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These words were substituted for the words beginning with the words “and includes” and ending with the words “alter the character of such syrup”, ibid. s.2(k) (ii). II of 1930 1949 : Bom. XXV ] Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949 5 (29) “Offi cer in charge of a Police Station” includes— 1[ * * * * * ] (b) 2[**] the offi cer in charge of a police station as defi ned in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 ; (30) “opium “ means— (a) the capsules of the poppy (Papaver Somniforum L,) 3[whether in their original form or cut or crushed or powdered and whether or not the juice has been extracted there from ] ; (b) the spontaneously coagulated juice of such capsules 4[ * * * * * ] ; and (c) any mixture with or without neutral materials of any of the above forms of opium ; but does not include any preparations containing not more than 0.2 per cent. of mor- phine, or a manufactured drug as defi ned in section 2 of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930 ; 5[ * * * * * * ] (32) “permit” means a permit granted under 6[the provisions of this Act] and the expression “permit holder” shall be construed accordingly; (33) “police station” means 7[ * * * * * * ] any place declared to be a police station for the purposes of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 ; (34) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules, orders or regulations under this Act ; (35) “Prohibition offi cer” includes the 8[Director], Collector or any offi cer or person appointed to exercise any of the powers or to perform any of the duties and functions under the provisions of tlis Act 9[ and also includes any offi cer or person invested with any such powers and on whom any such functions or duties are imposed, and any member of a committee, board or medical board ] ; 10[(36) “State” means the 11[State of Gujarat], including the space within the limits of the territorial waters appertaining to it; ] 12[(37) “rectifi cation” includes every process whereby liquor is purifi ed or refi ned; ] 13[(38) “registered medical practitioner” means a person who is entitled to practise any system of medicine in the State under any law for the time being in force relating to medical practitioners, and includes registered dentists as defi ned in the Dentists Act, 1948 and a veterinary practitioner registered under the Bombay Veterinary Practitioner Act, 1953 or under any law corresponding thereto in any part of the State;]