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 51: Provisions of the code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to apply to warrants, arrests, searches and seizures.
    The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) shall apply, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, to all warrants issued and arrests, searches and seizures made under this Act.
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