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(e) regulating the tapping of toddy-producing trees and drawing of toddy therefrom;

(f) regulating the grant, suspension or cancellation of licences, permits, passes or authorizations for the import, export, transport, ¹[collection, sale, purchase]¹, possession, manufacture, ²[bottling]², consumption, use or cultivation of any of the above articles mentioned in ³[clause (b) and for the matters specified in clause (e)]³;

(g) regulating the periods and localities for which the licences may be granted for the wholesale or retail vend of any of the above articles mentioned in clause (b);

(h) providing for the consulting of public opinion and prescribing the procedure to be followed and the matters to be ascertained before any licence, permit, pass or authorization for the vend, consumption or use of any of the above articles mentioned in clause (b) is granted to any person or in any locality;

⁴[(h1)]⁴prescribing the restrictions under which and the conditions on which any licence, permit, pass or authorization may be granted including —

1. (i) the prohibition of the admixture with any intoxicant of any substance deemed to be noxious or objectionable;
2. (ii) the fixing of the strength, price or quantity in excess of or below which any intoxicant or mhowra flowers shall not be sold or supplied, and the quantity in excess of which denatured spirit, denatured spirituous preparation or molasses shall not be possessed or sold and the prescription of a standard or quality for any intoxicant denatured spirituous preparation, mhowra flowers or molasses;
3. (iii) the prohibition of sale of any intoxicant, denatured spirituous preparation or hemp except for cash;
4. (iv) the prescription of the days and hours during which any licensed premises may or may not be kept open and provisions for the closure of such premises on special occasions;
5. (v) the prescription of the nature of the premises on which any intoxicant may be sold and the notices to be exposed at such premises;
6. (vi) the prescription of the accounts to be maintained and the returns to be submitted by licence-holders or permit-holders;
7. (vii) the regulation or prohibition of the transfer of licences;
8. (viii) the writing of the names and addresses and the taking of signatures of purchasers in the register of sale of any intoxicant, hemp, mhowra flowers or molasses or any article the sale or purchase of which is regulated by clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 139;