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Obydulla Department of Pharmacy Daffodil International University THE NARCOTICS CONTROL ACT,1990 131-29-500

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Obydulla Department of PharmacyDaffodil International University

THE NARCOTICS CONTROL ACT,1990

131-29-500

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May be called the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Act.

Come into force : 02/01/1990.

Purpose : To control of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and treatment and rehabilitation of narcotics addicts

Amended: 2000, 2002 and 2004 in order to update the law.

The Narcotics Control Act,1990

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1.To fulfill the objectives of this Act, there shall be a Board namely National Narcotics Control Board.

2. Total Members-191. A Chairman.

2. Minister in charge of the Ministry or Division of Foreign Affairs ; Home Affairs ; Health; Education ; Information ; Social Welfare and Women Affairs ;Finance ; Planning ; Local Government ; Religious Affairs ; Youth and Sports ; Law and Justice -12

3. Distinguished social worker , philanthropist , intellectual , journalist , physician or psychiatrist-5

4. Director General, who shall also be the Secretary of Board.

National Narcotics Control Board

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3. If there is no Minister in a Ministry or Division as mentioned in Sub-section (2) then the State Minister in charge of that Ministry or Division, if any, shall be the member of the Board.

(4) Terms :Two years from the date of his nomination : Government may cancel nomination at anytime.

(5) Any nominated member may resign from his office by a letter addressed to the Government under his signature

Members

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FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE

BOARD.—

1.To frame policies relating to-1. Prevention of possible injurious effects of narcotics

and to take measures for their implementation ; 2. Treatment and rehabilitation of narcotics addicts

and to take measures for their implementation ; 3. Research or survey for the collection of data and

information s4. To manufacture, supply, use, and control of

narcotics ;

2.Create educational and public awareness about the evil effects of narcotics

3.To maintain liaison with all the concerned Ministries and Agencies

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MEETING 1.Board have to Determine the procedure of meetings.

2.Shall be held at the place and time as determined by the chairman.

3.The chairman shall preside over all meetings of the board and in his absence any other member of the board nominated by him shall preside.

4.The quoram of a meeting of the board shall be constituted by one-fourth of the total members.

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PROVISION FOR PRODUCTION OF ALCOHOL

(l) No person without any licenses issued under this Act—

• (a) Shall establish any distillery or brewery ; • (b) Shall produce, process, carry, transport,

import, export, supply, purchase, sale, possess, preserve, warehouse, exhibit or use any alcohol ;

• (c) Shall use any alcohol as a component for the production of any medicine.

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CONTINUES….

2) No person shall drink alcohol without a written prescription given by a physician3) prescription must contain the name of the disease for which drinking of alcohol has been considered necessary for treatment.4) Foreign citizen may drink alcohol in a licensed Bar.

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R E S T R I C T I O N S O N P R E S C R I P T I O N O F N A R C O T I C S . —

(1) No physician shall prescribe any A-Class or B-Class narcotics as medicine without written approval of the Director General. (2) No person other than a physician shall prescribe any C-Class narcotics as medicine. (3) No person shall be allowed to purchase any narcotics more than once with a prescription issued under sub-section (1) or (2).

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NARCOTICS ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE.—

(1) The Government may establish none or more Narcotics addiction treatment center for the purposes of this Act. (2) The Government may declare any Government hospital or health center including a jail hospital as a Narcotics Addiction Treatment Centre by notification in the official gazette.

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PENALTY For Heroin, Cocaine and Coca derivatives , Pethidine, Morphine Tetrahydrocannabinol , Opium, Cannabis resin or opium derivatives, Methadone - 6 months to death sentence or imprisonment for life. Other 'A' Class Narcotics : Imprisonment 2 - 15 years. Other B-Class narcotics : Imprisonment 6 months -5 years. C-Class narcotics : Imprisonment not more than 1 year or fine not exceeding Tk. 10 thousand or with- both.

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‘A’ CATEGORY NARCOTICS

1. Opium poppy and the sticky substance discharged therefrom. 2. Any refined, unrefined, manufactured opium or any substance made together with opium. 3. Opium derivatives, viz. Morphine, Codeine etc. and their basic salts. 4. Any substance containing more than 0.2% of Morphine.

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‘B’ CATEGORY NARCOTICS 1.Hemp plant, Herbal cannabis, “Bhang”, “Bhang” plant or any substance prepared with “Ganja” or “Bhang”. 2. Any plant (except tobacco) which may be used as a source of intoxicant. 3.Alcohol, wines of all kinds, rectified spirit, any drug or liquid prepared with rectified spirit, beer or any liquid with alcohol content of more than 5%.

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‘C ’ CATEGORY NARCOTICS

Liquor from date or palm juice (“Tari”), fermented rice liquor etc. Denatured spirit or Methylated Spirit. Any sedative, tranquilizer or hypnotic drug not included in cat- “B”.