Definitions

Definitions.-- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--

1. (a) "opium" means--
   • (i) the capsules of the poppy (Papaver somniferum L);
   • (ii) the spontaneously coagulated juice of such capsules which has not been submitted to any manipulations other than those necessary for packing and transport; and
   • (iii) any mixture, with or without neutral materials, of any of the above forms of opium, but does not include any preparation containing not more than 0.2 per cent of morphine, or a manufactured drug which shall include
   • (i) all cocoa derivatives, medicinal hemp and opium derivatives; and
   • (ii) any other narcotic substance which the Government may by notification in the Government Gazette make in pursuance of any international convention declared to be a manufactured drug;
2. (b) "place" includes a building, house, shop, pool, chappar, enclosure, tent, vessel, raft and vehicle and any part thereof ;
3. (c) "prepared opium" means any product or admixture of opium obtained by any operation or series of operations designed to transform opium into an extract suitable for smoking, and includes chandu, madak and the dross or residue remaining after opium is smoked ;
4. (d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.
5. (e) "register" means the register of smokers of prepared opium maintained by or under the authority of the State Government before the commencement of this Act as a register of smokers of prepared opium ;
6. (f) "registered smoker" means a person whose name is entered in the register, at any time before the commencement of this Act, as a smoker of prepared opium.