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1) No person shall have in his possession any intoxicant, which has not been obtained from a licensed vender of the same.
(2) Sub-section (1) shall not apply to – (a) any intoxicant lawfully deposited or kept in a distrillery, brewery, warehouse or other place of storage licensed, established, authorized or continued under this Act;
(b) any intoxicant lawfully in the possession of a licensed vender of he same;
(c) any intoxicant in the possession of a person who has lawfully imported it or who is authorized by the Collector to possess it;
(d) any foreign liquor or India made foreign liquor in the possession of any common carrier or warehouse man as such, or purchased at a sale authorized by clause (a) of Sub-section (2) of Section 18;
(e) tari intended to be used in the manufacture of gur;
(f) tari intended to be used solely for preparation of food for domestic consumption, and not as an intoxicant or for the preparation of any intoxicating article or for the preparation of any article for sale; THE ODISHA EXCISE ACT, 2008 9 (g) tari intended to be used in the manufacture of bread by a person holding a permit to use tari for that purpose; and (h) tari, up to a limit of five litres, when in the possession of the person possessing the tree from which it was drawn and intended to be used for Section 17 - his domestic consumption