MAHARASHTRA COUNTRY LIQUOR (2ND AMENDMENT) RULES, 2019

PREAMBLE

Whereas, the Government of Maharashtra considers that the following rules further to amend the Maharashtra Country Liquor Rules, 1973, should be brought into force at once, and therefore the rules should be made without previous publication as provided by the proviso to sub-section (3) of section 143 of the Maharashtra Prohibition Act (XXV of 1949) ;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (b), (g) and (h1) of sub-section (2) read with proviso to sub-section (3) of section 143 of the Maharashtra Prohibition Act and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, the Government of Maharashtra hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Maharashtra Country Liquor Rules, 1973, as follows namely:

Rule - 1.

These rules may be called the Maharashtra Country Liquor (2nd Amendment) Rules, 2019.

Rule - 2.

In rule 25 of the Maharashtra Country Liquor Rules, 1973, in clause (d), in sub-clause (iv), for the existing proviso the following Proviso shall be substituted, namely:

"Provided that, the licensed shops, shall be shifted to premises where no shops with a similar license is situated within the aerial distance of 1000 meters from the proposed premises.".