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REPORT OF THE INDIAN HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION,
1893-94.
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Clause 33, section XX.
Collector of the importing district. Any ganja found on weighment by the supervisor to be
in excess of the quantity entered in the import pass is kept
in the public gola and warehouse, a rent of Re. 1 per maund
being charged for the first month, and 4 annas per maund for subsequent months. This
quantity is not allowed to be exported without a fresh import pass, but the cultivator may sell
the same to other goladars.
Clause 6, section XIX.
Clause 7, section XIX.
Clause 8, section XIX.
Siddhi or Bhang.—No person is permitted to purchase siddhi for export to another dis-
trict or obtain siddhi for sale without a pass on payment of a
fee of two rupees, and a license from the Collector of the
district to which the siddhi is to be conveyed or in which it is to be stored. The pass and the
license must be countersigned by the Collector of the district in which the siddhi is bought
or obtained. Siddhi, whether obtained locally or imported
from another district, must be stored in a warehouse in the
same way as ganja is stored. A licensed wholesale merchant or retailer of another district
who wishes to purchase siddhi in the producing district is
bound to purchase it from the wholesale dealer of that district
in the same manner as ganja is purchased. But when he wishes to obtain his supplies from
any local fields or places where the siddhi-yielding plant grows wild, he is allowed to do so
in the presence of an excise officer deputed by the Collector for the purpose. Such officer
is bound to weigh the drug before it is removed, and to report to the Collector its weight,
condition, quality, &c. As a matter of fact, however, wholesale dealers of other districts
always obtain their supplies from the licensed golas of Monghyr and Bhagalpur.
Clause 1, section XXI.
21. Charas.—No person is allowed to import charas into Bengal excepting under a pass
from the Collector of his district. No fee is required for
the pass. The importing merchant on arrival presents the
pass to the Collector of the exporting district, who returns it to him after endorsing on it
the quantity of charas to be imported; similar entries are made by him on the back of the
duplicate copy of the pass sent to him by the Collector of the importing district, and it is
then returned direct by post. When charas is imported from Nepal the pass need not be
endorsed except in the importing district.
Clause 2, section XXI.
Clause 4, section XXI.
The charas, on its arrival in the district from which the pass was issued, is produced
for examination and comparison with the pass before the
Excise Deputy Collector. The whole consignment is liable
to confiscation, and the importer is liable to other penalties of
the Excise law for each of the following offences:—
(1) Selling any portion of a despatch before arrival at the Collectorate from which the
pass was given.
(2) Being in possession of a quantity greater or less than that shown to be the
quantity covered by the pass, unless the difference is fully explained and full
duty paid.
Clause 65, section XX.
22. Garhjat ganja.—Any licensed wholesale or retail vendor of ganja wishing to purchase
Garhjat ganja from the cultivators in the Tributary Mahals
has to apply to the Collector of his own district for a pass,
stating the locality or localities and the Tributary State in which the ganja is to be purchased
and the quantity for which the pass is required. It has
lately been ordered by the Board as an experimental measure
that the sources of export of Garhjat ganja should be confined
to those States which are under the immediate control of Government.
Board's No. 1618-B., dated 11th
September 1893.
Clause 66, section XX.
Clause 67, section XX.
A pass is granted for any quantity not less than one maund on payment of a fee of Rs. 2.
A duplicate copy of such pass is sent to the Superintendent
of the Tributary Mahals, who issues instructions to such
authorities as may be subordinate to him in the specified locality or localities to superintend
the weighment, packing, sealing, and despatch of the drug. The local authority, on production
of the pass as aforesaid, weighs the ganja, superintends its
packing, and seals the bales or bags in which it is packed in
such a manner that they cannot be opened without breaking the seals.
Clause 68, section XX.
Clause 69, section XX.
When the bales are ready for despatch, the local authority returns the original pass to
the importer after endorsing on it the locality in the Garhjat
Mahals from which the ganja is transported, the weight and
number of the bales or bags of ganja transported, the distinguishing marks by which the bales
or bags may be known, the name of the purchaser and of the person in whose charge and
custody it is conveyed, the mode of conveyance, the route to be taken, the point of crossing
the frontier and such other particulars as he may think it desirable to note. He is required
to submit at the same time a copy of the endorsement to his
immediate superior. Every pass must be surrendered to the
Collector of the importing district or to the sub-divisional officer (if the ganja is consigned to a