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Defi nitions. 1949 : Bom. XXV ] Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949 3 1[(9) “cultivation” means raising a plant from seed and includes the tending or protecting of a plant during its growth; ] (10) “denatured” means subjected to a process prescribed for the purpose of rendering unfi t for human consumption; 2[(10a) “denatured spirituous preparation” means 3[ any liquid preparation made with and containing denatured spirit ] 4[ or denatured alcohol] and includes lacquers, French polish, and varnish prepared out of such spirit or alcohol ; ] 5[ * * * * ] (12) “to drink” with its grammatical variations, means to drink liquor or to con- sume any intoxicating drug; (13) “excisable article” means — (a) any alcoholic liquor for human consumption, (b) an intoxicating drug 6[ or hemp ], (c) opium, 7[(d) other narcotic drugs and narcotics which the State Government may, by notifi cation in the Offi cial Gazette, declare to be an excisable article; ] (14) “excise duty” and “countervailing duty” means such excise duty or counter- vailing duty, as the case may be, as is mentioned in 8[ entry 51 in List II in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution; ] (15) “excise revenue” means revenue derived or derivable from any duty, fee, tax, fi ne (other than a fi ne imposed by a court of law) or confi scation or forfeiture imposed or ordered under the provisions of this Act, or of any other law for the time being inforce relating to intoxicants; (16) “export” (except in section 147) means to take out of the 9[State] otherwise than across a customs frontier 10 * * * (17) “Foreign liquor” 11[means all liquor “ or produced or manufactured outside India ] : Provided that the 12[State] Government may, by notifi cation in the Offi cial Gazette, declare that any specifi ed description of country liquor shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be foreign liquor ; (18) “hemp” means any variety of the Indian hemp plant from which intoxicating drugs can be produced; (19) “hotel licence” means a licence granted under section 35 : 13[(19a) “household” means a group of persons residing and messing jointly as members of one domestic unit, but does not include their servants]; (20) “import” ( except in section 147) means to bring into the 9[State] otherwise than across a custom frontier 10* * * * *;