Standing Order No. 3298/2024 of the Home Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh dated 21st February, 2024 on the cultivation of hemp under licence [C1H-H2Z]

Standing Order No. 3298/2024

GOVERNMENT OF UTTAR PRADESH

Home Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, dated the 21st February, 2024

STANDING ORDER

To

All Excise Superintendents,

Subject: The cultivation of hemp under licence by cultivators of hemp under the Uttar Pradesh Excise Act, 1910, regarding.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 of the Uttar Pradesh Excise Act, 1910 (Uttar Pradesh Act 4 of 1910), the Home Department, Government of Uttar 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 Licensing Authority within twenty-one days, accompanied by a fee of twenty-five thousand rupees.

3. The Excise Superintendent shall ensure that transport pass is dealt with as directed above, and shall report compliance to the Licensing Authority within twenty-one days.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this standing order may be brought to the notice of the Home Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh.

(Secretary to Government)