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(1) No person, not being a registered smoker, shall Smoke or manufacture or possess prepared opium in any quantity what soever. (2) No registered smoker shall have in his possession, or shall manufacture, at any one time, prepared opium in excess of half a tola in weight or such other lesser quantity as the State Government]1 may by rule made under this Act, proscribe: Provided that in no case shall a registered smoker manufacture any prepared opium from opium obtained otherwise than in accordance with rules made under section 5 of the Opium Act, 1878 and no registered smoker shall have in his possession any quantity of prepared opium so manufactured. (3) No person shall assist another, whether a registered opium smoker or not, in the manufacture of prepared opium. Presumption of smoking prepared opium in certain cases