Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) No one shall- (a) cultivate the poppy (Papaver somniferum, L.) or (b) manufacture opium, save in accordance with rules made under sub-section (2) and with the conditions of any licence for that purpose which he may be required to obtain under those rules. (2) The Central Government may make rules17 permitting and regulating the cultivation of the poppy (Papaver somniferum, L.) and the manufacture of opium, and such rules may prescribe the form and conditions of licences for such cultivation and manufacture, the authorities by which such licences maybe granted, the fees that may be charged therefor, and any other matter requisite to render effective the control of the Central Government over such cultivation and manufacture. (3) The Central Government may also make rules18 permitting and regulating the sale of opium from Government factories for export or to State Governments or to manufacturing chemists. See the Central Opium Rules, 1934, vide Gazette of India, 1934 Pt.I, p.224. Ibid.