The Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Illicit Traffic In Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988
The Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Illicit Traffic In Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988
This Act provides the legal framework for the preventive detention of individuals involved in the illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances within the state of Jammu and Kashmir. It empowers the government to detain persons to prevent them from engaging in activities such as the cultivation, production, sale, transportation, or financing of illegal drugs. The law establishes strict procedures for detention, including the mandatory constitution of an Advisory Board to review cases and ensure constitutional safeguards are met. It serves as a specialized security measure designed to curb drug-related criminal networks by restricting the liberty of those deemed a threat to public order.
- 1. Short title and extent
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Powers to make orders detaining certain persons
- 4. Execution of detention orders
- 5. Power to regulate place and conditions of detention
- 6. Grounds of detention severable
- 7. Detention orders not to be invalid or inoperative on certain grounds
- 8. Powers in relation to absconding persons
- 9. Advisory Board
- 10. Cases in which and circumstances under which persons may be detained for periods longer than three months without obtaining the opinion of Advisory Board
- 11. Maximum period of detention
- 12. Provided that nothing contained in this section shall affect the power of the Government in either case to revoke or modify the detention order at any earlier time.
- 13. Temporary release of persons detained
- 14. Protection of action taken in good faith
- 15. Repeal and saving
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