- The fees for licences for the retail vend of the following intoxicants shall be fixed by auction, subject to a reserved fee sanctioned in each case by the Excise Commissioner, and no sale shall be final unless confirmed by the latter Officer :Provided that-(a)the Collector shall be bound to accept the highest or any bid; he may exclude persons of notoriously bad character or who are reasonably suspected of having resorted to illicit practices and may refuse any bid deemed to be reckless or purely speculative;(b)in exceptional cases the Collector may, with the previous sanction of the Excise Commissioner, settle shops generally, or a particular shop, by selection without auction.
