No intoxicant and no portion of a hemp plant (Cannabis Sativa) from which an intoxicating drug can be manufactured or produced, shall be sold except under the authority and subject to the terms and conditions of a license granted in ‘that behalf by the Collector in conformity with general instructions issued by the State Government in respect of settlement of any class or class of vend Licenses :
Provided that —
(1) a license for such sale in more than one district shall be granted only by, the Excise Commissioner or by a Collector specially authorised in that behalf by the Excise Commissioner ;
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(2) a cultivator or owner of any hemp plant (Cannabis Sativa) may sell-without a license, those portions of the plant from which an intoxicating drug can be manufactured or produced, to any person licensed for the purpose under this Act, to any officer whom the Excise Commissioner, may authorise to purchase or receive the same,
(3) no. license shall be required for any of the following sales, namely :-
(a) the sale of foreign liquor lawfully procured by any person for his private use, within the permissible limit when such sale is made by such person himself or on his .behalf upon his quitting a station, or on behalf of his representatives in interest after his decease.
(b) the sale of tari lawfully possessed,and intended to be used in the manufacture of gur or molasses; or
(c) the sale of tari lawfully possessed and intended to be used in the Manufacture of bread to a person holding a permit to use tari for the purpose of making bread ; or
(d) the sale of tari lawfully possessed and intended to be used, solely for the preparation of food for domestic consumption and ‘not
(i) as an intoxicating article, or
(ii) for the preparation of any intoxicating article, or
(iii) for the preparation of any article for sale.