Section 3. Power to prohibit importation into the States of any poison except under licence

3. Power to prohibit importation into the States of any poison except under licence.— The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, prohibit, except under and in accordance with the conditions of a licence, the importation into[5] [India][6] [across any customs frontier[7] defined by the Central Government] of any specified poison, and may by rule regulate the grant of licences. 1. This Act has been repealed in its application to Bellary District by Mysore Act 14 of 1955. This Act has been extended in its application to:- (1) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (w.e.f. 1-7-1965) by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and Sch.; (2) the whole of the Union territory of Lakshadweep (w.e.f. 1-10-1965): vide Reg. 8 of 1965, s. 3 and the Sch.: and (3) the Union territory of Pondicherry by Act 26 of 1968, s. 3 and Sch. 2. The words "throughout British India" rep. by the A.O. 1948. 3. Subs. by Act 47 of 1958, s. 2, for the former sub-section (2). 4. The words "Subject to the control of the G.G. in C" rep. by the A.O. 1937.