(1) No intoxicant shall be imported unless-
(a) the State Government has given permission either general or special, for its import;
(b) such conditions, if any, as the State Government may impose, have been satisfied ; and
(c) the duty, if any, payable under chapter V has been paid or a bond has been executed for the payment thereof.
Restriction on 9 . No intoxicant shall be exported or transported unless import and the duty, if any, payable under chapter-V has been paid or a transport. bond has been executed for the payment thereof.
Prohibition of 10. The State Government may, by notification,— import, export and transport. (a) prohibit the import or export of any intoxicant into or from the territories to which this Act applies or any part thereof; or
(b) prohibit the transport of any intoxicant.
Prohibition of publication of and entry of newspaper, periodical, journals etc.
11. The State Government may, by notification —
(1) prohibit into the areas to which this Act applies the publication or display of advertisement of liquor or intoxicating preparations in the newspapers, periodicals, journals, hoardings, banners etc. printed and published in and from that area.
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(2) prohibit into the areas to which this Act applies *d5e entry of newspapers, journals etc. if any contain advertisement of liquor or intoxicating preparations.
Passes for im port, export and transport.
Manufacture and prepara tion for manu facture permit ted only under licence.
12. No intoxicant, exceeding such quantity as the State Government may prescribe by notification either generally for the whole of the territories to which this Act applies or for any local area comprised therein, shall be imported, exported or transported except under a pass issued under the provisions of the next following section.
13. Passes for the import, export or transport of intoxicant may be granted by the Collector or by any officer specially authorised by the Excise Commissioner in this behalf;
Such passes may be either general for definite and specified kinds of intoxicants or special for specified occasions and particulars consignments only.
CHAPTER - IV Manufacture, possession and sale