Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (India)

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The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act is an act of the Parliament of India which was passed in 1985 and came into effect in India from November 14, 1985. Under one of the provisions of the act, the Narcotics Control Bureau was set up with effect from March 1986. The Act is designed to fulfill India's treaty obligations under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.

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Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 Act No. 61 of 1985

[16th September, 1985.]

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to narcotic drugs, to make stringent provisions for the control and regulation of operations relating to narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances 1*[ to provide for the forfeiture of  property derived from, or used  in, illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, to implement the provisions of the International Conventions on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances].and for matters connected therewith.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-sixty Year of the Republic of India as follows –

CHAPTER I - PRELIMINARY

1. Short title, extent and commencement.

           (1)  This Act may be called the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

           (2)  It extends to the whole of India.

           (3)   It shall come into force on such date 2* as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and for different States and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed in relation to any State as a reference to the coming into force of that provision in that State.

2. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires

           (i)   "addict" means a person addicted to any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance;

           (ii)   "Board" means the Central Board of Excise and Customs constituted under the Central Boards of Revenue Act, 1963 (54 of 1963),

           (iii)  "cannabis (hemp)" means –

                       (a)  charas, that is, the separated resin, in whatever form, whether  crude or purified, obtained from the cannabis plant and also includes concentrated preparation and resin known as hashish oil or liquid hashish;

                       (b)  ganja, that is, the flowering or fruiting tops of the cannabis plant (excluding the seeds and leaves when not accompanied by the tops), by whatever name they may be known or designated; and