Gujarat Prohibition Act (Bombay Prohibition), 1949
In this Act, context, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, (1) "authorization" means an authorization granted under section 45 for the use of liquor for sacramental purposes ; (2) "to bottle" with its various grammatical variations, means to transfer any article from a cask or other vessel to a bottle, jar, flask, pot or similar receptacle for the purpose of sale, whether any process of manufacture be employed or not bottling includes re-bottling ; (4) "Collector" includes an officer appointed by the State Government to exercise all or any of the powers and to perform all or any of the duties or functions of a Collector under this Act ; (5) "Director" means an officer appointed as the Director of Prohibition and Excise under section 3, and includes any officer on whom the State Government may confer all or any of the powers of the Director under this Act; (6) "committee" or board " means a committee or board ] appointed by the [ State ] Government under section 7 ; (7) "common drinking house" means a place where the drinking of liquor or consumption of any intoxicating drug is allowed for the profit or gain of the person owning, occupying, using, keeping or having the care or management or control of such place whether by way of charge for the use of the place or for drinking facilities provided, or otherwise howsoever and includes the premises of a club or any other place which is habitually used for the purpose of drinking liquor or consuming any intoxicating drug by more than one person without a licence granted under this Act ; (8) "country liquor" includes all liquor produced or manufactured in India; (21) "interim permit" means a permit granted under section 47 ; (22) "intoxicant" means any liquor, intoxicating drug, opium or any other substance which the '[State] Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be an intoxicant ; (23) "Intoxicating drugs" means — (a) the leaves, small stalks and flowering or fruiting tops of the Indian hemp plant (Cannabis Sativa L.) including all forms known as bhang, sidhi or ganja ; [ (b) Charas, that is, the separated resin, whether crude or purified obtained from cannabis plant]; (c) any mixture, with or without neutral materials of any of the above forms of intoxicating drug, or any drink prepared therefor ;³* *[ (d) any other intoxicating or narcotic drug or substance together with every preparation or admixture of the same which the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be an intoxicating drug for the purposes of the Act, such drug, substance, preparation or admixture not being opium, cocaum leaf or a manufactured drug as defined in section 2 of the Dangerous Drug Act, 1930 ; ] [ (23A) "Lattha" means spurious liquor, which contains methanol or any other poisonous substances, which may cause harmful or injurious effects to the human body or death of a person;] (24) "liquor" includes— (a) "[Spirits], "[denatured spirits] wine, beer, toddy and all liquids consisting of or containing alcohol and (b) any other intoxicating substance which the '[State] Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be liquor for the purposes of this Act ; (25) "manufacture" includes— (a) every process whether natural or artificial by which any liquor or intoxicating drug is produced, prepared or blended and also redistilation and every process for the *[rectification, flavouring, or colouring of liquor or intoxicating drug], but does not include flavouring, blending or colouring of liquor or intoxicating drug lawfully possessed for private consumption ; and (b) every procesing of producing and drawing of toddy from trees ; (26) "Medical Board" means a board constituted under section 8 ; (27) "mhowra flower" does not include the berry or seed of the mhowra tree ; (28) "molasses" means the heavy, dark coloured "[viscous liquid produced] in the final stage of the manufacture of gur or sugar containing, in solution or suspension, sugars which can be fermented, "[and includes the solid form of such liquid and also any product formed by the addition to such liquid or solid of any ingredient which does not substantially alter the character of such liquid or solid but does not include any article which the "[State] Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare not to be molasses, for the prupose of this Act ;