1 V-A. SPECIAL PROVISIONS AS TO MHOWRA FLOWERS
1 [2 [(1) Save as is provided in sub-section (3), no person shall export from or import into any prescribed area or collect, transport, sell or have in his possession within any such area any quantity of mhowra flowers exceeding the prescribed limit in weight except under the authority and subject to the terms and conditions of licences, permit or pass granted by the Collector or other officer duly empowered in this behalf.
(2) In this section "prescribed area" means such area, comprising either the whole or some portion of the districts of 3 Broach 4 Kaira, Nasik (except the taluka of Peint), Thana and Kolaba 5 and of the talukas of Pardi, Bulsar and Chikhli of the district of Surat as the Governor in Council from time to time notifies in this behalf; and "prescribed limit" means four sers or such greater quantity as the Governor in Council from time to time notifies in this behalf :
(3) Provided that during the period of two months from the 16th February to the 15th April, in each year or such longer period embracing the said two months as the Governor in Council from time to time by notification in the Bombay Government Gazette directs, no licence, permit or pass shall be necessary for the collection, transport, sale or possession anywhere within the limits of the talukas of Kalyan, Bhiwandi, Karjat, Murbad, Shahpur and Vada or within any other portion of a prescribed area which the Governor in Council thinks fit in a notification as aforesaid to specify, of any quantity of mhowra flowers which are the produce of that year and of the said talukas or of any or of either of them or other portion of a prescribed area, if any, so specified:
6[Provided further that during the period of five months from the 16th February to the 15th July in each year or such longer period embracing the said five months as the Governor in Council from time to time by notification in the Bombay Government Gazette directs, no licence, permit or passes shall be necessary for the collection, transport, sale or possession, anywhere within the limits of the district of Kaira, of any quantity of mhowra flowers which are the produce of that year.]
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1. This heading and section were inserted by Bom. Act III of 1892, section 2.
2. Section 18-A has been numbered as section 18-B as provided by Bom. Act XII of 1912, section 9(2).
3. These words were inserted by Bom. Act III of 1905, section 1(a).
4. The word "Kaira" was inserted by Bom. Act III of 1917, section 2(a).
5. These words were inserted by Bom. Act III of 1905, section 2(b).
6. This proviso was added by Bom. Act III of 1917, section 2(b).