Gujarat Prohibition Act (Bombay Prohibition), 1949
The State Government may by general or special order direct that the manufacture, import, export, transport, storage, sale purchase, use, collection, or cultivation of any intoxicant, denatured spirituous preparation, hemp, mhowra flowers, or molasses shall be under the supervision of such Prohibition and Excise or Police staff as it may deem proper to appoint, and that the cost of such staff shall be paid to the State Government by the person manufacturing, importing, exporting, transporting, storing, selling, purchasing, using, collecting or cultivating the intoxicant, denatured spirituous preparation, hemp, mhowra flowers, or molasses : Provided that the State Government may exempt any class of persons or institutions from paying the whole or any part of the cost of such staff.