(1)Any holder of a licence granted under this Act to sell an excisable article may surrender his licence on the expiration of one month's notice in writing given by him to the [District Prohibition and Excise Officer] [Throughout the Act for 'Prohibition and Excise Superintendent' substituted 'District Prohibition and Excise Officer' (Act No. 32 of 2017).] of his intention to surrender the same but the licence fee proportionate to the unexpired portion of the term of the licence for which it would have been current but for such surrender shall not be refunded.(2)sub-section (1) shall not apply in the case of any licence issued in respect of a lease granted under section 17.
