Manufacture of intoxicants prohibited except under the provisions of the Act

Manufacture of intoxicants prohibited except under the provisions of the Act. (1) (a) No intoxicant shall be manufactured or collected; (b) no hemp plant shall be cultivated; (c) no tari-producing tree shall be tapped; (d) no tari shall be drawn from any tree; 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 or brewery 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 Financial Commissioner under section 21. (3) The State Government, if satisfied that it is necessary and expedient so to do, may, by notification, prohibit manufacture of any intoxicant or restrict such manufacture by such conditions as it may notify.