Power to prohibit use of certain substances in excisable goods

(1) Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the Minister that any substance or liquor is, or is capable of being, used in the manufacture or preparation for sale of any article subject to a duty of excise, and that such substance or liquor is of a noxious or detrimental nature, or, being a chemical or artificial extract or product, may affect prejudicially the interests of the revenue, the Minister may by Order published in the Gazette, prohibit the use of such substance or liquor in the manufacture or preparation for sale of any articles specified in the Order, and by like Order to withdraw such prohibition at any time. (2) Where, after the publication of any such Order of prohibition in the Gazette, any person uses the substance or liquor thereby prohibited in the manufacture or preparation for sale of any article therein specified, he commits an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and any such substance or liquor found in the possession of any person licensed to the manufacture or for the sale of the article, 14 and also the article in the manufacture or preparation whereof any such substance or liquor may have been used, shall be forfeited. CAP. 99.