(1) Every licence shall be granted by the Accountant General and shall be in the prescribed form and shall remain in force until 31 December next following the date thereof.
(2) Before any licence is granted the owner of the still shall produce to the Accountant General a certificate from the Comptroller of Excise that the still to be licensed is then constructed and adapted for use in the manner specified in Schedule 1, or that it is then constructed and adapted for use in accordance with the terms of permission granted by Cabinet under section 15. However, it shall not be necessary to produce such certificate in the case of a still the owner whereof held a licence for the year preceding that in which the application for a licence is made, unless the Comptroller of Excise has notified the Accountant General that the still, owing to alterations made, is not constructed and adapted for use as in this subsection is mentioned.
(3) Except as provided in section 12, there shall be paid to the Accountant General for every licence the sum of $1,000. (Amended by Act 2 of 1992)
(4) A licence to use a still shall be granted only to the owner of such still and shall not authorise any person to use distillery apparatus at more than one premises or at any other than the premises mentioned in such licence.
(5) Persons in partnership shall not be obliged to take out more than one licence in respect of the same premises.
(6) It shall not be necessary for any distiller to take out a licence under the Liquor Licence Act and any subsequent Act amending the same, to sell, barter or dispose of spirits manufactured at his or her distillery. However, in every such case the spirits be disposed of in a quantity not less than 90 litres.
(7) A licence shall not be granted in respect of any still which is not registered; or except with the special permission of Cabinet, in respect of any still the capacity of which, excluding that of the head, is less than 1364 litres.
(8) Except with the consent of Cabinet a licence shall not be granted to any person who has been convicted of felony; if a distiller is convicted of felony or of an offence against any excise law it shall be the duty of the magistrate or judge to report such conviction to the Minister and the Minister may direct the licence held by such distiller to be forfeited, or to be suspended during such time as the Minister may direct, and such distiller may thereafter be licensed only with the special permission of Cabinet.
(Amended by Act 2 of 1992)