Maharashtra Excise Manual
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9. Opium—

(5) The said Officer shall utilise the ganja and bhang sent to him under sub-regulation (4) for issue in packets to permit-holders. Any ganja or bhang out of the stock sent to him, if found by him to be unfit for human consumption, shall, with the previous sanction of the Commissioner, be destroyed.

(6) The said officer shall maintain a register showing proper accounts of the receipts and subsequent disposal of the confiscated or forfeited ganja and bhang sent to him under sub-regulation (4).

9. Opium—

  1. Subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (3), all confiscatd or forfeited opium in any part of the State shall be sent to the Officer in charge of the State Warehouse at Sewree.
  2. The Officer-in-charge of the warechouse at Sewree shall send the opium collected by him if it is five kilograms or more to the Opium Factory at Ghazipur only twice a year that is on 1st June and 1st December under intimation to the Commissioner and the Superintendent ofProhibition and Excise, Bombay.
  3. Where the confiscated or forfeited opium is or is suspected to be of foreign origin or presents any doubt or difficulty in determining its origin and exceeds 15 kilograms in quantity a sample of 1.47 kilograms shall be sent to the Commissioner, Forensic Science Laboratory and Chemical Analyser to the Government of Maharashtra, Bombay for analy­sis. The sample shall be sent with a forwarding letter containing the following particulars namely:
    1. particulars of the criminal case, if an« in respect of such opium;
    2. The total quantity of opium confiscated or forfeited;
    3. the number and date of the order of confiscation or forfeiture, as the case may be and the authority by which the order was made;
    4. the country of origin, if known, of the opium, and
    5. such other particulars as may be necessary for distinguishing such opium from any other opium.
  4. On receipt of the sample under sub-regulation (3) the Commissioner, Forensic Science Laboratory and Chemical Analyser to the Government of Maharashtra Bombay, shall utilise therefrom such quantity as he may require for analysis and send the remain­ing quantity to the Chief Chemist, Central Revenue and Control Laboratory, New Delhi, along with a full report of the tests carried out by him and his own conclusions. He shall also send a copy ofeach ofhis report and conclusions to the Narcotics Commissioner, 19, The Mall, Moraiv Gawalior, and the Officer from which he had receive the sample who shall after obtaining the previous sanction of the Collector, send the remaining quantity of the confiscated or forfeited opium ot the Opium Factory at Gazipur along with a copy of the aforesaid report and conclusions.

10. Mhowra flowers and Molasses.—

  1. Confiscated or forfeited Mhowra flowers and molasses, if fit for use and if the quantity in the case of mhowra flowers is more than 37 quintals may, after consultation with the Superintendent, Government Distillery, Chitali, and if required by him be sent to him if it be advantageous to Government to do so considering the quantity and quality and the cost of transport.
  2. Confiscated or mhowra flowers ifthey are not more then 37 quintals ofif they are not required by the Superintendents, Government Distillery, Chitali, shall be sold to any Co-operative Society approved by the Collector in this behalf holding a licence for the sale of mhowra flowers under the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949, or, ifthat is not possible to any other person holding such licence.