Section 9A
Power to control and regulate controlled 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.
1[9A. Power to control and regulate controlled substances.-- (1) If the Central Government is of
the opinion that, having regard to the use of any controlled substance in the production or manufacture of
any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance, it is necessary or expedient so to do in the public interest, it
may, by order, provide for regulating or prohibiting the production, manufacture, supply and distribution
thereof and trade and commerce therein.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by sub-section (1), an order made thereunder may provide for regulating by licences, permits or otherwise, the production, manufacture, possession, transport, import inter-State, export inter-State, sale, purchase, consumption, use, storage, distribution, disposal or acquisition of any controlled substance.]
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by sub-section (1), an order made thereunder may provide for regulating by licences, permits or otherwise, the production, manufacture, possession, transport, import inter-State, export inter-State, sale, purchase, consumption, use, storage, distribution, disposal or acquisition of any controlled substance.]
Notes
1 Ins. by Act 2 of 1989, s. 6 (w.e.f. 29-5-1989).