‘File 15/1 II Rules and Regulation Finance Dept. Circulars received from the Govt. of India’ [‎28r] (61/728)

FINANCE DEPARTMENT (CENTRAL REVENUES).
NOTIFICATION.
Dangerous Drugs.
New Delhi, the 18th February 1933.
No. 1. —In exercise of the powers conferred
by sub-section (2) of section 7 of the Dangerous
Drugs Act, 1930 (II of 1930), the Governor
General in Council is pleased to make the
following rules, the same having been previous
ly published as required by sub-section (I) of
section 36 of the said Act, namely: —
. Part I.— Preliminary.
1. (1) These rules may be called the Danger-
Short title, com. ous Drugs (Import,
mencement, repeal and Export and Tranship-
application. ment) Rules, 1933.
(2) They shall come into force on the 1st
March 1933, whereupon all rules (not being
rules regulating the import of charas into
British India by land) made by whatever autho
rity under an enactment specified in the first
three columns of Schedule II to the Dangerous
Drugs Act, 1930 (II of 1930), and for a purpose
specified in sub-section (2) of section 7 of the
said Act shall be cancelled except as regards
anything done or any offence committed or any
fine or penalty incurred or any proceedings
instituted before the said date.
(3) Nothing in these rules shall apply to the
import of charas into British India by land.
2. In these rules the expressions "dangerous
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factured drug do not
include prepared opium.
Part II.— General prohibition of import and
export by air.
3. No dangerous drug shall be imported into
Air. or exported from
British India by air.
Part III.— Import by sea or by land.
4. No dangerous drug shall be imported into
„ , British India by sea or
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by land save m ac
cordance with the conditions specified in the
third column of the annexed Table for the
import of the dangerous drugs specified in the
corresponding entry in the first column thereof
from the places specified in the corresponding
entry in the second column thereof:
Provided that a Local Government may by
general or special order permit a traveller to
import personally into British India by land from
any Indian State or foreign settlement in India
opium or hemp up to the limit of quantity
within which possession by him is allowed
without a pass on the JBritish Indian side of the
Frontier.
Table.
Dangerous drugs.
Places from which imported.
Conditions.
(1) Opium
Any Indian State or foreign (1) Where the final destination is in British India the
settlement in India. import shall be effected (♦) on behalf of the
Governor-General in Council, or (ii) under an
authorisation granted, with the general or special
consent of the Governor-General in Council, by
the Local Government within whose jurisdiction
such destination is situate, or by an officer,
empowered in this behalf by such Local Govern
ment.
(2) Where the final destination (i) in the - case of
import from a State in India is another part of the
same State or another such State, or {ii) in the case
of import from a foreign settlement in India is
another part of the same settlement, the import
shall be effected under an authorisation granted by
or under the orders of the Local Government within
whose jurisdiction the place of importation is
situate, such authorisation being masked " in
transit ".
Any other place
British India.
outside
(1) Where the final destination is in British India the
import shall be effected under an authorisation
granted by the Governor-General in Council.
(2) Where the final destination is outside British
India the import shall be effected under an
authorisation granted by the Governor-General in
Council, or, in such classes of case as the Governor-
General in Council may direct, by or under the
orders of the Local Government within whose
jurisdiction the port or place of importation is
situate, such authorisation beintr marked '< in
transit