Cap. 41 Art. 33Removal of spirits from store.

(1) Spirits may not be removed from the store in any quantity less than one hundred litres, except with the express sanction of the Comptroller.

(2) Spirits may not be removed from the store except to a spirit warehouse, or for exportation in the manner hereinafter mentioned consumption on payment of the duty, provided that no such permission shall authorize the removal of less than twenty litres at a time, or of a quantity exceeding two hundred litres in any one year.

(3) The distiller must, not less than twenty-four hours before removing any spirits from the store, give the proper officer a notice in writing, specifying the time of the intended removal and the quantity to be removed.

(4) The proper officer shall re-weigh and examine the strength of the spirits and the contents of at least one package in every five, of each consignment to the spirit warehouse, and endorse on the certificate the number and the marks of the packages examined by him.

(5) In case of emergency, special permission for the removal of spirits may be granted by the Comptroller.

(6) If any spirits are removed from a distiller’s spirit store in contravention of this article, the distiller shall be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding four hundred and sixty-five euros and eighty-seven cents (465.87) and the spirits shall be liable to be forfeited.