Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949.

¹[manufacturer of articles mentioned in section 24A ]

59A. (1) No manufacturer of any of the articles mentioned in section 24A shall sell, use or dispose of any liquor purchased or possessed for the purposes of such manufacture under the provisions of this Act otherwise than as an ingredient of the articles authorized to be manufactured therefrom. No more alcohol shall be used in the manufacture of any of the articles mentioned in section 24A than the quantity necessary for extraction or solution of the elements contained therein and for the preservation of the articles :

Provided that in the case of manufacture of any of the articles mentioned in section 24A in which the alcohol is generated by a process of fermentation the amount of such alcohol shall not exceed 12 per cent. ²[by volume].

(2)  No person shall—

• (a) knowingly sell any ³[article mentioned in section 24A] for being used as an intoxicating drink, or
• (b) sell  any  such  article  under  circumstances  from  which he  might reasonably deduce the intention  of the  purchaser to  use them  for such purpose.