Section 44
Power of entry, search, seizure and arrest in offences relating to coca plant, opium poppy and cannabis plant.
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.
The provisions of sections 41, 42 and 43, shall so far as may be, apply in relation
to the offence punishable under Chapter IV and relating to coca plant, the opium poppy or cannabis plant
and for this purpose references in those sections to narcotic drugs, or psychotropic substance 1[or
controlled substance], shall be construed as including references to coca plant, the opium poppy and
cannabis plant.
Notes
1. Ins. by Act 9 of 2001, s. 20 (w.e.f. 2-10-2001).