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This clause was inserted by Bom. 22 of 1960, S. 2 (h). 4 Gujarat Prohibition Act., 1949 [1949 : Bom. XXV (21) “interim permit” means a permit granted under section 47 ; (22) “intoxicant” means any liquor, intoxicating drug, opium or any other substance which the 1[State] Government may, by notifi cation in the Offi cial Gazette, declare to be an intoxicant ; (23) “Intoxicating drugs” means — (a) the leaves, small stalks and fl owering or fruiting tops of the Indian hemp plant (Cannabis Sativa L,) including all forms known as bhang, sidhi or ganja ; 2[(b) Charas, that is, the separated resin, whether crude or purifi ed obtained from cannabis plant]; (c) any mixture, with or without neutral materials of any of the above forms of intoxicating drug, or any drink prepared thereform ;3* 4[(d) any other intoxicating or narcotic drug or substance together with every preparation or admixture of the same which the State Government may by notifi ca- tion in the Offi cial Gazette, declare to be an intoxicating drug for the purposes of the Act, such drug, substance, preparation or admixture not being opium, cocaum leaf or a manufactured drug as defi ned in section 2 of the Dangerous Drug Act, 1930 ; ] 5[(23A) “Laththa” means spurious liquor, which contains methanol or any other poisonous substances, which may cause harmful or injurious effects to the human body or death of a person;] (24) “liquor” includes— (a) 6[Spirits], 7[denatured spirits] wine, beer, toddy and all liquids consisting of or containing alcohol and (b) any other intoxicating substance which the 1[State] Government may, by notifi cation in the Offi cial Gazette, declare to be liquor for the purposes of this Act ; (25) “manufacture” includes— (a) every process whether natural or artifi cial by which any liquor or intox- icating drug is produced, prepared or blended and also redistilation and every process for the 8[rectifi cation, fl avouring, or colouring of iliquor or intoxicating drug], but does not include fl avouring, blending or colouring of liquor or intoxicanting drug lawfully possessed for private consumption ; and (b) every procesing of producing and drawing of toddy from trees ; (26) “Medical Board” means a board constituted under section 8 ; (27) “mhowra fl ower” does not include the berry or seed of the mhowra tree ; (28) “molasses” means the heavy, dark coloured 9[viscous liquid produced] in the fi nal stage of the manufacture of gur or sugar containing, in solution or suspension, sugars which can be fermented, 10[and includes the solid form of such liquid and also any product formed by the addition to such liquid or solid of any ingredient which does not substan- tially alter the character of such liquid or solid but does not include any article which the 1[State] Government may, by notifi cation in the Offi cial Gazette, declare not to be molasses, for the pruposes of this Act ;