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Controlled substance, means any substance which the Central Government may, having regard to the available information as to its possible use in the production or manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or to the provisions of any International Convention, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be a controlled substance. [The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (61 of 1985), s. 2 (viid)]