Punishment for certain acts by licensee or his servants
Chapter 5: Offences and penalties
If the holder of any licence, permit or authorisation granted under this Act or any rule or order made thereunder or any person in his employ and acting on his behalf—
(a) omits, without any reasonable cause, to maintain accounts or to submit any return in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or any rule made thereunder;
(b) fails to produce without any reasonable cause such licence, permit or authorisation on demand of any officer authorised by the Central Government or State Government in this behalf;
(c) keeps any accounts or makes any statement which is false or which he knows or has reason to believe to be incorrect; or
(d) wilfully and knowingly does any act in breach of any of the conditions of licence, permit or authorisation for which a penalty is not prescribed elsewhere in this Act, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both.
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (Act No. 61 of 1985). From the updated text on India Code, with later amendments. Being checked against the official copy; amendment notes are not shown yet.
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- 25Punishment for allowing premises, etc., to be used for commission of an offence
- 25APunishment for contravention of orders made under section 9A
- 27Punishment for consumption of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance
- 27APunishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders
- 27BPunishment for contravention of section 8A