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Licence required for manufacture, etc. of intoxicants.— (a) No intoxicant shall he manufactured or collected; (b) no hemp plant, shall be cultivated; (c) no tan-producing tree shall be tapped and no Tan shall be drawn from any tree; (d) no liquor shall he bottled for sale; (e) no distillery or brewery shall be constructed for worked; and (f) no person shall use, keep or have in his possession any materials, still, utensil, implement or apparatus whosoever for the purpose of manufacturing any intoxicant other than tan; except under the authority and subject of the terms and conditions of a licence granted in that behalf : Provided that the State Government may, by notification, declare that the provisions of this section shall not apply in any area specified in this behalf, to 14 the tapping of tan-producing trees, or to the drawing of tan subject to such conditions as it may prescribe: Provided further that the State Government may, by notification, declare that the provisions of this section shall, not apply in such areas as may be specified in this behalf to the manufacture of liquor for home consumption, subject to such condition as it may prescribe.