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•THE NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES

•(AMENDMENT) BILL, 2021

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•BILL

•further to amend the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

•BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-second Year of the Republic of India as

•follows:—

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3.In a recent judgment, Hon'ble High Court of Tripura, passed in Crl. Ref. 1/2020-

•Court on its Own Motion vs The Union of India has held that 'until the appropriate

•legislative change occurs by amending section 27A of the NDPS Act appropriately,

•sub-clauses (i) to ( v) of clause ( viiia) of section 2 of the NDPS Act shall suffer effect of

•deletion and bringing in sub-clauses (i) to (v) of clause (viiib) of section 2 of the NDPS Act

•in that place' and directed to take appropriate steps for amendment as required in

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•section 27A. Hence, with a view to have correct interpretation and implementation of the

•NDPS Act, it was decided to rectify the anomaly in section 27A of the Act by substituting

•'clause (viiib)' in place of 'clause (viiia)' in section 27A.

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4.As Parliament was not in session and urgent legislation was required to be made, the

•President promulgated the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment)

•Ordinance, 2021 (Ord. 8 of 2021) on the 30th September, 2021 for rectifying the said anomaly

•by substituting in section 27A of the NDPS Act, the reference of "clause (viiib) of section 2",

•for "clause (viiia) of section 2".

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5.The amendment does not create any new offence but contains a legislative declaration

•that reference of clause ( viiia) always meant the corresponding renumbered provision in

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•clause ( viiib) and the amendment seeks to rectify this anomaly by making changes in

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•section 27A of the said Act in order to carry out the legislative intent of the statute, which has

•always been to read clause (viiib) in section 27A, and already stood therein.

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6.The Bill seeks to replace the aforesaid Ordinance.

•NIRMALA SITHARAMAN.

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•EW DELHI;

•The 2nd December, 2021.

•ANNEXURE

•EXTRACT FROM THE NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES ACT, 1985

•(61 OF 1985)

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27A.Whoever indulges in financing, directly or indirectly, any, of the activities specified

•in sub-clauses (i) to (v) of clause (viiia) of section 2 or harbours any person engaged in any

•of the aforementioned activities, shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term

•which shall not be less than ten years but which may extend to twenty years and shall also be

•liable to fine which shall not be less than one lakh rupees but which may extend to two lakh

•rupees:

•Provided that the court may, for reasons to be recorded in the judgment, impose a fine

•exceeding two lakh rupees.

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•Punishment

•for financing

•illicit traffic

•and harbouring

offenders.

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•MGIPMRND—1262LS(S3)—02-12-2021.

•LOK SABHAA

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•further to amend the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

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•(Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance)

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1.(1) This Act may be called the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

•(Amendment) Act, 2021.

(2)It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of May, 2014.

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2.In section 27A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, for

•the words, brackets, letters and figure "clause ( viiia) of section 2", the words, brackets,

•letters and figure "clause (viiib) of section 2" shall be substituted.

•Short title and

commencement.

•Amendment of

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•section 27A.

•AS INTRODUCED IN LOK SABHA

•Bill No. 151 of 2021

•61 of 1985.

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3.(1) The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment)

•Ordinance, 2021 is hereby repealed.

(2)Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal

•Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under

•the corresponding provisions of the principal Act, as amended by this Act.

Ord.8 of

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2021.

•Repeal and

savings.

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•STA TEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

•The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (the NDPS Act) was

•enacted to consolidate and amend the law relating to narcotic drugs, to make stringent

•provisions for the control and regulation of operation 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 and to implement the provisions

•of the International Convention on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances and for

•matters connected therewith. The NDPS Act was amended in the years 1989, 2001 and lastly

•in the year 2014.

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2.Prior to the amendment of 2014 in the NDPS Act, clause (viiia) of section 2 of the said

•Act, contained sub-clauses (i) to (v), wherein the term 'illicit traffic' had been defined. This

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•clause was re-lettered as clause (viiib) by the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

•(Amendment) Act, 2014, as a new clause ( viiia) in section 2 defining 'essential narcotic

•drugs' was inserted. However, inadvertently consequential change was not carried out in

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•section 27A of the NDPS Act, at the time of amendment in section 2 by the Narcotic Drugs

•and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Act, 2014.