Storing of spirits

(1) Except with the permission in writing of the Proper Authority, no spirits may be received into a distiller’s spirit store unless such spirits have been distilled in his distillery and conveyed directly from the still into the store or through a locked receiver. 28 (2) Except with the permission in writing of the Proper Authority, no spirits which have been removed from a distiller’s spirit store may be brought back into the store unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the Proper Authority that such spirits were brought back to the spirit store for unavoidable reasons and that no fraud was intended. (3) All spirits in a distiller’s spirit store must be filled into packages in the prescribed manner. (4) The capacity of each package shall be ascertained by weighing, measuring or gauging such package with the spirits therein, and the prescribed tables issued by the Comptroller for this purpose shall be used, and the quantity ascertained thereby shall be deemed to be the true quantity. (5) If any spirits are received into or found in a distiller’s spirit store in contravention of this section, the distiller is liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and the spirits shall be forfeited.