Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act,1985
Act No : 61
Section :
Death penalty for certain offences after previous conviction.
1*[31A. Death penalty for certain offences after previous convi- ction. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 31, if any person who has been convicted of the commission of, or attempt to commit, or abetment of, or criminal conspiracy to commit, any of the offences punishable under section 15 to section 25 (both inclusive) or section 27A, is subsequently convicted of the commission of, or attempt to commit, or abetment of, or criminal conspiracy to commit, an offence relating to,-- (a) engaging in the production, manufacture, possession, transportation, import into India, export from India or tran- shipment, of the narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances speci- fied under column (1) of the Table below and involving the quantity which is equal to or more than the quantity indicated against each such drug or substance, as specified in column (2) of the said Table; TABLE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Particulars of narcotic drugs/ Quantity psychotropic substances ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) (2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (i) Opium 10 kgs. (ii) Morphine 1 kg. (iii) Heroin 1 kg. (iv) Codeine 1 kg. (v) Thebaine 1 kg. (vi) Cocaine 500 grams (vii) Hashish 20 kgs. (viii)Any mixture with or without any neutral material of any of the above drugs 1,500 grams (ix) LSD, LSD-25 () - N, N-Diethyllysergamide (d-lysergic acid diethylamide) 500 grams (x) THC (Tetrahydrocannabinols, the following isomers: 6a (10a), 6a(7),7,8,9,10,9) and their stereochemical variants) 500 grams (xi) Methamphetamine()-2-amino-l-Phenylpropane 1,500 gram (xii) Methaqualone (2-Methyl-3-o-tolyl-4-(3H)- quinazolinone) 1,500 gram (xiii)Amphetamine ()-2-amino-1-phenylpropane 1,500 gram (xiv) Salts and preparations of the Psychotropic substances mentioned in (ix) to (xiii) 1,500 gram; ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (b) financing, directly or indirectly, any of the activities specified in clause (a), shall be punishable with death. (2) Where any person is convicted by a competent court of criminal jurisdiction outside India under any law corresponding to the provisions of section 15 to section 25 (both inclusive), section 27A, section 28 or section 29, such person, in respect of such conviction, shall be dealt with for the purposes of sub-section (1) as if he had been convicted by a court in India."].