4. Acts prohibited.

Except in accordance with rules published with the previous sanction of 1 [the Government] in the Jammu and Kashmir Government Gazette, no person shall, within the territories of the Jammu and Kashmir State, take part in—

(a) the cultivation of Kuth;

(b) extraction of Kuth,

(c) the possession of Kuth,

(d) the transport of Kuth,

(e) the export of Kuth,

(f) the sale of Kuth,

(g) the manufacture of any substance or preparation containing Kuth.

Nothing in this Act to prohibit acts done by permission.—Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit any act done by permission in writing of the Conservator of Forests or other Forest officer authorized by him in this behalf.