Office Memorandum No. 3563/2024/HD of the Home Department, Government of Punjab dated 13th October, 2024 on the cultivation of hemp under licence [C16-4N3]

As at 7 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.

Dates: made 13 October 2024; in force not recorded; ceased none recorded. Gazette: none recorded. Band B.

Jurisdiction: Punjab [IN-PB]. Made by the Home Department, Government of Punjab.

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Cite: Office Memorandum No. 3563/2024/HD of the Home Department, Government of Punjab dated 13th October, 2024 on the cultivation of hemp under licence, Office Memorandum No. 3563/2024/HD, 13th October, 2024 [C16-4N3]. Machine: C16-4N3.

No. 3563/2024/HD

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

Home Department, Government of Punjab

Chandigarh, dated the 13th October, 2024

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The cultivation of hemp under licence by cultivators of hemp under the Punjab Excise Act, 1914, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Home Department, Government of Punjab on the manner in which the cultivation of hemp under licence by cultivators of hemp is to be regulated under the Punjab Excise Act, 1914.

2. The matter has been examined. Every cultivator of hemp carrying on the cultivation of hemp under licence shall make an application in Form E to the Licensing Authority within ten days, accompanied by a fee of ten 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 Licensing Authority shall dispose of it within ten days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Home Department, Government of Punjab.

(Secretary to Government)

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