(1) No person, not being a registered smoker, shall Smoke or manufacture or possess prepared opium in any quantity what soever.
(2) No registered smoker shall have in his possession, or shall manufacture, at any one time, prepared opium in excess of half a tola in weight or such other lesser quantity as the State Government] 1 may by rule made under this Act, proscribe:
Provided that in no case shall a registered smoker manufacture any prepared opium from opium obtained otherwise than in accordance with rules made under section 5 of the Opium Act, 1878 and no registered smoker shall have in his possession any quantity of prepared opium so manufactured.
(3) No person shall assist another, whether a registered opium smoker or not, in the manufacture of prepared opium.
Presumption of smoking prepared opium in certain cases
5. If any person not being a registered smoker, is found in possession of prepared opium or any apparatus used for the smoking of, or the manufacture of, prepared opium, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that such person smokes prepared opium.
Sale of prepared opium
6. No person shall sell, expose or offer for sale or attempt to sell, prepared opium.
Opium smoking assembly
7. An assembly of two or more persons, whether registered smokers or not, is designated an opium smoking assembly if the common object of such persons is to smoke or manufacture prepared opium.
Explanation--- An assembly which was not as opium smoking assembly when it assembled may subsequently become such an assembly.
Member of opium smoking assembly
8. Whoever being aware of facts which render an assembly an opium smoking assembly, joins that assembly or continues therein, is said to be a member of that assembly.
1- Subs. by the A. O. 1950 for (Provincial Government) which had been subs. by the A. O. 1931 for (L:G.).
208 [The United Provinces Opium Smoking Act, 1934] [Section 9-13] Presumption raised by presence of opium and smoking apparatus
9. The presence of any prepared opium for or any pipes or apparatus for the smoking of prepared opium for of any apparatus used in the manufacture of prepared opium in any place where two or more persons, whether registered smokers or not, are assembled hall be held sufficient to raise a presumption that shall persons have assembled at such place with the common object of smoking or of manufacturing prepared opium.
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