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583. Damage and loss of Holograms and Payment of Hologram Wastage Regulatory Fee.

(ii) In all cases, the Excise Officer in charge of a Foreign Liquor Manufactory, brewery or a Country Spirit Bottling, shall maintain a record of the number of the lost or damaged Holograms, and of the Serial (Sequential) Numbers of the lost or damaged Holograms.
(ii) An account of stock of Holograms shall be taken in each Foreign Liquor Manufactory, brewery and Country Spirit Manufactory at the end of each calendar quarter, by the Superintendent of Excise, or by an Excise Officer, not below the rank of an Inspector of Excise, deputed by the Superintendent of Excise, for the purpose.
(iv) If, during such stock-taking, a discrepancy is found between
a. sub total number of Holograms dispatched by the manufacturer for supply to the Foreign Liquor manufactory, brewery / Country Spirit manufactory concerned; and
b. sub total of the number of Holograms
i. used for affixation on bottles produced in the manufactory, brewery / manufactory,
ii. lost or damaged, but accounted for, and
iii. The number of Holograms lying unused with the Excise Officer in charge of the manufactory / manufactory, and with the licensee of the manufactory, brewery / the manufactory;
c. sub licensee of a Foreign Liquor manufactory, brewery / Country Spirit manufactory shall inform the Excise Officer in charge the manufactory / manufactory about the number of Holograms that were lost or damaged during the process of affixation of the Holograms on bottles. The licensee shall also furnish a list of the Serial (Sequential) Numbers of such lost and damaged Holograms, to the Excise Officer.
d. Damaged Hologram should be physically preserved by the licensee for inspection by the Excise Officer in charge of the manufactory, brewery / manufactory, or by any other Excise Officer.