Title : Central Government to Take Measures for Preventing and Combating Abuse of and Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs, Etc.
State : Central
Year : 1985
(1) Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Central Government shall take all such measures as it deems necessary or expedient for the purpose of preventing and combating abuse of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and the illicit traffic therein. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1), the measures which the Central Government may take under the sub-section include measures with respect to all or any of the following matters, namely:-- (a) coordination of actions by various officers, State Governments and other authorities-- (i) under this Act, or (ii) under any other law for the time being in force in connection with the enforcement of the provisions of this Act; (b) obligations under the International..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Confiscation of Goods Used for Concealing Illicit Drugs or Substances
State : Central
Year : 1985
Any goods used for concealing any1[narcotic drug, psychotropic substance or controlled substance] which is liable to confiscation under this Act shall also be liable to confiscation. Explanation.-- In this section "goods" does not include conveyance as a means of transport. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 9 of 2001, section 27, for "narcotic drug or psychotropic substance" (w.e.f. 2-10-2001). View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power of Seizure and Arrest in Public Place
State : Central
Year : 1985
Any officer of any of the departments mentioned in section 42 may-- (a) seize in any public place or in transit, any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance or controlled substance in respect of which he has reason to believe an offence punishable under this Act has been committed, and, along with such drug or substance, any animal or conveyance or article liable to confiscation under this Act, any document or other article which he has reason to believe may furnish evidence of the commission of an offence punishable under this Act or any document or other article which may furnish evidence of holding any illegally acquired property which is liable for seizure or freezing or forfeiture under Chapter VA of this Act; (b) detain and search any person whom he has reason to believe to..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Add to or Omit from the List of Psychotropic Substances
State : Central
Year : 1985
The Central Government may, if satisfied that it is necessary or expedient so to do on the basis of-- (a) the information and evidence which has become available to it with respect to the nature and effects of, and the abuse or the scope for abuse of, any substance (natural or synthetic) or natural material or any salt or preparation of such substance or material; and (b) the modifications or provisions (if any) which have been made to, or in any International Convention with respect to such substance, natural material or salt or preparation of such substance or material. by notification in the Official Gazette, add to, or, as the case may be, omit from, the list of psychotropic substances specified in the Schedule such substance or natural material or salt or preparation of such..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power of Entry, Search, Seizure and Arrest Without Warrant or Authorisation
State : Central
Year : 1985
(1) Any such officer (being an officer superior in rank to a peon, sepoy or constable) of the departments of central excise, narcotics, customs, revenue intellegence or any other department of the Central Government including para-military forces or armed forces as is empowered in this behalf by general or special order by the Central Government, or any such officer (being an officer superior in rank to a peon, sepoy or constable) of the revenue, drugs control, excise, police or any other department of a State Government as is empowered in this behalf by general or special order of the State Government, if he has reason to believe from persons knowledge or information given by any person and taken down in writing that any narcotic drug, or psychotropic substance, or controlled substance..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Immunity from Prosecution to Addicts Volunteering for Treatment
State : Central
Year : 1985
1[64A. Immunity from prosecution to addicts volunteering for treatment Any addict, who is charged with an offence punishable under section 27 or with offences involving small quantity of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, who voluntarily seeks to undergo medical treatment for de-addiction from a hospital or an institution maintained or recognised by the Government or a local authority and undergoes such treatment shall not be liable to prosecution under section 27 or under any other section for offences involving small quantity of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances: Provided that the said immunity from prosecution may be withdrawn if the addict does not undergo the complete treatment for de-addiction.] ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 2 of 1989, section..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Issue Warrant and Authorisation
State : Central
Year : 1985
1 [41.Power to issue warrant and authorisation (1) A MetropolitanMagistrate or a Magistrate of the first class or any Magistrate of the secondclass specially empowered by the State Government in this behalf, may issue awarrant for the arrest of any person whom he has reason to believe to havecommitted any offence punishable under this Act, or for the search, whether byday or by night, of any building, conveyance or place in which he has reason tobelieve any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance or controlled substance inrespect of which an offence punishable under this Act has been committed or anydocument or other article which may furnish evidence of the commission of suchoffence or any illegally acquired property or any document or other articlewhich may furnish evidence of..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Application
State : Central
Year : 1985
(1) The provisions of this Chapter shall apply only to persons specified in sub-section (2). (2) The persons referred to in sub-section (1) are the following, namely:-- (a) every person who has been convicted of an offence punishable under this Act with imprisonment for a term of1[ten] years or more; (b) every person who has been convicted of a similar offence by a competent court of criminal jurisdiction outside India; (c) every person in respect of whom an order of detention has been made under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 (46 of 1988), or under the Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 (J & K Act XXIII of 1988): Provided that such order of..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Short Title, Extent and Commencement
State : Central
Year : 1985
(1) This Act may be called the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. (2) It extends to the whole of India1[and it applies also-- (a) to all citizens of India outside India; (b) to all persons on ships and aircrafts registered in India. Wherever they may be.] (3) It shall come into force on such date2as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and for different States and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed in relation to any State as a reference to the coming into force of that provision, in that State. ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 9 of 2001, section 2 (w.e.f. 2-10-2001). 2. Came..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Punishment for Abetment and Criminal Conspiracy
State : Central
Year : 1985
(1) Whoever abets, or is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit an offence punishable under this Chapter, shall, whether such offence be or be not committed in consequence of such abetment or in pursuance of such criminal conspiracy, and notwithstanding anything contained in section 116 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), be punishable with the punishment provided for the offence. (2) A person abets, or is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit, an offence, within the meaning of this section, who, in India abets or is a party to the criminal conspiracy to the commission of any act in a place without and beyond India which-- (a) would constitute an offence if committed within India; or (b) under the laws of such place, is an offence relating to narcotic drugs or..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section