Section 27A
Punishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders.
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.
1[27A. Punishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders.-- Whoever indulges in
financing, directly or indirectly, any, of the activities specified in sub-clauses (i) to (v) of 2[ clause (viiib) of section 2] or harbours any person engaged in any of the aforementioned activities, shall be punishable with
rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than ten years but which may extend to twenty
years and shall also be liable to fine which shall not be less than one lakh rupees but which may extend to
two lakh rupees:
Provided that the court may, for reasons to be recorded in the judgment, impose a fine exceeding two lakh rupees.]
Provided that the court may, for reasons to be recorded in the judgment, impose a fine exceeding two lakh rupees.]
Notes
1 Ins. by Act 2 of 1989, s. 8 (w.e.f. 29-5-1989).
2 Subs. by Act 48 of 2021, s. 2, for “clause (viiia) of section 2” (w.e.f. 1-5-2014).
2 Subs. by Act 48 of 2021, s. 2, for “clause (viiia) of section 2” (w.e.f. 1-5-2014).