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( 1 ) No person shall print or publish in any newspaper, news-sheet, book, leaflet, booklet or any other single or periodical publication or otherwise display or distribute any advertisement or other matter,- ( a ) which 1 solicits the use of or offers any intoxicant or hemp; (b) which is calculated to encourage or incite any individual, class of individuals or the public generally to commit an offence under this Act, or to commit a breach of or to evade the provisions of any rule, regulation or order made thereunder or the conditions of any licence, permit, pass or authorization granted, thereunder. ( 2 ) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section ( 3 ), nothing in this section shall apply to- ( a ) catalogue or price lists which may be generally or specially approved by the 2 [Commissioner] in this behalf; (b) any advertisement or other matter contained in any newspaper, news sheet, book, leaflet, booklet or other publication printed and published outside the 3 [State]; ( c ) any advertisement or other matter contained in any newspaper printed, and published in the 4 [State] before such date as the 5 [State] Government may by notification in the Official Gazette , specify; and ( d ) any other advertisement or matter which the 6 [State] Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette , generally or specially exempt from the operation of this section. ( 3 ) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section ( 2 ), the 7 [State] Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, prohibit within the 8 [State] the circulation, distribution or sale of any newspaper, news-sheet, book, leaflet, booklet or other publication printed and published outside the 9 [State] which contains any advertisement or matter,- ( a ) which 10 *solicits the use of or offers any intoxicant or hemp; or (b) which is calculated to encourage or incite any individual or class of individuals or the public generally to commit any offence under this Act or to commit a breach of or to evade the provisions of any rule, regulation or order made thereunder, or the conditions of any licence, permit, pass or authorisation granted thereunder.