Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985

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gptkbp:instanceOf Indian legislation
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Ministry_of_Finance,_Government_of_India
gptkbp:amendedBy multiple times
gptkbp:appliesTo whole of India
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1985
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:externalLink https://legislative.gov.in/sites/default/files/A1985-61.pdf
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
gptkbp:penalty fine
rigorous imprisonment
gptkbp:prohibits production, manufacture, possession, sale, purchase, transport, warehousing, use, consumption, import inter-State, export inter-State, import into India, export from India or transshipment of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances except for medical or scientific purposes
gptkbp:purpose control and regulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
forfeiture of property derived from or used in illicit traffic
regulation of operations relating to narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:psychotropic_substances
gptkb:drug_trafficking
drug abuse
narcotic drugs
gptkbp:section prohibition of certain operations
gptkbp:section20 punishment for contravention in relation to cannabis plant and cannabis
gptkbp:section21 punishment for contravention in relation to manufactured drugs and preparations
gptkbp:section22 punishment for contravention in relation to psychotropic substances
gptkbp:section27 punishment for consumption of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance
gptkbp:section37 offences to be cognizable and non-bailable
gptkbp:section44 forfeiture of property
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:NDPS_Act
gptkbp:significantAmendments 1988
2001
2014
gptkbp:startDate 14 November 1985
gptkbp:status in force
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Schedule_5S
gptkb:Opium_and_alkaloid_factory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6