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Sikkim Anti Drugs Act, 2006 Complete Act

State: Sikkim

Year: 2006

SIKKIM ANTI DRUGS ACT, 2006 SIKKIM ANTI DRUGS ACT, 2006 (Act No. 2 of 2006) AN ACT to control, regulate and prevent the abuse of drugs and controlled substances with abuse potential being misused by addicts and traffickers, to make stringent provisions to deal with the ever increasing phenomenon of abuse of medicinal preparations and for matters connected therewith. Beit enacted by the State Legislature in the Fifty-seventh Year of Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY Short Title, extent and commencement 1. (1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Anti Drugs Act, 2006. (2) It extends to the whole of Sikkim. (3) It shall come into force on the date of publication in the Official Gazette. Definitions 2. In the Act, unless the context otherwise requires " (i) "Act" means the Sikkim Anti Drugs Act, 2006; (ii) "addict" means a person who has dependence in any drug having abuse potential and consumes the said drug; (iii) "controlled substances" means any substance declared by the Government by notification, published in the Official Gazette; (iv) "conveyance" means a conveyance of any description whatsoever and includes any aircraft, vehicle (two-or-three.....