12. Regulation of possession of notified drug.

(a) (i) if he be a dealer, at any one time or during such period or periods as the State Government may specify, or
(ii) if he be a medical practitioner, at any one time save with the previous permission of the Collector in writing, in excess of such quantity or quantities as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette , determine in this behalf ;
(b) if he is not a dealer or medical practitioner, in excess of such quantity as has been at any one time dispensed or sold on prescription for a bona fide medicinal use to him or to a member of his household, except under a permit granted by an officer duly empowered by the State Government in this behalf: