shall after ensuring that the particulars are found to be true, release the quantity of the spirit requisitioned by the licence holder under proper acknowledgement.