Manufacture of liquor or intoxicating drugs prohibited except under the provisions of this Act

No liquor, or intoxicating drug shall be manufactured; no hemp or coca or poppy plant shall be cultivated; nor shall the spontaneous growth of the hemp plant be collected; no distillery, or brewery, or other place for the manufacture of liquor of any kind shall be constructed or worked; and no person shall use, keep or have in his possession any material, still, utensil implement or apparatus whatsoever for the purpose of manufacturing any liquor, or intoxicating drug, except under the authority and subject to the terms and conditions of a licence granted by the Commissioner in that behalf: Provided that the Government may, by notification, direct that in any local area it shall not be necessary to take out a licence for the manufacture of liquor for bona fide home consumption or for the growth of the poppy or hemp plant or the manufacture of opium for sale to vendors licensed for the sale, manufacture or export of intoxicating drugs: Provided also that it shall be competent to the Government at anytime to restrict or prohibit the manufacture, possession or sale of any kind of liquor or intoxicating drugs in any local area of the territories of the State.