The Rajasthan Opium Smoking Prohibition Act, 1950
The Rajasthan Opium Smoking Prohibition Act, 1950
The Rajasthan Opium Smoking Prohibition Act, 1950 regulates and prohibits the practice of opium smoking across the State of Rajasthan. It applies to all individuals within the state, making it illegal to smoke opium, possess smoking apparatus, or assemble with others to smoke or prepare opium, while exempting married couples acting alone. Property owners and managers are required to report any illicit smoking gatherings on their premises to authorities. This law matters because it aimed to combat opium addiction and eradicate public opium dens by giving law enforcement strong powers to conduct searches, seize materials, make arrests, and penalize violators with fines or imprisonment.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Opium smoking assembly
- 4. Member of opium smoking assembly
- 5. Presumption raised by presence of opium or opium smoking appliance
- 6. Penalties for opium smoking etc
- 7. Penalty for being member of opium smoking assembly
- 8. Penalty for opening, keeping or having charge of place used for such assembl
- 9. Penalty when owner fails to give notice of use of place for such assembly
- 10. Enhancement of punishment on second conviction
- 11. Search warrants and powers to search
- 12. Application of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 to warrants and searches
- 13. Bail and security
- 14. Aid to Excise Officers
- 15. Report to be made in the case of arrest or seizure
- 16. Confiscation and destruction of opium and things seized
- 18. Bar of certain suits
- 19. Power to make Rules
- 20. Tender of pardon to accused persons turning approver
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