Section 20 in The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
20. Punishment for contravention in relation to cannabis plant and cannabis.-—
Whoever ... thousand rupees, or with both; ( B) and involves quantity lesser than commercial quantity but greater than small quantity, with rigorous imprisonment for a term which
Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
22. Punishment for contravention in relation to psychotropic substances.—
Whoever, in contravention of any provision of this Act ... sells, purchases, transports, imports inter-State, exports inter-State or uses any psychotropic substance shall be punishable,-- (a) where the contravention involves small quantity, with
Section 37 in The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
37. Offences to be cognizable and non-bailable.—
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained ... Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)— (a) every offence punishable under this Act shall be cognizable; (b) no person accused of an offence punishable
Section 21 in The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
21. Punishment for contravention in relation to manufactured drugs and preparations ... State, exports inter-State or uses any manufactured drug or any preparation containing any manufactured drug shall be punishable,-- (a) where the contravention
Section 15 in The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
15. Punishment for contravention in relation to poppy straw.—
Whoever, in contravention ... uses or omits to warehouse poppy straw or removes or does any act in respect of warehoused poppy straw shall be punishable,— (a) where
Section 18 in The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
18. Punishment for contravention in relation to opium poppy and opium.—
Whoever ... thousand rupees, or with both; (b) where the contravention involves commercial quantity, with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than
species of the genus Erythroxylon; (viia) "commercial quantity", in relation to narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, means any quantity greater than the quantity specified ... drug" means a narcotic drug notified by the Central Government for medical and scientific use; (viiib) "illicit traffic", in relation to narcotic drugs
And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
23. Punishment for illegal import in to India, export from India or transhipment of narcotic drugs ... imports into India or exports from India or tranships any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance shall be punishable,-- (a) where the contravention involves small
caption “Evidentiary value of statement under section 67 of
the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, Act, 1985 (“ NDPS ... Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1966 , the Sea Customs Act, 1878,
the Central Excise Act, 1944 , and the Customs Act
below:—
(a) the United Nations Convention Against Illicit
Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances, to which India is a party, calls for
prevention ... Indian
Penal Code , 1860 and 9 offences under the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 . These offences were
considered extremely heinous
