Section 12
Restrictions over external dealings in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to narcotic drugs, to make stringent provisions for the control and regulation of operations relating to narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances , to provide for the forfeiture of property derived from, or used in, illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, to implement the provisions of the International Conventions on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances and for matters connected therewith.
No
person shall engage in or control any trade whereby a narcotic drug or psychotropic substance is obtained
outside India and supplied to any person outside India save with the previous authorisation of the Central
Government and subject to such conditions as may be imposed by that Government in this behalf.