The Jammu and Kashmir Opium Smoking Act, 1954
The Jammu and Kashmir Opium Smoking Act, 1954
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The Jammu and Kashmir Opium Smoking Act, 2011, is a legislative measure designed to curb and eventually eliminate the practice of smoking prepared opium within the state. It establishes a strict prohibition on the smoking of prepared opium for the general public, while creating a limited exception for "registered smokers" who were already on the official register before the Act commenced. The law grants authorities specific powers to search, seize, and arrest individuals involved in the illicit manufacture, possession, or use of prepared opium. It serves as a regulatory framework to control narcotic consumption and enforce public health and safety standards.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Prohibition of smoking of prepared opium by persons other than registered smokers
- 4. No fresh entry to be made in the register
- 5. Right of registered smoker to manufacture opium
- 6. Penalty for unregistered smokers
- 7. Punishment for allowing places to be used for the commission of an offence or for selling or dealing in prepared opium
- 8. Power to issue warrants
- 9. Power of entry, search, seizure, arrest without warrant
- 10. Searches how made
- 11. Provisions for bail and security
- 12. Procedure after arrest and seizure
- 13. Officers of certain departments to help Excise Officers
- 14. Forfeiture of illicit articles
- 15. Jurisdiction to try offences
- 16. Indemnity
- 17. Power to make rules
- 18. Repeal
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