From such date as may
be specified in this behalf by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette, no person shall, except as provided by rules made under this Act, have in his possession 1[any goods specified in the
Second Schedule] in excess of such quantity as may be prescribed for the purposes of this section as the
maximum amount of such goods or of any variety of such goods which may be possessed at any one time
by such a person.
1. Subs. by Act 18 of 1956, s. 9, for "any excisable goods specified in this behalf in Part B of the Second Sch." (w.e.f. 27-4- 1956).