[Full Bench, ]

Wood Renton A. C. J., Pereira J., and De Sampayo A. J.

v. .

602-P. C. Panadure, 46, 403.

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Wood Renton A. C. J. and Pereira J. ( De Sampayo A. J. )-A vedarala is not a medical practitioner within the meaning of that term as used in section 65 of the Excise Ordinance (No. 8 of 1912).

The possession or sale of -an article containing ganja- by a vedarala is not protected under section 55 of the Ordinance.

Full Court. -Notification No. 26 published in the of February 18, 1914, does not take away the privilege given to medical practitioners under section 55.

was an appeal against an acquittal. The facts are set out in the judgment of Wood Renton A. C. J.

(with him for the appellant. -The notification No. 26 published in the of February 13, 1914, prohibits absolutely the possession of any article containing ganja.

The notification refers to all persons. Medical practitioners are not excluded.

[Wood Renton A. C. J. -The notification is made under section 16 (3) of the Excise Ordinance, and not under section 55. ] It is not necessary to quote the sec