Act Number: 34

Act Name: The Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000

Year: 2000

Enactment Date: 2000-08-26

Long Title: An Act to give effect to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Department: Department of Chemicals and Petro-Chemicals

Section 40: Punishment for contravention in relation to development, production, etc., of Chemical Weapons or riot control agents, etc.
    Whoever, in contravention of any provision of this Act, develops, produces, otherwise acquires, stockpiles, retains or uses Chemical Weapons, transfers, directly or indirectly, any Chemical Weapon to any person, uses any riot control agent as a method of warfare, engages in any military preparations to use Chemical Weapons, assists, encourages or induces in any manner any person to engage in the use of any riot control agent as a method of warfare or any other activity prohibited to a State Party under the Convention, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to term of life and shall also be liable to fine which may extend to one lakh rupees.
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