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Power.of State Governm€nt to perrnit, control and regulate.-(1) Sublect to the provisions of section 8, the State Govemment may, by rules- (a) perririt and regulate- (i) thd possession, transport, import inter-State, export inter-State, warehousing sale, purchase, consumption and use of poppy straw r[except poppy straw produced from plants from which no juice has been extracted through lancingl; (ii) the possession, transport, import inter-State, export inter-State, sale, purchase, consumption and use of opium; (iii) the cultivation of any cannabis plant, productiory manufacture, possession, transport, import inter-State, export inter-State, sale, purchase consumption or use of cannabis (excltding charas); (iv) the manufacture of medicinal opium or any preparation containing any manufactured drug from materials which the maker is lawfully entitled to possess; (v) the possessiorL transport, purchase, sale, import inter-State, export inter-State, use or consumption of 3[manufactured drugs (other than prepared opium and essential narcotic drugs)l and of coca leaf and any preparation containing any manufactured drug, (vi) the manufacture and possession of prepared opium from opium lawfully possessed by an addict registered with the State Govemment on rnedical advice for his personal consumDuon: Provided that save in so far as may be eipressly provided in the rules made under sub-clauses (iv) and (v), nothing in section 8 shall apply to the import inter-State, export inter-State, transport, possession, purchase, sale, use or consumption of manufactured drugs which are the property and in lhe possession of the Govemment: Provided further that such drugs as are referred to in the preceding proviso shall not be sold or otherwise delivered to any person who, under the rules made by the State Government under the aforesaid sub-clauses, is not entitled to their Dossession; Ins. by Act 2 oI 1989, sec. 6 (w.e.f. 29-5-1989). Ins. by Act 16 of 2014, sec. 5(a) (w.e.t, 1-5-2014, oide S.O. 1183(E), dated 30th Aprit, 2014). Su!s. by Act 16 of 2014, sec. 5(b), for "manufactuied drugs other than prepared opium,, (w.e.l 1-5-2014, rtide 5.O.1183(E), dated 30th Aprit 2014). I.