Section 31. Licences for bona fide medicinal or other purposes.

1[Licences for bona fide medicinal or other purposes.-The State Government may by rules or by an order in writing, authorise an officer to grant licences to any person, or institution, whether under the management of Government or not, for the manufacture, sale, purchase, possession, consumption, or use of any intoxicant or hemp or any article containing an intoxicant or hemp for a bona fide medicinal, scientific, industrial or educational purposes : Provided that, where any intoxicant or hemp, or article containing such intoxicant or hemp, has been obtained by any person for a bona fide medicinal purpose, from any person or institution licensed to sell the same under this section, it shall not be necessary for such person to obtain a licence for the possession, purchase, consumption or use thereof : Provided further that, no licence shall be necessary for the possession of denatured spirit to the extent of such quantity as may be prescribed.]