LawgistThe Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act
55Police to take charge of articles seized and delivered
An officer-in-charge of a police station shall take charge of and keep in safe custody, pending the orders of the Magistrate, all articles seized under this Act within the local area of that police station and which may be delivered to him, and shall allow any officer who may accompany such articles to the police station or who may be deputed for the purpose, to affix his seal to such articles or to take samples of and from them and all samples so taken shall also be sealed with a seal of the officer-in-charge of the police station.
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PROCEDURE
- 41 Power to issue warrant and authorisation
- 42 Power of entry, search, seizure and arrest without warrant or authorisation
- 43 Power of seizure and arrest in public place
- 44 Power of entry, search, seizure and arrest in offences relating to coca plant, opium poppy and cannabis plant
- 45 Procedure where seizure of goods liable to confiscation not practicable
- 46 Duty of land holder to give information of illegal cultivation
- 47 Duty of certain officers to give information of illegal cultivation
- 48 Power of attachment of crop illegally cultivated
- 49 Power to stop and search conveyance
- 50 Conditions under which search of persons shall be conducted
- 50A Power to undertake controlled delivery
- 51 Provisions of the code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to apply to warrants, arrests, searches and seizures
- 52 Disposal of persons arrested and articles seized
- 52A Disposal of seized narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
- 53 Power to invest officers of certain departments with powers of an officer-in-charge of a police station
- 53A Relevancy of statements under certain circumstances
- 54 Presumption from possession of illicit articles
- 55 Police to take charge of articles seized and delivered
- 56 Obligation of officers to assist each other
- 57 Report of arrest and seizure
- 57A Report of seizure of property of the person arrested by the notified officer
- 58 Punishment for vexatious entry, search, seizure or arrest
- 59 Failure of officer in duty or his connivance at the contravention of the provisions of this Act
- 60 Liability of illicit drugs, substances, plants, articles and conveyances to confiscation
- 61 Confiscation of goods used for concealing illicit drugs or substances
- 62 Confiscation of sale proceeds of illicit drugs or substances
- 63 Procedure in making confiscations
- 64 Power to tender immunity from prosecution
- 64A Immunity from prosecution to addicts volunteering for treatment
- 65 [Omitted]
- 66 Presumption as to documents in certain cases
- 67 Power to call for information, etc
- 68 Information as to commission of offences
