SUB: 'Tramadol' Notified as Psychotropic Substances specified in the Schedule to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985

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सीमाशुल्क आयुक्त कायाालय-एन.एस. IV
जवाहरलाल नेहरू सीमाशुल्क भवन, न्हावा शेवा
तालुका -उरण, जजला रायगड, महाराष्ट्र -400707

फ़ाइल F.No.S/12-Gen-07/2018-19 AM(X)

            दिनाांक 

Date:08.05.2018 सावाजजनक सूचना / PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 73/2018 SUB: "Tramadol" Notified as Psychotropic Substances specified in the Schedule to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – reg.

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Attention of the exporters/ importers, custom brokers and all concerned is invited to 

the Notification S.O. 1761(E), dated 26.04.2018 issued by the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) on the above subject. (Copy enclosed)

Vide the said Notification dated 26.04.2018, the Central Government has made the following further amendments in the list of psychotropic substances specified in the Schedule to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter NDPS Act), namely: -

"In the said Act, in the Schedule, after serial number 110 X and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: -

It is pertinent to mention that the Section 8 of the NDPS Act (as amended) reads as under: "8. Prohibition of certain operations. -No person shall

(a) cultivate any coca plant or gather any portion of coca plant; or

(b) cultivate the opium poppy or any cannabis plant; or

(c) produce, manufacture, possess, sell, purchase, transport, warehouse, use,

 consume, import inter-State, export inter-State, import into India, export from  

 India or tranship any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance,  

except for medical or scientific purposes and in the manner and to the extent provided by the provisions of this Act or the rules or orders made thereunder and in a case where any such provision, imposes any requirement by way of licence, permit or authorization also in accordance with the terms and conditions of such licence, permit or authorization:"

Further, the Section 9 of the NDPS Act provides: "9. Power of Central Government to permit, control and regulate. -(1) Subject to the provisions of section 8, the Central Government may, by rules-

(a) permit and regulate-

(i) the cultivation, or gathering of any portion (such cultivation or gathering

 being only on account of the Central Government) of coca plant, or the  

SI. No. International non-proprietary names Other non-proprietary names Chemical name “110Y Tramadol

-”.

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 production, possession, sale, purchase, transport, import inter-State,  


 export inter-State, use or consumption of coca leaves;  

(ii) the cultivation (such cultivation being only on account of Central

 Government) of the opium poppy;  

(iii) the production and manufacture of opium and production of poppy straw;

(iiia) the possession, transport, import inter-State, export interState, warehousing,

   sale, purchase, consumption and use of poppy straw produced from plants  


  from which no juice has been extracted through lancing 

(iv) the sale of opium and opium derivatives from the Central Government

  factories for export from India or sale to State Government or to  


  manufacturing chemists;  

(v) the manufacture of manufactured drugs (other, than prepared opium) but

  not including manufacture of medicinal opium or any preparation  


  containing any manufactured drug from materials which the maker is  


  lawfully entitled to possess;  

(va) the manufacture, possession, transport, import inter-State, export inter-

  State, sale, purchase, consumption and use of essential narcotic drugs: 

Provided that where, in respect of an essential narcotic drug,

the State Government has granted licence or permit under the

provisions of section 10 prior to the commencement of the Narcotic

Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Act, 2014, such

licence or permit shall continue to be valid till the date of its expiry or

for a period of twelve months from such commencement, whichever is

earlier

(vi) the manufacture, possession, transport import inter-State, export

  interState, sale, purchase, consumption or use of psychotropic   


  substances;  

(vii) the import into India and export from India and transhipment of narcotic

  drugs and psychotropic substances;  

(b) prescribe any other matter requisite to render effective the control of the Central

Government over any of the matters specified in clause (a)." 

Action to be taken in terms of decisions taken in this Public Notice should be considered as standing order for the purpose of officers and staff.

Difficulty, if any may also be brought to the notice of Deputy/ Assistant Commissioner in charge of Appraising Main (Export) through email/ phone (email address: apmainexp@jawaharcustoms.gov.in, Phone No : 022-27244959).

   Sd/- 
  (मानस रंजन मोहंती) 
 


 आयुक्त- सीमाशुल्क, NS-IV, JNCH 

प्रदिदलदि (By email only):

1. The Chief Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai Zone- II.
2. All the Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai Zone- II.
3. All Addl./Joint Commissioners of Customs, Mumbai Zone- II.
4. All Deputy/Asstt. Commissioners of Customs, Mumbai Zone- II.
5. The DC/EDI for uploading on the JNCH website.
6. BCBA/FIEO for circulation among their members, trade and industry.

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