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The Opium (Madhya Pradesh) Amendment Act, 1955

The Opium (Madhya Pradesh) Amendment Act, 1955

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This state law updates the existing Opium regulations in Madhya Pradesh. It changes the law to make it clear that not only possessing opium, but also *using* it, is an offence punishable by law. Furthermore, it increases the maximum punishment from one year in jail or one thousand rupees to two years in jail or two thousand rupees for violations (Section 9).

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  1. 1. Title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Amendment of section
  3. 3. Amendment of section
  4. 4. Insertion of new sections
  5. 5. Amendment of section
  6. 11. Confiscation of opium.
  7. I. Bond to abstain from the commission of offences under the Opium Act, 1878

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