Section 66. Exception in favour of opium-cultivators, travellers and horse-dealers

66. Exception in favour of opium-cultivators, travellers and horse-dealers. For possession of excessive quantity of opium by travellers, &c. 67. For sale of adulterated opium, &c. 68. For conniving at illicit manufacture or sale of spirits, &c. 69. On Police neglecting to assist. 70. For maliciously giving false information. 71. For vexatious search or seizure. 66. Nothing in section sixty-five applies to the persons and circumstances hereinafter specified, namely:— (a) Authorized opium cultivators having newly extracted opium in their possession during the usual period Proviso. Exceptions as to tári, ganja and bhang. For possessing more opium than five tolas weight. Exception in favour of— Opium cultivators. a 6 234 Excise. [ACT X period between the full growth of the poppy and the delivery of the produce to the opium agent. Travellers. (b) Travellers and visitants from foreign States or countries having in their possession any quantity of foreign opium not exceeding two sers, or, in British Burma, five tolas, the produce of such foreign States and countries, and intended for the private use of such travellers and visitants, or their attendants, and not for sale or barter. And horse dealers. (c) Dealers in horses travelling with strings of horses from beyond the limits of British India, and having in their possession opium, the produce of foreign States or countries, not exceeding in quantity the proportion of ten tolas weight for each horse. For possession of excessive quantity of opium by travellers, &c. If opium be found in the possession of any such traveller, visitant, or dealer in horses in excess of the quantities above specified, such excess shall be liable to confiscation; but the person in whose possession it may be found shall not be subject to any further penalty. For sale of adulterated opium, &c., by licensed vendors.