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Power of 'Central- Govemmint to permit, control and regulate'-(1) Subject to the provisions of section 8, the Cintral Govemment may, by rules- (a) permit and regulate-- ' ' (i) *t" cultivaiiory or gathedng of any portion (such cultivation or gathering being only on aciount of the Central Govemment) of Ioca plint, oi thi production, Poss€ssion, sale, purchase' transpbrt, import inter-State, export inter-State, use or consumPtion of coca leaves; (ii) the cultivation (such cultivation being only on account of Central Government) of the oPium PoPPY; (iii) the production and manufacture of opium and production of poppy slraw; lt(iiia) ihd pbssession, transport, imPort inter-State, export inter-State, warihousing,, sale, purchase, consumption and use of poppy straw prodiced from plants from which no juice has been extracted through lancingl (iv) the sale of opium and oPium derivatives from the Central Govemment flctories for export from lndia or sale to State Govemment or to manufacturing chemists; (v) the manufacture of manufactured drugs (othe1 thal prepared opium) but not including manufacture of medicinal opium or any preparation containing any manuflc\rred drug from miterials which the maker is lawfully entitled to Possess; 2[(va) the manufacture, possession, transPort, import inter-State, export inter-State, sale, purchase, consumption and use of essential narcotic drugs: Provided that where, in resPect of an essential narcotic drug the State Govemrnent has granted licence or permit under the provisions of s€ction 10 prior to the commencement of the iilarcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) AcL201,4 (16 oJ 2014), such licence or Permit shall continue to be valid tili the date of its expiry or for a period of tvvelve months from such commencement, whichever is earlierl (vi) the manufacture, Possessio& hansport imPort inter-State, export inter-State, sale, purchase, consumPtion or use of Psycl-rotroPic substances.; (vii) the import into lndia and export from India and transhipment of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances; (b) prescribe any other matter requisite to render effective the control of the Central Govemnent over any of the matters specified in clause (ar. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may-