Section 15:
Prohibition to develop, produce, acquire, etc., Toxic Chemical or Precursor.
No person
shall--
(a) produce, acquire, retain or use toxic Chemicals or Precursors listed in Schedule 1 in the
Annex on Chemicals to the Convention, outside the territories of States Parties, and shall not transfer
such Chemicals or Precursors outside the territory of India except to another State Party;
(b) produce, acquire, retain, transfer or use Toxic Chemicals or Precursors listed in Schedule 1 in
the Annex on Chemicals to the Convention without permission from the National Authority and
unless--
(i) the Toxic Chemicals or Precursors listed in Schedule 1 in the Annex on Chemicals to the
Convention are for the purposes to be applied to research, medical, pharmaceutical or protective
purposes; and
(ii) the types of Toxic Chemicals or Precursors are strictly limited to those that can be
justified with reference to the purposes specified in sub-clause (i) and the quantities of such Toxic
Chemicals or Precursors for such purposes at any time do not exceed the limits fixed by the
National Authority;
(c) transfer the Toxic Chemicals or Precursors listed in Schedule 1 in the Annex on Chemicals to
the Convention to another State Party outside India except--
(i) for the purposes specified in sub-clause (i) of clause (b); and
(ii) in accordance with the procedure set out in Part VI of the Verification Annex to the
Convention:
Provided that no Toxic Chemicals or Precursors referred to in clause (c) shall be re-transferred to any
third State.