Section 19: Possession of excisable articles in excess of the quantity prescribed by the ¹[State Government] prohibited except under permission

(1) No person not being licenced to manufacture, cultivate, collect or sell any excisable article, shall have in his possession any quantity of such article in excess of such quantity as the ¹[State Government] has, under Section 5, declared to be the limit of sale by retail, except under a permit granted by the Excise Commissioner ²[or by an Excise Officer duly empowered in that behalf].

(2) Sub-section (1) shall not extend to

(a) any foreign liquor (other than denatured spirit) in the possession of any common carrier or warehouse man as such, or

(b) ³[Omitted]

(3) A licenced vendor shall not have in his possession at any place other than that authorised by his Licence, any quality of any excisable article in excess of such quantity as the ⁴[State Government] has under Section 5 declared to be the limit of sale by retail, except under a permit granted by the Excise Commissioner ⁵[or by an Excise Officer duly empowered in that behalf].

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing sub-sections, the ⁶[State Government] may by notification in the⁶[Official Gazette] prohibit or restrict the possession by any person or class of persons, or subject to such exceptions as may be specified in the notification, by all persons ⁴[in those parts of the State of Rajasthan to which this Act extends] or any specified area or areas thereof, of any excisable articles either absolutely or subject to such conditions, as it may prescribe.