State of Maharashtra - Act
The Maharashtra Narcotic Drags and Psychotropic Substances Rules, 1985
MAHARASHTRA
India
India
The Maharashtra Narcotic Drags and Psychotropic Substances Rules, 1985
Rule THE-MAHARASHTRA-NARCOTIC-DRAGS-AND-PSYCHOTROPIC-SUBSTANCES-RULES-1985 of 1985
- Published on 14 November 1985
- Commenced on 14 November 1985
- [This is the version of this document from 14 November 1985.]
- [Note: The original publication document is not available and this content could not be verified.]
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In these rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-Chapter I
Poppy Straws
Exemption3.
Any person may, without a licence, permit or pass, possess, import inter-State or export inter-State poppy straws not exceeding 450 grams at any one time.Possession4.
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No licence or permit under the aforesaid rules shall be granted for any period beyond 31st March next following the date of the commencement of the licence or permit, as the case may be.Import Inter-State and Export Inter-State7.
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Any person holding a permit in Form Poppy-1 may, without a pass, transport otherwise than by way of consignment poppy straws in quantity not exceeding that which he is permitted to possess under his permit.10.
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No railway administration shall -13.
No package containing poppy straws during its transit in the course of their import inter-State, export inter-State, or transport shall be opened or broken.14.
Any Revenue Officer, not below the rank of a Tahsildar, or an officer of the Food and Drug Administration, not below the rank of Inspector or any officer of the Prohibition and Excise Department, not below the rank of a Sub-Inspector or any officer of the Police Department, not below the rank of a Head Constable may at any time examine any package or receptacle containing poppy straws or any consignment of poppy straws during its transit.Accounts and Returns15.
Chapter II
Opium Possession
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Every person holding a licence in Form O. P. II-A shall keep in Form G daily accounts of the quantities of medicines containing opium purchased and sold by him.20.
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No licence or permit under the aforesaid provisions shall be granted for any period beyond 31st March next following the date of the commencement of the licence or permit, as the case may be :Provided that, a licence in Form O. P. 1 may be granted or renewed for a period not exceeding three years at a time but not beyond 31st March of the third year from the date of the commencement of the licence, if the licensee gives an undertaking to the effect that he shall abide by the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and the rules, regulations and orders made thereunder and also by all the conditions of the licence which may be imposed by the State Government at the time of granting the licence or at any time during the currency of the licence.Sale24.
Depots for the sale of opium shall be established at such places as the State Government may from time to time direct.25.
Opium required for sale at a depot may be obtained from Gazipur in the Uttar Pradesh. Opium may also be obtained from such other place as the State Government may direct.26.
Opium shall not be sold at any place except at a depot established under rule 24 :Provided that, a person holding licence in Form O. P. I or O. P. II or O. P. II-A may sell medicines containing opium to the extent and subject to the conditions laid down in his licence.Import Inter-State27.
Subject to the provisions of rule 25, no opium for the purposes of sale at a depot established under rule 24 shall be imported by railway or by Insured Postal Parcel :Provided that, a person holding licence in Form O. P. I or O. P. II or O. P. II-A may, under a pass granted under rule 28, import inter-State medicines containing opium from any other State in India.28.
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No packet containing opium or medicine containing opium shall be opened during its transport :Provided that, nothing contained in this rule shall apply to persons holding a permit in Form O. P. III.32.
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No railway administration shall -34.
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In the case of preparations and admixtures containing opium (which are not manufactured drugs under the Act), the bottles, phials, packages or other containers of such preparations and admixtures or the labels affixed to them shall plainly, exhibit -36.
Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, it shall be lawful for any person to buy, possess, transport, consume or use any medicine containing opium in such quantity as may at one time be dispensed or sold to him in accordance with the prescription of a registered medical practitioner.37.
Any person may, without any permit or licence, purchase, possess and transport opium or medicine containing opium on behalf of a pardanashin lady or on behalf of an infirm or invalid person who is physically not fit to purchase, possess and transport opium or medicine containing opium provided that,-38.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing rules, no licence, permit or pass shall be necessary for the purchase, possession, transport, import, export and sale of opium by or on behalf of Government depots established under rule 24.39.
Chapter III
Ganja Possession
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Every person holding a licence in Form B-IIA shall keep in Form N daily accounts of the quantities of medicines containing ganja purchased and sold by him.44.
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Depots for the sale of ganja shall be established at such places as the State Government may from time to time direct.49.
Ganja required for sale at a depot may be obtained from a warehouse established by the State Government for this purpose. Ganja may also be obtained from such other place as the Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise may direct50.
Ganja shall not be sold at any place except at a depot established under rule 48 :Provided that, a person holding a licence in Form B-I or B-II or B-IIA may sell medicines containing ganja to the extent and subject to the conditions laid down in his licence.Import Inter-State51.
A person holding a licence in Form B-I or B-II or B-IIA may, under a pass granted under rule 52(2), import inter-State medicines containing ganja from any other State in India.52.
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No packet containing ganja or medicine containing ganja, as the case may be, shall be opened during its transport :Provided that, nothing contained in this rule shall apply to persons holding a permit in Form B-III.56.
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No railway administration shall -58.
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In the case of preparations and admixtures containing ganja (which are not manufactured drugs under the Act), the bottles, phials, packages or other containers of such preparations and admixtures or the labels affixed to them shall plainly exhibit -60.
Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, it shall be lawful for any person to buy, possess, transport, consume or use any medicine containing ganja in such quantity as may at one time be dispensed or sold to him in accordance with the prescription of a registered medical practitioner.61.
Any person may without any permit or licence purchase, possess and transport ganja or medicine containing ganja on behalf of any pardanashin lady or on behalf of any infirm or invalid person who is physically not fit to purchase, possess and transport ganja or medicine containing ganja as the case may be, provided that -62.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing rules, no licence, permit or pass shall be necessary for the purchase, possession, transport and sale of ganja by or on behalf of Government depots, established under rule 48.63.
Chapter IV
Medical Opium Manufacture
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The manufacture of medical opium is prohibited save under and in accordance with the conditions of a licence in Form P annexed hereto granted by the Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Maharashtra State, Bombay.Chapter V
Manufactured Drugs Manufacture
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No licensed dealer in manufactured drugs shall except in accordance with the conditions of his licence and except on the premises licensed for the purpose under these rules manufacture any preparation containing any manufactured drugs from materials which he is lawfully entitled to possess.66.
No licensed chemist shall dispense manufacture drugs except on prescription and in accordance with the conditions of his licence.Possession67.
No person shall possess any manufactured drugs except in such quantity as has been at one time dispensed or sold for his use in accordance with the provisions of rule 60 or 88 of these rules or of corresponding rules for the time being in force in any part of India, the import inter-State or export inter-State of manufactured drugs save as has been permitted under the rules.68.
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A Medical Officer or an approved practitioner possessing manufactured drugs [under rule 68 or rule 69] [These words and figures were substituted for the words and figures 'under rule 69' by G. N. of 28.9.1989.], shall -71.
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No licensed dealer in manufactured drugs or licensed chemist shall possess manufactured drugs except in such quantity and in such manner as may be specified in his licence.73.
No person shall, without an authorisation granted to him under these rules for the import inter-State, export inter-State or transport of manufactured drugs, possess such drugs exceeding such quantity and otherwise than in such manner as may be specified in such authorisation.Import Inter-State, Export Inter-State and Transport74.
No person shall import inter-State, export inter-State or transport manufactured drugs except in such quantities as he may lawfully possess under rule 67.75.
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No person shall, without an authorisation granted to him under these rules for the import inter-State of any manufactured drugs import that drug exceeding such quantity and otherwise than in such manner as may be specified in such authorisation.79.
No licensed dealer in manufactured drugs shall, unless permitted by the Licensing Authority, import inter-State medicinal opium from the Ghazipur Factory (hereinafter referred to as "the factory"). Such import inter-State shall be permitted subject to the following conditions :-80.
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No person, unless he is authorised in this behalf by the [Controlling Authority] [These words were substituted for the words 'Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration' by G. N. of 17.1.1991.] by special order made under rule 92 shall export inter-State opium derivatives or medicinal hemp exceeding such quantity and otherwise than in such manner as may be specified in such order.82.
No person shall, without an authorisation granted to him under these rules for the transport of manufactured drugs, transport such drug exceeding such quantity and otherwise than in such manner as may be specified in such authorisation :Provided that, an approved practitioner holding a licence in Form NDPS-2 may, without such authorization, transport otherwise than by rail or post manufactured drugs in quantities not exceeding those specified in condition 1 of his licence.83.
Every person importing inter-State, exporting inter-State or transporting manufactured drugs shall comply with such general or special directions as may, from time to time, be issued by the [Controlling Authority] [These words were substituted for the words 'Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration' by G. N. of 17.1.1991.].84.
Except as provided in rule 85, no person shall import inter-State or export inter-State or transport manufactured drugs whether or not the same is in the possession of Government, by rail or post into, out of or within the State of Maharashtra.85.
Import inter-State export inter-State, or transport of manufactured drugs shall be allowed by rail or post subject to the following conditions, namely :-86.
Nothing in these rules shall be deemed to permit the import interstate of manufactured drugs from any parts of India outside the State of Maharashtra unless the rules for the time being in force in such parts of India relating to the export inter-State have been complied with.Sale87.
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No licensed chemist shall sell manufactured drugs otherwise than on prescription and subject to the conditions of his licence.89.
Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, the holder of a licence in Form NDPS-1 shall, whenever required to do so, sell any manufactured drug to any Government Officer who is duly authorised by the State Government in this behalf to possess such drug on behalf of Government under the first proviso to clause (a) of sub-section (1] of section 10 of the Act, provided that a receipt is obtained by the holder of the licence from such officer for the same and kept on his record.90.
A prescription for the supply of manufactured drugs shall comply with the following conditions :-91.
The [Controlling Authority] [These words were substituted for the words 'Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration' by G. N. of 17.1.1991.], may by a general or special order, authorise -92.
The [Controlling Authority] [These words were substituted for the words 'Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration' by G. N. of 17.1.1991.] may by a special order authorise any person to export inter-State opium derivatives or medicinal hemp, subject to such conditions as may be specified in such order.93.
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The Licensing Authority or such other officer, as the Licensing Authority may empower in this behalf may grant to any licensed dealer in manufactured drugs, ora licensed chemist an authorization in Form NDPS-4, for the import inter-State of manufactured drugs not exceeding the quantity which such dealer or chemist may lawfully possess.95.
When any manufactured drug is to be exported to any other part of India the person intending to export the same shall first obtain a no-objection certificate or permit from an officer authorised in this behalf under the corresponding rules in force in such other part of India and present such certificate or permit alongwith the indent, to the Licensing Authority or such other officer as may be authorised in this behalf at the place of export, who shall then, if he sees no objection, issue an export authorisation in Form NDPS-5 :Provided that, in the case of export inter-State of drugs required for use in Government Medical Institutions no such no-objection certificate or permit shall be necessary if the Controlling Medical Officer, not below the rank of a Civil Surgeon, or the Superintendent of the Government Veterinary Institute in the district to which the drug is to be exported, certifies by endorsement on the requisition or indent that the drug is required for bonafide Government purposes and intimates the facts to the [Controlling Authority] [These words were substituted for the words 'Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration' by G. N. of 17.1.1991.] and the concerned authority of the place from and to which the drug is to be exported.96.
When any manufactured drug is to be transported, the person intending to transport the same shall first obtain a transport authorization in Form NDPS-6, from the Licensing Authority or such other officer as may be authorised by the [Controlling Authority] [These words were substituted for the words 'Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration' by G. N. of 17.1.1991.] in this behalf at the place to which the drug is to be transported and present it to the Licensing Authority or such other officer as may be authorised by the [Controlling Authority] [These words were substituted for the words 'Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration' by G. N. of 17.1.1991.] in this behalf at the place from which the drug is to be transported, who shall complete the authorisation and allow the removal of the drug, provided that the quantity of the drug does not exceed the quantity which such person may lawfully possess :[Provided that, in the case of transport of manufactured drugs within the State, required for use in Government or Semi Government Medical Institution, no such transport authorisation in Form NDPS-6 shall be necessary if the Controlling Medical Officer in-charge of such Medical Institution, not below the rank of Class-11 Gazetted Officer certifies by endorsement on the requisition or indent that the drug is required for bona fide purposes and intimates the facts to the Licensing Authority of the place to which such drug is to be transported.] [Proviso was added by G.N. of 20.5.1991.]97.
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In the case of preparations and admixtures containing manufactured drugs, the limit wherever specified shall be with reference to the manufactured drug contents, respectively, and not with reference to the quantity or bulk of the preparation and (he bottles, phials, packages or other containers of these preparations and label affixed to them shall plainly exhibit the actual quantity of the manufactured drugs present in such container or sufficient particulars to admit of the ready calculation of such quantity.99.
All preparations containing more than 0.2 per cent, morphine or 0.1 per cent, of cocaine and any preparations which the Central Government may by notification in the Gazette of India made in pursuance of a finding under Article 8 of the Geneva Convention declare not to be a manufactured drug, may be imported, exported, transported possessed or sold without any restriction,100.
Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that no licence, permit, pass or authorisation shall be necessary for the import, export, transport, possession or sale, in quantity not exceeding 500 grams of such manufactured drugs as may be specified in the notification.Chapter VI
Miscellaneous
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Whenever the authority granting a licence, permit or pass considers that it should be cancelled or suspended for any cause other than those specified in rule 102 above may cancel or suspend it by recording the reasons in writing for doing so.104. Appeals.
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- The State Government may call for and examine the record of any order passed by any officer or authority subordinate to it for the purpose of satisfying itself as to the legality or propriety of such orders and may modify, annul or reverse such order and pass such order as it deems fit.106. Power to issue supplementary instructions.
- (i) The Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise may issue written instructions providing for any supplementary matters arising out of Chapter I to IV of these rules.107. Supersession and Savings.
1. The permit-holder shall not possess poppy straws in excess of.......... at any one time and he shall not use more than of poppy straws during any calendar month.
2. The permit-holder shall not obtain poppy straws except from a person holding licence in Form 'Popp. - 2' or from any place outside the State of Maharashtra on the strength of an import inter-State pass.
3. The permit-holder shall not use poppy straws at any place other than the premises specified above.
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5. The permit-holder shall comply with all orders and directions which may be issued to him by the Collector or the authorised officer relating to the subject matter of this permit.
6. The permit-holder shall get entered in his permit, the quantity of poppy straws obtained by him from -
7. This permit shall be non-transferable and may be suspended or cancelled in accordance with the provisions of these rules.
8. In case the permit is surrendered, suspended or cancelled during its currency or is not renewed on its expiry, the permit-holder shall forthwith surrender the whole of the unused stock of poppy straws to the Collector.
9. This permit shall remain in force from to....................(both days inclusive).
Granted this ........ days of ..19 .SealSignature and designation ofthe officer granting the permit.Place :(Reverse of the permit in Form 'Poppy-1')Details of receipts of poppy straws by the permit-holder| Total quantity of poppy straws permitted to beused during a month. | |||||
| Date | Quantity obtained from a licensee | Quantity imported | No. and date of import inter-State pass | Signature | |
| of the selling licensee | of the local Prohibition and Excise officer | ||||
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2. The licensee shall not sell poppy straws to any person in excess of the quantity which such person is permitted to possess under the Maharashtra Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Rules, 1985, or to transport or export under a pass held by such person.
3. The licensee shall carry on the business of selling poppy straws at the shop either personally or by an agent or servant duly authorised by him in this behalf in writing.
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5. The licensee shall preserve the said accounts, the register of purchasers and passes for not less than one year from the date of the last entry in the account book or the register of purchasers and shall produce them, together with this licence and any poppy straws that may be in his possession at the time, for inspection on demand by the Collector, a Prohibition and Excise Officer not below the rank of a Sub-Inspector or any other officer deputed by the Collector or authorised officer to inspect the same.
6. The licensee shall, if so required by the authorised officer, furnish to the authorised officer such information in connection with the poppy straws received, sold and held in stock by him.
7. The licensee shall, when called upon by any officer authorised to inspect the accounts and stocks of poppy straws under condition 5, give an explanation in writing regarding any irregularities detected at the shop. He shall also allow him to take samples of the poppy straws in the shop for analysis, free of cost.
8. The licensee shall maintain at the shop a visit book, duly paged and stamped with the seal of the Superintendent of Prohibition and Excise in which visiting officers may record their remarks.
9. The licensee, his heirs, legal representatives or assignees shall have no claim, whatsoever, to (he continuance or renewal of the licence after the expiry of the period for which it is granted. It is entirely within the discretion of the Collector or the authorised officer whether to permit or not the assignee or the licensee in case of sale or transfer, or the heir or legal representative of the licensee in case of death, to have the benefit of the licence for the unexpired portion of the term for which it is granted.
10. This licence may be suspended or cancelled in accordance with the provisions of these rules.
11. In case this licence is surrendered, suspended or cancelled during the currency of the period for which it is granted or is not renewed on its expiry, the licensee shall forthwith hand over the whole of the unsold stock of poppy straws to the Collector or authorised officer. The licensee shall also hand over to the Collector or authorised officer all accounts, passes, registers and visit books, in original, which he is required to keep and preserve under this licence.
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| Date | Opening balance | Quantity received | Total of columns (2) and (3) | |||
| Quantity | Name and address of the person from whom received | Number and date of the | ||||
| Import pass | Transport pass | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| Quantity exported | Quantity sold to licensees in the State | ||||
| Quantity | Name and address of the person to whom exported | No. and date of the export pass | Quantity | Name and address of the licensee to whom sold | No. and date of the transport pass |
| (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) |
| Quantity sold to permit-holders | Quantity sold to individuals not holding permits | Total of columns (7), (10), (13) and (14) | Closing balance | Remarks | Signature of the licensee |
| (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) |
| Date | Name and address of the person to whom poppystraws are sold | Number of the licence or permit, if any, held bythe purchaser | Quantity sold |
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| Purpose for which sold | Signature of the purchaser or the No. and date ofthe transport or export pass held by the purchaser | Remarks | Signature of the licensee |
| (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) |
| No. and description of packages | Gross weight | Mark and No. of Containers | Value | No. and date of pass | Remarks |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |