Section 17: Establishment or licensing of distilleries and ware houses

Subject to such restrictions or conditions as the ¹[State Government] may impose, the Excise Commissioner may-

(a) establish a distillery or pot-still in which spirit may be manufactured under a Licence granted under this Act;

(b) discontinue any distillery or pot-still so established;

(c) Licence the construction and working of a distillery or pot-still or brewery on such conditions as the 1[State Government] may impose;

(d) establish or Licence a warehouse wherein any excisable article may be deposited and kept without payment of duty; and

(e) discontinue any warehouse so established.