Prohibition on transport of Cotton outside the State

No person, other than the State Government or the Head of any Department authorised by the State Government in this behalf, shall, except with the previous permission of the State Government or such Head of the Department, [transport baled cotton] or attempt to transport cotton (not being baled Cotton) from any place in the State to any place outside the State. Where the State Government or the Head of the Department refuses the previous permission in any case, the reasons therefor shall be recorded in writing.