A grower won his appeal against a 30-rupee fine for possessing ganja after an official found him weeding leased land planted with cannabis and other crops. Acting Chief Justice Moncreiff held that the law covered prepared bhang and ganja but did not include growing cannabis plants. The colonial government enacted an explicit prohibition on the plants the following year.[1][2]
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References
- Ukku Banda v. Ukku Banda, 7 NLR 205Moncreiff, Acting Chief Justice · 1904 · pp. 205–207; judgment of 7 June 1904, especially p. 207 on the scope of the 1899 prohibitionarchived
- The Indian Hemp Ordinance, 1905 (No. 17)Government of Ceylon · 1905 · Gazette No. 6,078, Part II, 6 October 1905, pp. 637–638, sections 2–3archived
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