Government Order No. 2300/2008/TD of the Transport Department, Government of West Bengal dated 25th June, 2008 on the cultivation of hemp under licence [N16-H24]
As at 7 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 2300/2008/TD
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Transport Department, Government of West Bengal
Kolkata, dated the 25th June, 2008
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 Circle Inspector of Excise, 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 D to the Deputy Commissioner of Excise within fourteen 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 D to the Deputy Commissioner of Excise within fourteen days, accompanied by a fee of five hundred 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 Deputy Commissioner of Excise shall dispose of it within fourteen days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this government order may be brought to the notice of the Transport Department, Government of West Bengal.
(Secretary to Government)
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