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 68R: Competent authority and Appellate Tribunal to have powers of civil court.
    1[68R. Competent authority and Appellate Tribunal to have powers of civil court.-- The competent authority and the Appellate Tribunal shall have all the powers of a civil court while trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely:--
         (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;
         (b) requiring the discovery and production of documents;
         (c) receiving evidence on affidavits;
         (d) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office;
         (e) issuing commissions for examination of witnesses or documents;
         (f) any other matter which may be prescribed.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 2 of 1989, s. 19 (w.e.f. 29-5-1989)
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