76. Procedure to be observed on arrival of spirit at a warehouse.
- Immediately on arrival of a consignment at the warehouse, the Officer-in-charge shall open the vessels and gauge and prove the spirit in each vessel. If any deficiency in excess of the quantity allowed by Rule 77 below, is found to have occurred in any vessel after measurement by such method as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Excise Commissioner, the whole contents of the vessel shall, if the contractor, distiller or licensee of the warehouse or the authorised representative of the aforesaid persons so desire, forthwith be measured by litre measures and the quantity thus ascertained shall be accepted as correct. He shall then note the results in the prescribed registers, and also on the pass covering the consignment. One copy of the pass with the entries of receipt shall be immediately returned to the officer who issued the consignment, and the other copy with the entries thereon shall be kept in the warehouse.
