Opium Poppy
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Opium poppy, means:
(a) the plant of the species Papaver somniferum L., and
(b) the plant of any other species of Papaver from which opium or any phenanthrene alkaloid can be extracted and which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be opium poppy for the purposes of this Act. [Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, s. 2(xvii)
(a) the plant of the species Papaver somniferum L., and
(b) the plant of any other species of Papaver from which opium or any phenanthrene alkaloid can be extracted and which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be opium poppy for the purposes of this Act. [Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, s. 2(xvii)
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