No person shall:
(a) Cultivate, produce, prepare, purchase, sell, distribute, export or import, conduct any trafficking, store, or consume cannabis/
marijuana,
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(b) Cultivate opium or coca or produce opium or coca leaves or other narcotic drugs,
(c) Manufacture or prepare narcotic drugs,
(d) Sell or distribute narcotic drugs,
(e) Export or import narcotic drugs,
(f) Purchase, store, possess, or conduct any trafficking narcotic drugs,
(g) Consume narcotic drugs other than cannabis/ marijuana. Provided that:
(1) Government of Nepal may frame Rules regulating the  production of hashish (chares) from wild cannabis/ marijuana plants growing in the western hilly region of the Nepal and the collection, storage, sale and purchase of such hashish (chares) for a specified period, and no act done by any person in accordance with the license obtained under
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such Rules shall be deemed to constitute an offence under this Section.
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(1A) Chemical substance to be used for preparation of narcotic drugs from among the medicines defined in the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 may be exported, imported, stored, conducted trafficking, sold, distributed and used only in the quantity as prescribed by the Chief
Narcotic Drugs Control Officer.
(2) The procedure of the license issued under Clause (1) of this Proviso and format and condition of such license, license issuing Authority, fee to be
charged for such license and any other measure to be taken for the control and management of the activities under such license shall be as prescribed.
∇Explanation : For the purpose of Clause (b),(c),(d),(e) and (f) of this section the “narcotic drugs” shall not mean the cannabis/ marijuana.