Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Manufacture, etc., of excisable article prohibited except under a licence.- (1) No person shall,- (a) manufacture or collect an intoxicant; or (b) cultivate hemp plant; or (c) tap a toddy producing tree or draw toddy from any tree; or (d) construct or work a distillery or brewery; or (e) bottle liquor for sale; or (f) use, keep, or have in his possession, any material, still, utensil, implement or apparatus, whatsoever for the purposes of manufacturing any intoxicant other than toddy, except under the authority and subject to the terms and conditions of a licence granted by the Deputy Commissioner in that behalf or under the provisions of section 18. (2) A licence granted under this section shall extend to and include servants and other persons employed by the licensee and acting on his behalf. 1[“13A. Manufacture etc., of Neera and Neera Products prohibited except under a licence.- No person shall tap Neera from coconut tree or further process it, except with a licence granted by the competent authority or payment of such fee and subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.]1