Duty of owners and occupiers of land and other persons to give notice of unlicensed manufacture

Whenever any intoxicant is manufactured, or any hemp plant (Cannabis Sativa) is cultivated or any portion of the hemp plant (Cannabis Sativa) from which an intoxicating drug can be manufactured or produced is collected, on any land, in contravention of this Act, all owners and occupiers of such land, and their agents, and all panchayats and chowkiders of the village. shall in the absence of reasonable excuse, be bound to give notice of the fact to a Magistrate or an officer of the Excise, Police or Revenue Department, as soon as the fact comes to their knowledge.