Licences for tapping toddy in specified areas

(1) The State Government, or, subject to its control, the Deputy Commissioner, may issue licences to any person for tapping of trees for toddy in any area specified in such licence and for the possession, manufacture, transport and export of such toddy. (2) The provisions of the Mysore Excise Act, 1901, or any corresponding law in force in any area of the State, and the rules made thereunder, shall, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, apply to the tapping of trees for toddy and the possession, manufacture, transport and export of toddy licensed under sub-section (1).