Standing Order No. 3725/2012 of the Registration and Stamps Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh dated 8th July, 2012 on the cultivation of hemp under licence [C13-4K2]

Standing Order No. 3725/2012

GOVERNMENT OF MADHYA PRADESH

Registration and Stamps Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal, dated the 8th July, 2012

STANDING ORDER

To

All Sub-Inspectors of Excise,

Subject: The cultivation of hemp under licence by cultivators of hemp under the Madhya Pradesh Excise Act, 1915, regarding.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 of the Madhya Pradesh Excise Act, 1915 (Madhya Pradesh Act 2 of 1915), the Registration and Stamps Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh hereby issues the following Standing Order for the guidance of all officers subordinate to it:

1. References have been received seeking clarification on the manner in which section 9 applies to the cultivation of hemp under licence by cultivators of hemp.

2. The matter has been examined. Every cultivator of hemp carrying on the cultivation of hemp under licence shall make an application in Form H to the Excise Appellate Authority within twenty-one days, accompanied by a fee of fifty thousand rupees.

3. The Sub-Inspector of Excise shall ensure that label is dealt with as directed above, and shall report compliance to the Excise Appellate Authority within twenty-one days.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this standing order may be brought to the notice of the Registration and Stamps Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh.

(Secretary to Government)