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Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1985

.....convention, relating to narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances which may be ratified or acceded to by India after the commencement of this Act. (x) "manufacture", in relation to narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, includes- (1) all processes other than production by which such drugs or substances may be obtained; (2) refining of such drugs or substances; (3) transformation of such drugs or substances; and (4) making of preparation (otherwise than in a pharmacy on prescription) with or containing such drugs or substances; (xi) "manufactured drug" means- (a) all coca derivatives, medicinal cannabis, opium derivatives and poppy straw concentrate; (b) any other narcotic substance or preparation which the Central Government may, having regard to the available information as to its nature or to a decision, if any, under any International Convention, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be a manufactured drug; but does not include any narcotic substance or preparation which the Central Government may, having regard to the available information as to its nature, or to a decision, if any, under any International Convention, by notification in the Official.....

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1985

.....the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS -In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Authority" means the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority established under Section 4-; (b) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Authority; (c) "export" means taking out of India by land, sea or air; (d) "exporter" means a person registered as an exporter of Scheduled products under Section 12-; (e) "member" means a member of the Authority and includes the Chairman; (f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; (g) "processing" in relation to Scheduled products includes the process of preservation of such products such as canning, freezing, drying, salting, smoking, peeling or filleting and any other method of processing which the Authority may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf; (h) "regulations" means regulations made under this Act ; (i) "Scheduled product" means any of the agricultural or processed food products included in the Schedule. SECTION.....

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985 Amending Act 1

Title: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 2009

State: Central

Year: 1985

.....2.-- In the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985(2 OF 1986) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 2,-- (a) in clause (g), for the words "Scheduled products", the words "Scheduled products or, as the case may be, Special products" shall be substituted; (b) in clause (i), for the words "the Schedule", the words "the First Schedule" shall be substituted; (c) after clause (i), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-- (j) "Special product" means any of the agricultural or processed food products included in the Second Schedule.'. 3. Substitution of new section for section 3 For section 3 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, lamely:-- "3. Power to amend the Schedule - The Central Government may, having regard to the objects to this Act, and if it considers necessary or expedient so to do, by notification in the Official Gazette, add to, or, as the case may be, omit from, the First Schedule or the Second Schedule any agricultural or processed food product and on such addition, or as the case may be, omission, such product shall be, or shall cease to be, a Scheduled.....

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985 Chapter VI

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Central

Year: 1985

.....of court No court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class shall try any offence punishable under this Act. Section 26 - Previous sanction of the Central Government No prosecution for any offence punishable under this Act shall be instituted except with previous sanction of the Central Government. Section 27 - Protection of action taken in good faith No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Central Government, or the Authority or any committee appointed by it, or any member of the Authority or such committee, or any other or other employee of the Central Government or of the Authority or any other person authorised by the Central Government or the Authority, for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or the rules made there under. Section 28 - Power to delegate The Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, direct that any power exercisable by it under this Act (not being the power to make rules under Section 32) may also be exercised in such cases and subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the order, by such.....

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985 Section 35

Title: Validation

State: Central

Year: 1985

1[35. Validation.-All things done, or, omitted to be done, and all actions or measures taken, or, not taken, during the period beginning on or after the 13th day of October, 2008 and ending immediately before the date of commencement of the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 2009, shall, in so far as they are in conformity with the provisions of this Act, as amended by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 2009, be deemed to have been done, or, omitted to be done, or, taken, or, not taken, under the provisions of this Act, as amended by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 2009, as if such provisions were in force at the time such things were done or omitted to be done and actions or measures taken or not taken during the said period.] ________________________ 1. Inserted by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 2009.

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985 Section 19

Title: Power to Prohibit or Control Imports and Exports of Scheduled Products

State: Central

Year: 1985

(1) The Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make provision for prohibiting, restricting or otherwise controlling the import or export of the Scheduled products, either generally or in specified classes of cases. (2) All Scheduled products to which any order under sub-section (1) applies, shall be deemed to be goods of which the export has been prohibited under Section 11 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and all the provisions of that Act shall have effect accordingly. (3) If any person contravenes any order made under sub-section (1), he shall, without prejudice to any confiscation or penalty to which he may be liable under the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), as applied by sub-section (2), be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985 Chapter V

Title: Control by the Central Government

State: Central

Year: 1985

(1) The Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make provision for prohibiting, restricting or otherwise controlling the import or export of the Scheduled products, either generally or in specified classes of cases. (2) All Scheduled products to which any order under sub-section (1) applies, shall be deemed to be goods of which the export has been prohibited under Section 11 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and all the provisions of that Act shall have effect accordingly. (3) If any person contravenes any order made under sub-section (1), he shall, without prejudice to any confiscation or penalty to which he may be liable under the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), as applied by sub-section (2), be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both. Section 20 - Directions by the Central Government The Authority shall carry out such directions as may be issued to it from time to time by the Central Government for the efficient administration of this Act before each House of Parliament.

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 Section 79

Title: Application of the Customs Act, 1962

State: Central

Year: 1985

All prohibitions and restrictions imposed by or under this Act on the import into India, the export from India and transhipment of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances shall be deemed to be prohibitions and restrictions imposed by or under the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and the provisions of that Act shall apply accordingly: Provided that, where the doing of anything is an offence punishable under that Act and under this Act, nothing in that Act or in this section shall prevent the offender from being punished under this Act.

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 Chapter 6

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Central

Year: 1985

.....his abstention from any act, such performance or abstention shall be deemed to be public duty within the meaning of section 74 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872); and upon breach of the conditions of such bond by him, the whole sum named therein as the amount to be paid in case of such breach may be recovered from him or from his surety (if any) as if it were an arrear of land revenue. Section 73 - Bar of jurisdiction No civil court shall entertain any suit or proceeding against any decision made or order passed by any officer or authority under this Act or under any rule made thereunder on any of the following matters, namely:-- (a) withholding, refusal or cancellation of any licence for the cultivation of the opium poppy; (b) weighment, examination and classification according to the quality and consistence of opium and any deductions from, or addition to, the standard price made in accordance with such examination; (c) confiscation of opium found to be adulterated with any foreign substance. Section 74 - Transitional provisions Every officer or other employee of the Government exercising or performing immediately before the commencement of this Act,.....

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985 Chapter II

Title: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority

State: Central

Year: 1985

..... (g) the promotion of export oriented production and development of the Scheduled products ; (h) the collection of statistics from. the owners of factories or establishments engaged in the production, processing, packaging, marketing or export of the Scheduled products or from such other persons as may be prescribed on any matter relating to the Scheduled products; and the publication of the statistics so collected, or of any portions thereof or extracts there from; (i) the training in various aspects of the industries connected with the Scheduled products; (j) such other matters as may be prescribed. 1[10A. Functions in respect of Special products, etc.- Without prejudice to any law for the time being in force, it shall be the duty of the Authority to undertake, by such measures as may be prescribed by the Central Government for registration and protection of the Intellectual Property rights in respect of Special products in India or outside India. Explanation.-- For the purpose of this section "Intellectual Property" means any right to intangible property, namely, trade marks, designs, patents, geographical indications or any other similar intangible property, under.....