Section 17: Manufacture of intoxicants prohibited except under the provision of this Act
The United Provinces Excise Act 1910State Act of Uttar Pradesh · Act 4 of 1910
(1) (a) No [intoxicant] shall be manufactured ;
(b) no hemp plant (cannabis sativa) shall be cultivated ;
(c) no portion of the hemp plant (cannabis sativa) from which any intoxicating drug can be manufactured shall be collected ;
(d) no liquor shall be bottled for sale ; and
(e) no person shall use, keep or have in his possession any materials, still, utensil, implement or apparatus whatsoever for the purpose of manufacturing any [intoxicant] other than tari.
Except under the authority and subject to the terms and conditions of a license granted in that behalf by the Collector.
(2) No distillery [brewery or manufactory] shall be constructed or worked except under the authority and subject to the terms and conditions of a license granted in that behalf by the Excise Commissioner under section 18.