Section 15 in The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
15. Punishment for contravention in relation to poppy straw.—
Whoever, in contravention
sums specified in sub-section (2).] [Substituted by Act 66 of 1976, Section 17, for sub-Section ... National Fund for Control of Drug Abuse constituted under section 7A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act
relating to narcotic drugs, to
make stringent provisions for the control and regulation of
operations relating to narcotic drugs and psychotropic
substances ... Section 43
empowers such officer as mentioned in Section 42 to seize in
any public place or in transit, any narcotic drug or
psychotropic
Act.
Section 52 reads thus :
Disposal of persons arrested and articles seized.
(1) Any officer arresting a person under section 41 , section
42 , section ... person arrested and article seized under
sub- section (2) of section 41 , section 42 , section 43 or
section 44 shall be forwarded without unnecessary delay
revenue acts to record
evidence, such as section 108 of the Customs Act 1962, and section 14
of the Central Excise Act ... section 41 or section 42 officer
was also hit by section 25 of the Evidence Act. He added that the
special procedure in section
Act.
When Parliament enacted the 2002 Act, this scheme was
completely changed in that Section 45 of the Act now spoke
only ... Arms Act 1959, Wildlife (Protection) Act
1972, Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 and the
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 . According
officers
acting under Section 42 have been provided in the proviso to Section
42(1) and in Section 42(2) of the NDPS ... relating to narcotic drugs, incorporating stringent
provisions for control and regulation of operations relating to narcotic
drugs and psychotropic substances. The object
referred to in sub-section
(1) may consider relevant to the identity of the
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narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances in any
proceedings under ... powers
conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 52A of the
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act,
1985 (61 of 1985), (hereinafter referred
SINHA, J.
The appellant assails his conviction under Section 18 of
the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
(hereinafter referred ... 15,
Megha Singh vs. State of Haryana, 1996 (11) SCC 709,
State by Inspector of Police, Narcotics Intelligence
Bureau, Madurai, Tamilnadu vs. Rajangam, 2010 (15
offences under Section 8 read with Section 18
and under Section 8 read with Section 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Act ... offence under Section 8 read with Section 18 and for offence under
Section 8 read with Section 29 of the NDPS
