Standing Order No. 3332/2018 of the Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh dated 11th April, 2018 on the cultivation of hemp under licence [C1B-9MQ]

Standing Order No. 3332/2018

GOVERNMENT OF MADHYA PRADESH

Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal, dated the 11th April, 2018

STANDING ORDER

To

All Deputies Commissioner 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 Food and Civil Supplies 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 B to the Commissioner within thirty days, accompanied by a fee of five hundred rupees.

3. The Deputy Commissioner of Excise shall ensure that permit is dealt with as directed above, and shall report compliance to the Commissioner within thirty days.

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

(Secretary to Government)