The Maharashtra Prohibition ActState Act of Maharashtra · Act 25 of 1949
(1) Except as otherwise provided in sub-sections (2) and (3), no person shall export, import, transport, sell or have in his possession any quantity of molasses.
(2) The [State] Government may, by general or special order, authorise any Collector [or any other officer] to grant licences for the import, export, sale or possession of molasses.
(3) The [State] Government may also authorise any Collector or any other officer to grant permits for the transport of molasses.