Title : Punishment for Vexatious Entry, Search, Seizure or Arrest
State : Central
Year : 1985
(1) Any person empowered under section 42 or section 43 or section 44 who-- (a) without reasonable ground of suspicion enters or searches, or causes to be entered or searched, any building, conveyance or place; (b) vexatiously and unnecessarily seizes the property of any person on the pretence of seizing or searching for any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance or other article liable to be confiscated under this Act, or of seizing any document or other article liable to be seized under section 42, section 43 or section 44; or (c) vexatiously and unnecessarily detains, searches or arrests any person, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both. (2) Any person wilfully and..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power of State Government to Permit, Control and Regulate
State : Central
Year : 1985
(1) Subject to the provisions of section 8, the State Government may, by rules-- (a) permit and regulate-- (i) the possession, transport, import inter-State, export inter-State, warehousing, sale, purchase, consumption and use of poppy straw; (ii) the possession, transport, import inter-State, export inter-State, sale, purchase, consumption and use of opium; (iii) the cultivation of any cannabis plant, production, manufacture, possession, transport, import inter-State, export inter-State, sale, purchase consumption or use of cannabis (excluding charas); (iv) the manufacture of medicinal opium or any preparation containing any manufactured drug from materials which the maker is lawfully entitled to possess; (v) the possession, transport, purchase, sale, import inter-State,..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Procedure in Making Confiscations
State : Central
Year : 1985
(1) In the trial of offences under this Act, whether the accused is convicted or acquitted or discharged, the court shall decide whether any article or thing seized under this Act is liable to confiscation under section 60 or section 61 or section 62 and, if it decides that the article is so liable, it may order confiscation accordingly. (2) Where any article or thing seized under this Act appears to be liable to confiscation under section 60 or section 61 or section 62, but the person who committed the offence in connection therewith is not known or cannot be found, the court may inquire into and decide such liability, and may order confiscation accordingly: Provided that no order of confiscation of an article or thing shall be made until the expiry of one month from the date of..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power of State Government to Make Rules
State : Central
Year : 1985
(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-- (a) the conditions and the manner in which narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances shall be supplied for medical necessity to the addicts registered with the State Government and others under sub-section (1) of section 71; (b) the establishment, appointment, maintenance, management, superintendence of centres established under sub-section (1) of section 71 and appointment, training, powers and duties of persons employed in such centres; (c) any other matter which is to be,..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : 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. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Certain Officers to Assist Administrator, Competent Authority and Appellate Tribunal
State : Central
Year : 1985
For the purposes of any proceedings under this Chapter, the following officers are hereby empowered and required to assist the Administrator appointed under section 68G, competent authority and the Appellate Tribunal, namely:-- (a) officers of the Narcotics Control Bureau; (b) officers of the Customs Department; (c) officers of the Central Excise Department; (d) officers of the Income-tax Department; (e) officers of Enforcement appointed under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 (46 of 1973); (f) officers of Police; (g) officers of the Narcotics Department; (h) officers of the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau; (i) officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence; (j) such other officers of the Central or State Government as are specified by the Central..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Punishment for Embezzlement of Opium by Cultivator
State : Central
Year : 1985
Any cultivator licensed to cultivate the opium poppy on account of the Central Government who embezzles or otherwise illegally disposes of the opium produced or any part thereof, shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than ten years but which may extend to twenty years and shall also be liable to fine which shall not be less than one lakh but which may extend to two lakh rupees: Provided that the court may, for reasons to be recorded in the judgment, impose a fine exceeding two lakh rupees. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Competent Authority
State : Central
Year : 1985
(1) The Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, authorise any Collector of Customs or Collector of Central Excise or Commissioner of Income-tax or any other officer of the Central Government of equivalent rank to perform the functions of the competent authority under this Chapter. (2) The competent authorities shall perform their functions in respect of such persons or classes of persons as the Central Government may, by order, direct. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Notice or Order Not to Be Invalid for Error in Description
State : Central
Year : 1985
No notice issued or served, no declaration made, and no order passed under this Chapter shall be deemed to be invalid by reason of any error in the description of the property or person mentioned therein if such property or person is identifiable from the description so mentioned. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Bar of Jurisdiction
State : Central
Year : 1985
No order passed or declaration made under this Chapter shall be appealable except as provided therein and no civil court shall have jurisdiction in respect of any matter which the Appellate Tribunal or any competent authority is empowered by or under this Chapter to determine, and no injunction shall be granted by any court or other authority in respect of any action taken or to be taken in pursuance of any power conferred by or under this Chapter. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section