Office Memorandum No. 3969/2024/IACD of the Industries and Commerce Department, Government of Bihar dated 3rd December, 2024 on the cultivation of hemp under licence [C1A-0JJ]
As at 7 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 3969/2024/IACD
GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR
Industries and Commerce Department, Government of Bihar
Patna, dated the 3rd December, 2024
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 Industries and Commerce 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 F to the Excise Appellate Authority within sixty days, accompanied by a fee of fifty 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 Excise Appellate Authority shall dispose of it within sixty days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Industries and Commerce Department, Government of Bihar.
(Secretary to Government)
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