(a) The settlement of country spirit shops which may be considered by the Government to be big shops, shall be made with two or more partners.
(b) The partners shall not belong to the same family nor one of the partners be related to another as defined in Rule 257.
(c) The partners shall submit the tenders jointly which shall be signed by them all and shall submit an affidavit with the tender sworn before Magistrate, First Class to the effect that they do not belong to the same family and that none of them is related to any other of the partners.