Chapter III PROHIBITION

No person shall manufacture, sell, buy, possess, use or consume liquor or intoxicating drugs. Save in the manner and to the extent provided by or under the provisions of this Act or in accordance with the terms and conditions of a licence, permit, pass or authorisation granted thereunder, no person shall,-

(a) export, import, transport or possess liquor or any intoxicating drug; or

(b) manufacture liquor or any intoxicating drug; or

(c) cultivate or collect hemp or any portion of such plant from which any intoxicating drug can be manufactured; or

(d) tap any toddy-producing tree, or permit or suffer to be tapped any toddy-producing tree belonging to him or in his possession; or

(e) draw toddy from any tree, or permit or suffer toddy to be drawn from any tree belonging to him or in his possession; or

(f) construct or work any distillery or brewery; or

(g) use, keep or have in his possession any materials, still, utensil, implement, or apparatus whatsoever for the tapping of toddy or the manufacture of liquor or any intoxicating drug or keep or have in his possession any materials which have undergone any process towards the manufacture of liquor or any intoxicating drug or from which any liquor or intoxicating drug has been manufactured; or

(h) bottle any liquor for sale; or

(i) sell or buy liquor or any intoxicating drug; or

(j) consume or use liquor or any intoxicating drug; or

(k) allow any of the acts aforesaid upon premises in his immediate possession.

No person shall,-

(a) alter or attempt to alter any denatured spirit or denatured spirituous preparation by dilution with water or by any method whatsoever with the intention that such spirit or preparation may be used for human consumption, whether as a beverage or an intoxicating liquor or internally as a medicine or in any other way whatsoever; or

(b) have in his possession any denatured spirit or denatured spirituous preparation in respect of which he knows or has reason to believe that such alteration or attempt has been made.

No person shall,-

(a) solicit the use of or offer any intoxicant or hemp; or.

(b) do any act which is calculated to incite or encourage any member of the public or a class of individuals or the public in general to commit any offence under this Act, or to commit breach of any rule, regulation or order made thereunder or the conditions of any licence, permit, pass or authorisation granted thereunder.

(1) No person shall print or publish in any newspaper, news-sheet, book, leaflet, booklet or any other single or periodical publication or otherwise display or distribute any advertisement or other matter,-

(a) which solicits the use of or offers any intoxicant or hemp; or

(b) which is calculated to encourage or incite any individual or class of individuals or the public generally to commit an offence under this Act, or to commit a breach of or to evade the provisions of any rule, regulation or order made thereunder or the conditions of any licence, permit, pass or authorisation granted thereunder.

(2) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (3), nothing in this section shall apply to,-

(a) catalogues or price-lists, which may be generally or specially approved by the Commissioner in this behalf;

(b) any advertisement or other matter contained in any newspaper, news-sheet, book, leaflet, booklet, or other publication, printed and published in accordance with law, outside the State, but normally circulating within the State;

(c) any advertisement or other matter contained in any newspaper printed and published in the State before such date as the State Government may, by notification, specify; and

(d) any other advertisement or matter which the State Government may, by notification, generally or specially exempt from the operation of this section.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), the State Government may, by notification, prohibit within the State the circulation, distribution or sale of any newspaper, news-sheet, book, leaflet, booklet or other publication printed and published outside the State, which contains any advertisement or matter of the nature described in clause (a) or (b) of sub-section (1).

The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to such medicinal or other preparations as may be specified by the State Government. Nothing in this Chapter shall be deemed to apply to,- (1) any toilet, medicinal or antiseptic preparation or solution, (2) any flavouring extract, essence or syrup, containing alcohol, which is unfit for use as intoxicating liquor: Provided that such article corresponds with the description and limitations mentioned in section 49: Provided further that the purchase, possession or use of any liquor or alchohol for the manufacture of any such article shall not be made or had, except under a licence granted under section 24.