Government Order No. 2968/2020/FD of the Finance Department, Government of West Bengal dated 21st January, 2020 on the cultivation of hemp under licence [N15-ZK6]
As at 7 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 2968/2020/FD
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Finance Department, Government of West Bengal
Kolkata, dated the 21st January, 2020
GOVERNMENT ORDER
Subject: The cultivation of hemp under licence by cultivators of hemp under the West Bengal Excise Act, 1909, regarding.
1. In the circumstances reported by the Excise Superintendent, the Government of West Bengal, after careful examination, hereby orders that every cultivator of hemp carrying on the cultivation of hemp under licence shall furnish Form G to the Collector within forty-five days.
2. The matter has been examined. Every cultivator of hemp carrying on the cultivation of hemp under licence shall make an application in Form G to the Collector within forty-five 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 Collector shall dispose of it within forty-five days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this government order may be brought to the notice of the Finance Department, Government of West Bengal.
(Secretary to Government)
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