Govt Alkaloid Factory
Allowed to Send Samples to Drug Law Enforcement Agencies
[Ministry
of Finance (Department of Revenue) Notification dated 25 July 2019]
G.S.R.
525(E).In exercise of the powers
conferred by section 9, read with section 76 of the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (61 of 1985), the Central Government hereby
makes the following rules further to amend the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances Rules, 1985, namely: -
1.
(1) These rules may be called the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Second (Amendment) Rules, 2019.
(2)
They come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2.
In the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Rules, 1985, in rule 67B, -
(i) for sub-rule
(1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely: -
(1)
Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, the Government Opium and
Alkaloid Works or Directorate for Forensic Science Services may procure,
manufacture or import and supply narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances as
may be required as samples by various drug law enforcement agencies, testing
laboratories and training institutions of the Central and State Governments.
Explanation
.- For removal of doubts it is hereby clarified that the Directorate for
Forensic Science Services shall only deal with requirements of samples for the
Central and State Government forensic science laboratories.;
(ii)
for sub-rule
(3), the following sub-rule shall be substituted,
namely: -
(3)
Any enforcement agency, laboratory, training institution or organisation
requiring the samples shall apply to the Chief Controller of Factories or
Directorate for Forensic Science Services, as the case may be in Form No.8.;
(iii)
for sub-rule (5),
the following sub-rule shall be substituted,
namely: -
(5)
The organisation requisitioning the samples shall
maintain records and submit an annual report to the Chief Controller of
Factories or Directorate for Forensic Science Services in Form No. 9.
[F.
No. N/11011/1/2014-NC-II]