| (1) | The person in charge of wine in respect of which a provisional approval has been granted in terms of section 25 of this Scheme shall— |
| (a) | except in the case of an alcohol free wine, a de-alcoholised wine or a low alcohol wine, affix a seal referred to in subsection (2) to each container in which the wine concerned has been bottled, or place a mark referred to in subsection (3) on each such container; and |
[Clause 26(1)(a) substituted by regulation 11 of Notice No. R. 735, G44988, dated 13 August 2021]
| (b) | during the course of each working day record the applicable particulars in connection therewith on the blending and bottling sheet kept in respect of that wine. |
(2)
| (a) | A seal referred to in subsection (1) shall— |
| (i) | be issued by the Authority at the request of the person concerned; |
| (ii) | only be thus issued after the labels to be affixed to the containers of the wine concerned have been approved in terms of section 23 of this Scheme, but before the provisional approval in respect of that wine has lapsed in terms of section 25(6) of this Scheme; and |
| (iii) | be affixed to the containers concerned in a manner determined by the Authority. |
| (b) | A person to whom seals have been issued in terms of paragraph (a) shall return all the unused or damaged seals to the Authority— |
| (i) | not later than the date on which application for the final approval of the wine concerned is made in terms of section 27 of this Scheme, or |
| (ii) | within 14 days of the date on which the provisional approval concerned has lapsed in terms of section 25(6) of this Scheme, |
whichever date may be the earlier.
| (3) | A mark referred to in subsection (1) shall— |
| (a) | be in the form determined-by the Authority; and |
| (b) | be placed on the containers concerned in a manner determined by the Authority. |
| (4) | If a wine is a distinctive wine, and a person intends to indicate this fact in connection with the sale of that wine— |
| (a) | a mark, word or expression determined by the Authority for this purpose, shall be indicated on the labels of the containers of that wine in a manner determined by the Authority; or |
| (b) | the Authority may on application approve that such fact may be indicated on the labels of the containers of that wine in another manner approved by the Authority. |
| (5) | No person shall remove any container sealed or marked in terms of subsection (1) or (4) from the premises at which it was thus sealed or marked, unless— |
| (a) | permission therefor has been granted in terms of section 19 of this Scheme; |
[Clause 26(5)(a) substituted by regulation 4 of Notice No. R. 837 of 1991]
| (b) | the wine thus removed, is a sample referred to in section 28 of this Scheme; or |
| (c) | a certificate referred to in section 27 of this Scheme has been issued in respect of that wine. |
