Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Act, 2021
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Act, 2021 was passed by the Parliament to replace the ordinance promulgated in September 2021. It amends the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
Need for the Amendment
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act was amended in 2014 to reletter the clause 2 (viii a) of Section 2 as clause 2 (viii b) and insert a new clause 2 (viii a) which defines an “essential narcotic drug.”
Before this amendment, clause 2 (viii a) of Section 2 contained sub-clauses (i) to (v), which defined the term “illicit traffic”.
