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Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000 Chapter III

Title: Prohibition and Regulation of Chemical Weapons and Tixic Chemicals

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....the 29th day of April, 1997, transfer to or receive from any person, who is not a citizen of a State Party, any Toxic Chemical or Precursor listed in Schedule 2 in the Annex on Chemicals to the Convention. Section 17 - Export or import to be made in accordance with Export and Import Policy No person shall export from, or import into, India a Toxic Chemical or Precursor listed in any of the Schedules 1 to 3 in the Annex on Chemicals to the Convention except in accordance with the provisions of the Export and Import Policy determined by the Central Government from time to time under the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (22 of 1992) and the Orders issued thereunder.

Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005 Preamble 1

Title: Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005

State: Central

Year: 2005

.....devices, or to transfer control over such weapons or explosive devices, and not in any way to assist, encourage, or induce any other country to manufacture nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices; AND WHEREAS India is committed to prevent a non-State actor and a terrorist from acquiring weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems; AND WHEREAS India is committed to the objective of global nuclear disarmament; AND WHEREAS India is committed to its obligations as a State Party to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Skpiling and use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction and the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Skpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction; AND WHEREAS India is exercising controls over the export of chemicals, organisms, materials, equipment, and technologies in relation to weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems under other relevant Acts; AND WHEREAS it is considered necessary to provide for integrated legal measures to exercise controls over the export of materials, equipment, and technologies and to prohibit.....

Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005 Section 8

Title: Prohibition Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction

State: Central

Year: 2005

(1) No person shall unlawfully manufacture, acquire, possess, develop or transport a nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive device and their means of delivery. (2) No person shall unlawfully transfer, directly or indirectly, to any one a nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive device, or transfer control over such a weapon, knowing it to be a nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive device. (3) No person shall unlawfully manufacture, acquire, possess, develop or transport a biological or chemical weapon or their means of delivery. (4) No person shall unlawfully transfer, directly or indirectly, to any one biological or chemical weapons. (5) No person shall unlawfully transfer, directly or indirectly, to any one missiles specially designed for the delivery of weapons of mass destruction.

Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000 Section 14

Title: Knowledge About Old or Abandoned Chemical Weapons to Be Informed to National Authority

State: Central

Year: 2000

Any person having knowledge about the possession or location of Old Chemical Weapons or Abandoned Chemical Weapons shall inform the National Authority of such possession and the precise location of such Old Chemical Weapons or Abandoned Chemical Weapons within seven days from the commencement of this Act: Provided that where the knowledge about the possession or location of Old Chemical Weapons or Abandoned Chemical Weapons is obtained after the commencement of this Act, an information about knowledge of such possession or location shall be given to the National Authority within seven days from the occurrence of such knowledge.

Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000 Section 13

Title: Prohibition to Develop, Produce, Acquire, Etc., Chemical Weapons

State: Central

Year: 2000

(1) No person shall-- (a) develop, produce, otherwise acquire, stockpile, retain or use Chemical Weapons or transfer, directly or indirectly, any Chemical Weapons to any person; (b) use riot control agents as a method of warfare; (c) engage in any military preparations to use Chemical Weapons; (d) assist, encourage or induce, in any manner, any person to engage in- (i) the use of any riot control agent as a method of warfare; (ii) any other activity prohibited to a State Party under the Convention. (2) The prohibition contained in sub-section (1) shall not apply to the retention or possession of Chemical Weapons, which are permitted by the Convention, pending destruction of such Weapons.

Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000 Preamble 1

Title: Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000

State: Central

Year: 2000

THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION ACT, 2000 [Act, No. 34 of 2000] [26th August, 2000] PREAMBLE An Act to give effect to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. whereas a Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction was signed on behalf of the Government of India at Paris on the 14th day of January, 1993; And whereas India, having ratified the said Convention, has to make provisions for giving effect thereto and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000 Section 40

Title: Punishment for Contravention of Relation to Development, Production, Etc., of Chemical Weapons or Riot Control Agents, Etc

State: Central

Year: 2000

Whoever, in contravention of any provision of this Act, develops, produces, otherwise acquires, stockpiles, retains or uses Chemical Weapons, transfers, directly or indirectly, any Chemical Weapon to any person, uses any riot control agent as a method of warfare, engages in any military preparations to use Chemical Weapons, assists, encourages or induces in any manner any person to engage in the use of any riot control agent as a method of warfare or any other activity prohibited to a State Party under the Convention, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to term of life and shall also be liable to fine which may extend to one lakh rupees.

Chemical Weapons Convention (Amendment) Act, 2012, (Central) Preamble

Title: the Chemical Weapons Convention (Amendment) Act, 2012

State: Central

Year: 2012

THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2012 [Act No. 36 of 2012] [11th September, 2012] PREAMBLE An Act to amend the Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000 Schedule I

Title: Schedule

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....Not permit in any place under its control any activity prohibited to a State Party under this Convention; and (c) Extend its penal legislation enacted under sub-paragraph (a) to any activity prohibited to a State Party under this Convention undertaken anywhere by natural persons, possessing its nationality, in conformity with international law. 2. Each State Party shall cooperate with other States Parties and afford the appropriate form of legal assistance to facilitate the implementation of the obligations under paragraph 1. 3. Each State Party, during the implemenation of its obligations under this Convention, shall assign the highest priority to ensuring the safety of people and to protecting the environment, and shall cooperate as appropriate with other States Parties in this regard Relations between the State Party and the Organization 4. In order to fulfill its obligation under this Convention, each State Party shall designate or establish a National Authority to serve as the national focal point for effective liaison with the Organization and other States Parties. Each State Party shall notify the Organization of its National Authority at the time that this.....

Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....Chemical Weapons or riot control agents as a method of warfare is received from the Organisation; (f) conduct inspections for the purposes of this Act; (g) interact with the Organisation in respect of acceptance of request of India for Challenge Inspection or to counter any frivolous or defamatory request made by any State Party against India to the Organisation; (h) scrutinise and accept list of Inspectors and to verify the Approved Equipment brought by an Inspection Team on to the Inspection Site; (i) provide escort to the Inspection Team and the Observer within the territory of India; (j) identify and oversee the closure and destruction of Chemical Weapons, Chemical Weapons Production Facilities, Old Chemical Weapons or Abandoned Chemical Weapons; (k) negotiate Managed Access during the Challenge Inspection; (l) ensure decontamination of Approved Equipment after completion of an Inspection; (m) advise Central Government for laying down safeguards for transportation, sampling or storage of Chemical Weapons and fixation of standards for emission or discharge of environmental pollutants arising out of the destruction of Chemical Weapons, Old Chemical Weapons, Abandoned Chemical.....