Section 64A
Immunity from prosecution to addicts volunteering for treatment.
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[64A. Immunity from prosecution to addicts volunteering for treatment.-- Any addict, who is
charged with an offence punishable under section 27 or with offences involving small quantity of narcotic
drugs or psychotropic substances, who voluntarily seeks to undergo medical treatment for de-addiction
from a hospital or an institution maintained or recognised by the Government or a local authority and
undergoes such treatment shall not be liable to prosecution under section 27 or under any other section for
offences involving small quantity of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances:
Provided that the said immunity from prosecution may be withdrawn if the addict does not undergo the complete treatment for de-addiction.]
Provided that the said immunity from prosecution may be withdrawn if the addict does not undergo the complete treatment for de-addiction.]
Notes
1. Subs. by s. 30, ibid., for section 64A (w.e.f. 2-10-2001).