law: Poisons Act, 1919
  3. Power to prohibit importation into India of
  
  any poison except under license
  The 6[Central Government] may, by notification
  
  in the 7[Official Gazette], prohibit, except under and in accordance with the
  
  conditions of a license, the importation into 8[India] 9[across any customs
  
  frontier defined by the Central Government] of any specified poison, and may by
  
  rule regulate the grant of licenses.