Last Change:
12/24/2024
The Narcotics Control Rules
Year: 1999
Type: Domestic law
Rights Category: Liberty & security of person
Description
By the power conferred upon it by section 55 of the Narcotics Control Act, 1990, the Government came with the Rules in 1999. The rule does not limit to any particular group and hence can be applied to all population category as well. As per section 1 (2) the Rules shall be applicable to narcotics other than ALCOHOL. The Rule mainly lays out the procedures in details on narcotics dealings in terms of export, import, carrying, manufacturing and processing, sale of narcotics.
Selected provisions
(1) No one except the importer, manufacturer or processor shall sell on wholesale and no one except the licensed retailer shall sell on retail sale any narcotics, substance or plant.
(3) No narcotics, substance or plant shall be sold on wholesale to any person or in quantity other than the persons mentioned below or more than the quantity stated in their respective license or permit, namely:
(a) importers or exporters having license and clearance;
(b) licensed manufacturers or processors;
(c) licensed retailers; and
(d) users having permit
(4) No narcotics, substance or plant shall be retailed to any person other than any patient having a prescription or any agent authorized by him.
(5) No narcotics, substance or plant under prescription shall—
(a) be sold in a quantity more than the quantity referred to in the prescription and more than once; and
(b) a seal stating "has been sold" shall be stamped by the seller on such prescription and a copy of such prescription shall be preserved by the seller.