Notwithstanding anything in this Act, it shall be lawful for any officer authorized by the 1[State] Government in this behalf to grant any licences, passes or permits for import, export, transport, possession, sale, buying, cultivation, collection, manufacture, 2[bottling], consumption and use of any intoxicant, hemp, or mhowra flowers or molasses or for the tapping of any toddy producing tree or the drawing of toddy from such tree in cases other than those specifically provided under any of the provisions of this Act.
1 This word was substituted for the word "Provincial" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 2 This word was inserted by Bom. 22 of 1960, s. 35.