Act Info:
Preamble1 - CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION ACT, 2000
Chapter I Section1 - Short title, extent, application and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Section3 - Application of the Convention
Section4 - Power of Central Government to deny the request for inspection
Section5 - Power of Central Government to declare Cessation of the Act
Chapter II Section6 - Establishment of National Authority
Section7 - Powers and functions of National Authority
Section8 - National Authority to submit initial, annual and other periodical declarations to Organisation
Section9 - Appointment of enforcement officers
Section10 - Power of National Authority to issue directions
Section11 - Power of Central Government to constitute Committee
Section12 - Power of National Authority to call for information, etc
Chapter III Section13 - Prohibition to develop, produce, acquire, etc., Chemical Weapons
Section14 - Knowledge about Old or Abandoned Chemical Weapons to be informed to national Authority
Section15 - Prohibition to develop, produce, acquire, etc., Taxic Chemical or precursor
Section16 - Restriction of transfer of Taxic Chemical or Precursor listed in Schedule 2
Section17 - Export or import to be made in accordance with Export and Import Policy
Chapter IV Section18 - Registration of persons engaged in production, etc., of any Taxic Chemical or Precursor
Chapter V Section19 - Power of Inspector to inspect any person or place
Section20 - Enforcement officer to enter into any place for examining and tasting facility or to conduct search
Section21 - Certain acts to constitute an offence
Section22 - Power to issue warrant and authorization
Section23 - Power of entry, search, seizure and arrest without warrant or authorization
Section24 - Power of seizure and arrest in public places
Section25 - Procedure where seizure of goods liable to confiscation not possible
Section26 - Power to stop and search conveyance
Section27 - Conditions under which search of persons be conducted
Section28 - Provisions of Act 2 of 1974 to apply to arrests, searches and seizures
Section29 - Disposal of persons arrested and goods seized
Section30 - Power to invest officers of the National Authority, etc., with poers of an officer in charge of a police station
Section31 - Police to take charge of goods seized and delivered
Section32 - Report of arrest and seizure
Section33 - Liability of Taxic Chemicals, Precursors and conveyance to confiscation
Section34 - Confiscation of Goods used for concealing Taxic chemicals or Precursors
Section35 - Confiscation of sale proceeds of goods
Section36 - Procedure in making confiscation
Section37 - Power to cal of information, etc
Section38 - Information as to commission of offences
Chapter VI Section39 - Punishment for failure to register
Section40 - Punishment for contravention of relation to development, production, etc., of Chemical Weapons or riot control agents, etc
Section41 - Punishment for contravention in relation to Tacix Chemicals, etc., listed in Schedule 1
Section42 - Punishment for contravention in relation to transfer of Toxic Chemicals, etc., listed in Schedule 2
Section43 - Punishment for contravention in relation to export or import of Taxic Chemicals, etc
Section44 - Punishment for contravention in relation to disclosure of confidential information
Section45 - Punishment for contravention in relation to denial of access
Section46 - Punishment for contravention in relation to failure to furnish information, declaration or return
Section47 - Offence punishable under section 46 to be cognizable
Section48 - Offences by companies
Section49 - Prosecution of offences
Section50 - Appeals from the decision of the National Authority
Section51 - Provisions of Convention not to apply to certain mixtures
Chapter VII Section52 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section53 - Poer to delegate
Section54 - Officers to be public servants
Section55 - Removal of difficulties
Section56 - Power to make rules
ScheduleI - SCHEDULE