Every cultivator licensed to cultivate opium poppy for the production of opium, under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Rules, 1985, shall, after each harvesting of opium, dispose of, subject to the provisions of rule 4, the poppy straw obtained from such cultivation, in the following manner-
(i) He shall not keep with him such poppy straw in any year beyond the 31st of July of the same year;
(ii) He may dispose of such poppy straw before the expiry of the aforesaid date by-
(a) selling the same to a licensed dealer within the State or in another State;
(b) warehousing the same for sale, export or export from India;
(c) exporting the same for warehousing;
(d) exporting the same out of India;
(e) using the same as manure in his field; or
(f) destroying the same.
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CHAPTER-VII IMPORT, EXPORT AND TRANSPORT