Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances: Amendment Rules
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Second Amendment) Rules, 2021- Notification
G.S.R. 490(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9, read with section 76 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Second Amendment) Rules, 2021 of 1985), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Rules, 1985, namely: —
- Short title and Commencement. –
(1) These rules may be called the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Second Amendment) Rules, 2021
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. - In the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Rules, 1985, in rule 58, sub-rule (2), for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: –
“(b) the import certificate in original or in electronically generated format, issued by the Government of the importing country certifying the official approval of the concerned Government;
Provided that where the import certificate in electronically generated format issued by the Government of importing country, the export authorisation shall be issued, after verification of such electronic format through bar code or through official website or through email of the Government of importing country;
Provided further that in case the substance is not controlled in the importing country, the exporter shall submit a certificate or letter, in lieu of such import certificate, confirming, no objection to the import or that the substance is not controlled in importing country.”
Note.- The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 837(E), dated the 14th November, 1985 and subsequently amended vide notifications numbers S.O. 786 (E), dated the 26th October, 1992, S.O. 599 (E), dated the 10th August, 1993, G.S.R. 748 (E), dated the 14th December, 1993, G.S.R. 543, dated the 24th October, 1994, G.S.R. 82, dated the 14th February, 1995, G.S.R. 556 (E), dated the 14th July, 1995, G.S.R. 25 (E), dated the 12th January, 1996, G.S.R. 509 (E), dated the 4th November, 1996, G.S.R. 350 (E), dated the 25th June, 1997, G.S.R. 214 (E), dated the 19th March, 2002, G.S.R. 763 (E), dated 14th November, 2002, G.S.R. 115 (E), dated the 21st February, 2003, G.S.R. 129 (E), dated the 26th February, 2003, G.S.R. 217 (E), dated the 17th March, 2003, G.S.R. 95 (E), dated the 4th February, 2004, G.S.R. 104 (E), dated the 25th February, 2005,G.S.R. 736 (E), dated the 22nd December, 2005, G.S.R. 639 (E), dated the 13th October, 2006, G.S.R. 2 (E), dated the 1st January, 2008, S.O. 1661 (E), dated the 13th July, 2010, S.O. 739 (E), dated the 11th April, 2011, G.S.R. 470(E), dated the 21st June, 2011, G.S.R. 905(E), dated the 28th December, 2011, G.S.R. 426(E), dated the 1st July, 2014, G.S.R. 74(E), dated the 5th February, 2015, G.S.R. 224(E), dated the 25th March, 2015, G.S.R. 359 (E), dated the 5th May, 2015, G.S.R. 500 (E), dated the 17th June, 2015, G.S.R. 685 (E), dated the 12th July, 2016, G.S.R. 61(E), dated the 20th January, 2017, G.S.R 428 (E), dated the 2nd May, 2017, G.S.R 187 (E), dated the 27th February, 2018, G.S.R 215(E), dated the 13th March, 2019, G.S.R 525(E), dated the 25th July, 2019 and G.S.R 204 (E), dated the 23rd March, 2021.
