GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB
EXCISE AND TAXATION DEPARTMENT
THE PUNJAB SUPPLY AND SALE
OF HEMP DRUGS RULES
NOTIFICATION
[8th March 1932]
The Punjab supply and sale of Hemp Drugs Rules were
published in Financial Commissioner’s Notification No.1352-E&S, dated the
08.03.1932.
18.1. There shall be the following four
kinds of licenses for vend of hemp drugs: (a) Not
reproduced being unnecessary.
(b) Licenses for the wholesale vend at
a shop of and bhang not in bond. Such licenses are hereinafter called wholesale
(general licenses) and shall be in Form H-26.
(C) Licenses for the
retail vend at a shop of: -
(1)------------------------------------------------------------.
(2) Bhang or any preparation or admixture thereof
Such licenses are hereinafter
called retail licenses and shall be in Form H-28.
18.2. The fees payable for a wholesale license for the whole
or any part of the financial year shall be as follows: -
(a)------------------------------------ Rs.
(b) Whole sale (general) license.
Rs.16/-
The fee payable for retail
licenses shall be fixed by auction or tender.
Wholesale and retail licenses shall be granted by the
Collector. For wholesale (in bond) and wholesale (general), licenses, payments
shall be made in advance of the prescribed fee. Retail Licenses shall be
granted in conformity with rules 18.08 and 18.9.
No license for the vend of intoxicating hemp drugs shall,
without the previous sanction of the Excise Commissioner be granted for a
period extending beyond the term of the Financial Year in which the license is
granted.
No license is
transferable but the collector may permit a licensee to add any person or
partner in his business or to transfer his license to any person.
All the rules
prescribed in the Punjab Liquor License Rules notified under Financial
Commissioner No.5556-E&S, dated the 21.11.1932, for the grant by auction or
tender of liquor licenses shall as far as applicable apply to the grant by
auction of tender of hemp drugs licenses.
The Collector shall dispose of retail licenses, by auction
or tender, either separately or in groups, as he may decide, subject to the
concurrence of the Excise Commissioner which is to be obtained through the
Commissioner of the division.
The monopoly of
the right of retailing a vend in a district or specified part of a district may
be farmed under an agreement in form H.29, with the sanction of, and subject to
conditions approved by the Excise Commissioner.
If any person
who has held a license under these rules, shall have in his possession on the
expiry or determination from any other cause, such as cancellation, etc, of his
license, any Hemp drugs, which he was unable to dispose of during the time when
his license was current under the provisions of these rules, to any person
licensed or authorized to purchase it, he shall dispose it of in such manner as
the Collector may direct.
Any person who
is granted a retail license shall be bound, if so desired by the Collector of
the district in which he holds his license, to take over the surplus stock of
the person who held the retail license, for the same place in the proceeding
year, at a price to be fixed y the Collector.
The licenses shown in this rule are granted subject to the
special conditions noted under each, in addition to the conditions laid down in
these rules.
(1)
Not reproduced being unnecessary-------.
(2)
A license in Form H-26 for the wholesale vend has
--------------- and bhang, not in bond:
(a)
(i) The
licensee shall not, under this license, sell bhang other than that on which
duty has been paid of such kind and at such rate as the Provincial Government
may impose in exercise of the Powers conferred on it by sections 31 and 32 of
the Excise Act, 1914.
(ii) The licensee shall, in respect of any drugs, which he is
licensed to sell meet the demand of every customer entitled to be served, who
tenders payment for what is required by him, and the licensee shall maintain a
sufficient stock of drugs of good quality in which he is licensed to deal, to
meet the probable demand.
(b)
The licensee shall not sell under this license at
one time to one-person bhang in less quantity than five seers.
(c)
He shall not keep in stock, or sell, either mixed
with the hemp drugs which he is authorized to sell or separately any Chloral
hydrate, butrychloral hydrate, or para-aldehyde.
(d)
The licensee shall not held directly or indirectly
through any agent any license in a Pakistani State for the vend of spirit,
fermented liquor or any intoxicating drug as defined in the Excise Act for the
time being in force in the Punjab, or of opium, as defined in the Opium Act for
the time being in force in the Punjab, nor shall be act as the agent of any
person holding such a license.
(e)
The licensee shall not allow any person to conduct
sales on his behalf unless the name of such person has been previously
submitted to the Collector for approval and endorsed by him on the license.
(f)
(i) The
licensee shall maintain daily accounts of sales made by him under this license
and of his balances to store in the following form: -
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Month Balance Quantity Source Total Quantity Name
and Balance
and Date of of Sold Description
in store
Previous Supply of at
the
Date Purchaser end of
the
day
The Punjab
supply and sale of Hemp Drugs Rules were published in Financial Commissioner’s
Notification No.1352-E&S, dated the 08.03.1932.
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