Section 79
Application of the Customs Act, 1962.
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.
All prohibitions and restrictions imposed by or under
this Act on the import into India, the export from India and transhipment of narcotic drugs and
psychotropic substances shall be deemed to be prohibitions and restrictions imposed by or under the
Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and the provisions of that Act shall apply accordingly:
Provided that, where the doing of anything is an offence punishable under that Act and under this Act, nothing in that Act or in this section shall prevent the offender from being punished under this Act.
Provided that, where the doing of anything is an offence punishable under that Act and under this Act, nothing in that Act or in this section shall prevent the offender from being punished under this Act.