Section 27 in The Delhi Narcotic Drugs Rules, 1985
27.
Every cultivator licensed to cultivate opium poppy for the producing of opium under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Rules, 1985, after each harvesting of opium, dispose of, subject to the provisions of Rule 4, the poppy straw obtained from such cultivation in the following manner-(i)he shall not keep with him such poppy straw in any year beyond the 31st July of the same year;(ii)he may dispose of such poppy straw before the expiry of the aforesaid date by-(a)warehousing the same for export or export out of India;(b)exporting the same for warehousing;(c)exporting the same out of India;(d)using the same as manure in his field; or(e)destroying the same.
