Office Memorandum No. 4046/2014/WACDD of the Women and Child Development Department, Government of West Bengal dated 1st January, 2014 on the cultivation of hemp under licence [C15-6HV]
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No. 4046/2014/WACDD
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Women and Child Development Department, Government of West Bengal
Kolkata, dated the 1st January, 2014
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: The cultivation of hemp under licence by cultivators of hemp under the West Bengal Excise Act, 1909, regarding.
1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Women and Child Development Department, Government of West Bengal on the manner in which the cultivation of hemp under licence by cultivators of hemp is to be regulated under the West Bengal Excise Act, 1909.
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 Commissioner within thirty 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 Commissioner shall dispose of it within thirty days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Women and Child Development Department, Government of West Bengal.
(Secretary to Government)
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