Act Number: 61

Act Name: The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985

Year: 1985

Enactment Date: 1985-09-16

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Revenue

Section 7: Officers of State Government.
    (1) The State Government may appoint such officers with such designations as it thinks fit for the purposes of this Act.
     (2) The officers appointed under sub-section (1) shall be subject to the general control and direction of the State Government, or, if so directed by that Government, also of any other authority or officer.
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