Section 41
Punishment for contravention in relation to Toxic Chemicals, etc., listed in Schedule 1.
The Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000
About this Act
An Act to give effect to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Whoever, in contravention of any provision of this Act, produces, acquires, retains, transfers or uses any
Toxic Chemical or Precursor listed in Schedule 1 in the Annex on Chemicals to the Convention for the
purposes prohibited to a State Party under the Convention or transfers any Toxic Chemical or Precursor
listed in Schedule 1 in the Annex on Chemicals to the Convention outside India, shall be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to term of life and
shall also be liable to fine which may extend to one lakh rupees.