64. No person except licensee to keep a still, etc.

A person who is not the holder of a licence under section 63(1), or under section 83(3) for manufacturing dutiable goods, must not knowingly keep or have in the person’s possession any still, utensil or other apparatus for distilling, fermenting or otherwise manufacturing intoxicating liquors or any power-operated machinery for the manufacture of tobacco or any other apparatus for the manufacture of dutiable goods.

The owner and the occupier of any land or premises upon which any still, utensil or other apparatus for distilling, fermenting or otherwise manufacturing intoxicating liquors or any power‑operated machinery for the manufacture of tobacco or any apparatus for the manufacture of dutiable goods is found are each deemed, until the contrary is proved, knowingly to have kept or had in the owner’s or occupier’s possession such still, utensil or other apparatus or power‑operated machinery for the manufacture of tobacco or apparatus for the manufacture of dutiable goods, as the case may be.

Nothing in subsection (1) applies to stocks held by a bona fide trader in scientific apparatus or in machinery or, with the approval of the Director‑General, to stills, utensils or other apparatus for distilling, fermenting or otherwise manufacturing intoxicating liquors or machinery for the manufacture of tobacco or any other apparatus or machinery for the manufacture of dutiable goods in the possession of a person constructing a distillery, brewery or other factory with the approval of the Director‑General or of a person in occupation of premises temporarily closed down, in respect of which a licence had previously been held.