Office Memorandum No. 4310/2025/LD of the Law Department, Government of Bihar dated 22nd January, 2025 on the cultivation of hemp under licence [C14-945]
As at 7 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 4310/2025/LD
GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR
Law Department, Government of Bihar
Patna, dated the 22nd January, 2025
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: The cultivation of hemp under licence by cultivators of hemp under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, regarding.
1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Law Department, Government of Bihar on the manner in which the cultivation of hemp under licence by cultivators of hemp is to be regulated under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
2. The matter has been examined. Every cultivator of hemp carrying on the cultivation of hemp under licence shall make an application in Form B to the Deputy Commissioner of Excise within seven days, accompanied by a fee of one thousand rupees.
3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the cultivation of hemp under licence is undertaken, and the Deputy Commissioner of Excise shall dispose of it within seven days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Law Department, Government of Bihar.
(Secretary to Government)
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