Tripura Opium Rules, 1959 1. Short title extent and commencement. 2. Definitions. 3. 4. 4A. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 12A. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Saving.
Tripura Opium Rules, 1959
Published vide Notification No. F (5) Revenue 59, dated 21-9-1959
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Notification No. F (5).Rev. 59, dated 21-9-1959. - In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 of the Opium Act, 1878 (1 of 1878) read with Notification No. 104. J, dated the 24th August, 1950 issued by the Government of India in the late Ministry of States, the Chief Commissioner of Tripura is pleased to made the following rules under Section 5 of the said Act:
- Short title extent and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Tripura Opium Rules, 1959.
(2) They shall extend to the whole of the Union territory of Tripura and shall come into force from the date of publication in the Tripura Gazette.
- Definitions.- (1) In these rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
(a) "Authorised Officer" means an officer duly authorised by the Collector to grant a permit;
(b) "Licence" means a licence granted under these rules;
(c) "Opium" means the spontaneously coagulated juice of the capsules of the poppy (Papaver Somniferum L.) which has not been submitted to any manipulations other than those necessary for packing and transport;
(d) "pass" means a pass granted under these rules;
(e) "permit" means a permit granted under these rules;
(f) "registered medical practitioner" means-
a medical practitioner registered under the West Bengal or Bombay Medical Act;
(2) Words and expressions used but not defined in these rules shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.
Possession
- (1) Any registered medical practitioner desiring to possess opium for use as an ingredient in any medicine and to sell medicines containing opium on prescription shall make an application to the Chief Officer of Excise for a licence in that behalf.
(2) On receipt of an application under sub-rule (1) the Chief Officer of Excise shall made such inquiries as he deems necessary and if he is satisfied that there is no objection to grant the licence applied for, the may, subject to the orders of the Chief Commissioner, if any, grant the applicant a licence in Form O. P. I on payment of a fee of one rupee.
- (1) Any person on behalf of an institution or any manufacturer of medicines desiring to possess opium, for use as an ingredient in the preparation of any medicine and to sell medicines containing opium shall make an application to the Chief Officer of Excise for a licence in that behalf.
(2) On receipt of an application under sub-rule (1), the Chief Officer of Excise shall make such inquiries as he deems necessary and if he is satisfied that there is no objection to grant the licence applied for, he may, subject to the order of the Chief Commissioner,if any, grant the applicant a licence in Form O. P. II on payment of a fee of rupees five.
4A. (1) Any person desiring to possess and sell medicines containing opium shall make an application to the Chief Office of Excise for a licence in that behalf.
(2) On receipt of an application under sub-rule (1) the Chief Officer of Excise shall make such inquiries as he deems necessary and if he is satisfied that there is no objection to grant the licence applied for, he may, subject to the orders of the Chief Commissioner, if any, grant the applicant a licence in Form II-A on payment of a fee of Rs. 5.
- (1) Any person desiring to possess opium for the purposes of personal consumption shall make an application for a permit to the Chief Officer of Excise or the officer authorised by him in this behalf. The applicant shall state in the application whether he requires opium for the purposes of eating or smoking or both.
(2) On receipt of an application under sub-rule (1), the Chief Officer of Excise or the authorised officer, as the case may be, shall make such inquiries as he deems necessary and if he is satisfied that there is no objection to grant the permit applied for, he may, subject to the orders of the Chief Commissioner, if any, grant the applicant a permit in Form O. P. III, on payment of a fee of one rupee. No permit shall be granted for the purposes both of eating and smoking opium :
Provided that no such permit shall be granted-
(i) except on the recommendation of the Medical Board or the Medical Officer, as the case may be, appointed in that behalf;
(ii) to a person under the age of twenty-one years.
- (1) An owner of cattle or any domestic animals desiring to possess opium for administering it to his cattle or domestic animals on medical grounds may make an application for a permit to the Chief Officer of Excise or the officer authorised by him in this behalf.
(2) On receipt of an application under sub-rule (1), the Chief Officer of Excise or the authorised officer, as the case may be, shall make such inquiries as he deems necessary and if he is satisfied that there is no objection to grant the permit applied for, he may, subject to the orders of the Chief Commissioner, if any, grant the applicant a permit in Form O. P. IV on payment of a fee of one rupee :
Provided that no such permit shall be granted unless the administration of opium has been recommended for the cattle or domestic animals by the Veterinary Surgeon appointed by the Administration in that behalf.
- (1) A licence in Form O. P. I or O. P. II shall be granted in respect of such quantity of opium as may be fixed by the Chief Officer of Excise in this behalf.
(2) A permit in Form O. P. III shall be granted in respect of such quantity of opium as may be fixed by the Chief Officer of Excise or the authorised officer, as the case may be, in accordance with the orders and directions issued by the Chief Commissioner from time to time;
Provided that the aggregate quantity that can be brought in a month shall not exceed 7-½ tolas of opium and the quantity that can be possessed at any one time shall not exceed ½ tola of opium.
(3) A permit in Form O. P. IV shall be in respect of such quantity of opium as is necessary in each case having due regard to the number of cattle or domestic animals, as the case may be, the dosage prescribed and the recommendation of the Veterinary Surgeon or the Assistant Veterinary Surgeon.
- No licence or permit under the aforesaid provision shall be granted for any period beyond 31st March next following the date of the commencement of the licence or permit, as the case may be.
Sale
- Depots for the sale of opium shall be established at such places as the Chief Commissioner may, from time to time, direct.
- Opium required for sale at a depot may be obtained from Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh. Opium may also be obtained from such other place as the Chief Commissioner may direct.
- Opium shall not be sold at any place except at a depot established under Rule. 9 :
Provided that a person holding a licence in Form O. P. I or O. P. II or O.P.II-A may sell medicines containing opium to the extent and subject to the conditions laid down in his licence.
Import
- Subject to the provisions of Rule. 10, no opium for the purposes of sale at a depot established under Rule 9 shall be imported except by railway from Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh :
Provided that a person holding a licence in From O. P. I or O. P. or O.P. II-A may under a pass granted under Rule 12-A (2), import medicines containing opium from any other State in India.
12A. (1) Any person holding a licence in Form O. P.I or O. P.II or O. P.II-A desiring to import medicines containing opium from any other State in India shall make an application to the Chief Officer of Excise in that behalf.
(2) On receipt of an application under sub-rule (1), the Chief Officer of Excise shall make such enquiries as he deems necessary and if he is satisfied that there is no objection to grant the pass applied for, he may grant the applicant a pass in Form A.
Export
- (1) Any person desiring to export medicine containing opium shall make an application for a pass to the Chief Officer of Excise in that behalf and shall along with application forward an import pass or a no-objection certificate from the Chief Excise Authority of the place to which such medicine is to be exported.
(2) On receipt of an application under sub-rule (1), the Chief Officer of Excise shall make such enquiries as he deems necessary and if he is satisfied that there is no objection to grant the pass applied for, he may grant the applicant a pass in Form B.
(3) The Chief Officer of Excise shall seal each package of medicines containing opium which is to be exported with his official seal.
Transport
- (1) Any person desiring to transport opium or medicine containing opium shall make an application for a pass in that behalf as provided in sub-rule (2):
Provided that no such pass shall be necessary where transport of opium or medicine containing opium is permitted under the licence or permit granted under these rules.
(2) Save as provided in sub-rule (1), a person holding a licence in Form O.P. I or O. P.II or O. P.II-A shall make an application to the Chief Officer of Excise who granted him such licence. A person holding a permit in Form O. P.III shall make such application to the Chief Officer of Excise or authorised officer who granted him such permit, and any other person shall make an application to the Chief Officer of Excise of the place from which opium or medicine containing opium is to be transported and shall in case of a transport from one district to another district forward a no-objection certificate of the Chief Officer of Excise of such other district to which opium or medicine containing opium is to be transported.
(3) On receipt of an application under sub-rule (2), the Chief Officer of Excise or the authorised officer, as the case may be, shall make such inquiries as he deems fit and if he is satisfied that there is no objection to grant the pass applied for, he may grant the applicant a pass in Form C.
- No packet containing opium or medicine containing opium shall be opened during its transport:
Provided that nothing contained in this rule shall apply to persons holding a permit in Form O. P. III.
- (1) Where opium or medicine containing opium is transported from one district to another, the transporter not being railway administration shall, on arrival of the packages of opium or medicine containing opium at their destination, present them together with the pass covering such transport for examination to the Chief Officer of Excise or any officer duly authorised by him in that behalf.
(2) If after examination of the packages, the Chief Officer of Excise or the officer authorised under sub-rule (1), is satisfied that the packages have not been tampered with in transit, and that the number of packages and their weight correspond with the number packages and their weight specified in the pass the packages together with the pass will be handed over to the transporter. If the Chief Officer of Excise or such authorised officer is not so satisfied, the packages shall be detained and dealt with according to the orders of the Chief Commissioner.
Miscellaneous
- No railway administration shall-
(a) receive or convey opium or medicine containing opium which is not covered and accompanied by transport pass from an officer duly empowered in this behalf, or
(b) convey opium or medicine containing opium otherwise than-
(i) direct and in custody of a railway official up to the station at which the opium or medicine containing opium should leave the railway, and
(ii) according to the route prescribed in such pass.
- (1) The bulk of consignment of opium or medicine containing opium or transit in the course of importation or exportation shall not be broken, and any Revenue Officer, not inferior in rank to a Circle Officer or Inspector, Sub-Inspector of Excise or any Sub-Inspector in the Police Force may at any time examine such consignment.
(2) If, after such examination, the officer is satisfied that the packages have not been opened or tampered with in transit, and that the number of packages and their weight correspond with the number of packages and their weight specified in the pass, the consignment shall be allowed to proceed. If the said officer is not so satisfied, the consignment shall be detained and dealt with according to the orders of the Chief Commissioner.
- In the case of preparations and admixtures containing opium (which are not manufactured drugs under the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930), the bottles, phials, packages or other containers of such preparations and admixtures or the labels affixed to them shall plainly exhibit-
(a) the actual quantity of opium present in each such bottle, phials, package or container, or
(b) sufficient particulars thereof to admit of the ready calculation of such quantity.
- Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, it shall be lawful for any person, to buy, possess, transport, consume or use any medicine containing opium in such quantity as may at one time be dispensed or sold to him in accordance with the prescription of a registered medical practitioner.
- Any person may, without any permit or licence, purchase, possess and transport opium or medicine containing opium on behalf of an infirm or invalid person who is physically fit to purchase, possess and transport opium or medicine containing opium provided that-
(i) the infirm or invalid person holds a permit in Form O. P. III or a prescription from a registered medical practitioner for obtaining medicine containing opium;
(ii) the person purchasing, possessing and transporting opium on behalf of the infirm or invalid person otherwise than on a prescription has got a written authority in Form D from the infirm or invalid person to do so on his behalf; and
(iii) the Chief Officer of Excise or the officer authorised to grant permits in Form O. P. III has given his previous approval to such authority.
- Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing rules, no licence, permit or pass shall be necessary for the purchase, possession, transport, import, expert and sale of opium by or on behalf of Government depots established under Rule 9.
- Saving.- Notwithstanding the supersession of the Tripura Opium Rules, 1959, any licence, permit, pass or permission granted or issued under the said rules shall, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of these rules, continue in force and be deemed to have been granted or issued under the corresponding provisions of these rules, until the expiry of the term for which it was granted or issued or until it is suspended or cancelled in accordance with the provisions of the Act or these rules, as the case may be.
Form O. P. I
[See Rule 3 (2)]
Licence No........
Licence for the possession of opium for use as an ingredient of any medicine and for the sale of medicines containing opium on prescription
Licence is hereby granted under and subject to the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930, and; the rules, regulations and orders made thereunder to Mr.......................................................... of................(hereinafter called "the licensee") on payment of a licence fee of Rs............... authorising him to buy, transport and possess opium and to use it as an ingredient of any medicine and to sell medicines containing opium at his dispensary situated at......... in the......... district, subject to the following conditions:
Conditions
- This licence shall remain in force from.......... to......... (both days inclusive).
- The licensee shall not obtain opium except from a depot established under Rule 9 of the Tripura Opium Rules, 1959 :
Provided that the licensee may, in any special case, be permitted to obtain opium from any other place with the previous approval of the Chief Commissioner:
Provided further that the licensee may obtain his requirements of medicines containing opium from any licensee who is permitted to sell such medicines under the Tripura Opium Rules, 1959 or may import the same from any other State in India subject to the provisions of the said rules.
- (1) The licensee shall not purchase, during any quarter commencing from the 1st day of April, opium exceeding........... tolas and shall not possess at any time in excess of double this quantity :
Provided that where the licensee fails to purchase any quantity of opium which he is authorised to purchase during a quarter, he shall not be entitled to purchase the same at any time thereafter during the licence period except during the quarter next following.
(2) The licensee shall get the details of the purchase entered in the Schedule hereto annexed by the officer-in-charge of the depot before he removes from the depot the opium purchased by him.
- The licensee shall not use or sell opium except as an ingredient of any medicine prescribed and dispensed by him for his patients. He shall not dispense any medicine containing opium except under a prescription issued by him and the manner laid down in such prescription.
- The licensee shall not keep opium and medicines containing opium except at his dispensary.
- No opium other than the opium obtained under this licence shall be transported, possessed, or used by the licensee.
- The privileges of purchase, possession and transport of opium granted under this licence shall extend only so far as they are incidental to its use in accordance with this licence.
- (1) The licensee shall keep monthly accounts of the quantities of opium purchased and used and of the balance held in stock by him in such form as may be prescribed by the Chief Commissioner. The accounts shall be plainly and correctly written up in a bound book, paged and stamped with the seal of the Chief Officer of Excise. Similar accounts in respect of medicines containing opium prepared, purchase or imported by the licensee shall also be maintained from day to day in such form as may be prescribed by the Chief Commissioner, if so required by him.
(2) The licensee shall file and preserve for one year the said accounts, passes and the prescription, in original in which he has prescribed opium as one of the ingredients of any medicine and shall produce them for inspection, along with the opium held by him in balance, at any time when the Chief Officer of Excise or any other officer duly empowered in this behalf calls upon to do so.
- This licence may be suspended or cancelled in accordance with the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930.
- In case this licence is cancelled during the currency of the period for which it is granted or is not renewed on its expiry, the licensee shall forthwith hand over the whole of the unused stock of opium and of medicines containing opium to the Chief Officer of Excise. The licensee shall also hand over to the Chief Officer of Excise all accounts, passes and prescriptions in original, which he is required to keep and preserve under this licence.
| Granted this...........day of.............20. | |
| Seal of the | |
| Chief Officer of Excise | Chief Officer of Excise |
| Place............. |
Schedule
| Licence No................ | Name of the depot............ |
| Name of the licensee : | |
| Address : |
Aggregate quantity of opium allowed to be purchased during each quarter
| Date | Quantity purchased | Progressive total of purchases for each quarter | Signature of the Officer-in-Charge of the depot |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Form O. P. II
[See Rule 4 (2)]
Licence No...........
Licence for the possession of opium required on behalf of any institution or by a manufacturer of medicines, for use as an ingredient of any medicine and for the sale of medicines containing opium
Licence is hereby granted under and subject to the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930, and the rules, regulations and orders made thereunder to...........of........(hereinafter called "the licensee") in respect of..........(hereinafter called "the said institution/manufactory/chemist") on payment of a licence fee of Rs........... authorising him to buy, transport and possess opium and to use it as an ingredient of any medicine and to sell medicines containing opium at the premises of the said institution/manufactory/chemist situated at......... in the district, subject to the following conditions, namely :
Conditions
- This licence shall remain in force from....to........(both days inclusive).
- The licensee shall not obtain opium except from a depot established under Rule 9 of the Tripura Opium Rules, 1959 :
Provided that the licensee may, in any special case, be permitted to obtain opium from any other place with the previous approval of the Chief Commissioner:
Provide further that the licensee may obtain his requirements of medicines containing opium from any licensee who is permitted to sell such medicines under the Tripura Opium Rules, 1959 or may import the same from any other State in India subject to the provisions of the said rules.
- (1) The licensee shall not purchase, during any quarter commencing from the 1st day of April, opium exceeding.........tolas and shall not possess it at any time in excess of double this quantity :
Provided the where the licensee fails to purchase any quantity of opium which he is authorised to purchase during any quarter, he shall not be entitled to purchase the same at any time thereafter during the licence period except during the quarter next following.
(2) The licensee shall get the details of the purchase entered in the Schedule hereto appended by the officer-in-charge of the depot, before he removes from the depot the opium purchased by him.
- The licensee shall not use or sell opium except as an ingredient of any medicine. He shall not sell medicines containing opium to any person other than a person holding (i) a licence to sell medicines containing opium, or (ii) a prescription issued by a registered medical practitioner in that respect; nor shall he sell such medicines containing opium in a manner different from that laid down in such licence or prescription.
- The licensee shall not keep opium and medicines containing opium except at the premises of the said institution/manufactory/chemist.
- No opium other than opium obtained under this licence shall be transported, possessed or used by the licensee.
- The privileges of purchase, possession and transport of opium granted under this licence shall extend only so far as they are incidental to its use in accordance with this licence.
- (1) The licensee shall keep daily accounts of the quantities of opium purchased and used by him in such form as may be prescribed by the Chief Commissioner. The accounts shall be plainly and correctly written up in a bound book, paged and stamped with the seal of the Chief Officer of Excise. Similar accounts in respect of medicines containing opium prepared, purchased or imported by the licensee shall also be maintained from day to day in such form as may. be prescribed by the Chief Commissioner, if so required by him.
(2) The licensee shall file and preserve for one year the said accounts, passes and copies of the prescriptions against which he sold the opium and as one of the ingredients of any medicine and shall produce them for inspection along with the opium and the medicines containing opium held by him in balance, at any time when the Chief Officer of Excise or any other officer duly empowered in this behalf calls upon him to do so.
- Except with the permission of the Chief Officer of Excise, the licensee shall not sell, transfer or sublet the privilege conferred upon him by this licence nor shall he admit any person as his partner in the business of his manufactory.
- This licence may be suspended or cancelled in accordance with the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930.
- In case this licence is cancelled during the currency of the period for which it is granted or is not renewed on its expiry, the licensee shall forthwith hand over the whole of the unused stock of opium and of the medicines containing opium to the Chief Officer of Excise. The licensee shall also hand over to the Chief Officer of Excise all accounts, passes and prescriptions in original which he is required to keep and preserve under this licence.
| Granted this...........day of.............20. | |
| Seal of the | |
| Chief Officer of Excise | Chief Officer of Excise |
| Place............. |
Schedule
| Licence No................ | Name of the depot............ |
| Name of the licensee.................. | |
| Address.............. |
Aggregate quantity of opium allowed to be purchased during each quarter
| Date | Quantity purchased | Progressive total of purchases for each quarter | Signature of the Officer-in-Charge of the depot |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Form O. P. II-A
[See Rule 4-A (2)]
Licence No............
Licence for the possession and sale of medicines containing opium by a dealer
Licence is hereby granted under and subject to the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930, and the rules, regulations and orders made thereunder to............ of............ (hereinafter called "the licensee") on payment of a licence fee of Rs......... authorising him to buy, transport, possess and sell medicines containing opium at his premises situated at............. in the................district subject to the following conditions, namely:
Conditions
- This licence shall remain in force from........... to.......... (both days inclusive).
- The licensee shall not obtain medicines obtaining opium except as permitted under the Tripura Opium Rules, 1959.
- The licensee shall not sell medicines containing opium to any person other than a person holding (i) a license in Form O.P. I or O.P. II or O.P. II-A, or (ii) a prescription issued by a registered medical practitioner in that respect; nor shall he sell such medicines in a manner different from that laid down in such licence or prescription.
- The licensee shall not keep medicines containing opium except at the above said premises.
- No medicines containing opium other than those obtained under this licence shall be transported, possessed or sold by thee licensee.
- The licensee shall keep daily accounts of the quantities of medicines containing opium purchased and sola by him in such form as may be prescribed by the Chief Commissioner if so required by him. The accounts shall be plainly and correctly written up in a bound book, paged and stamped with the seal of the Chief Officer of Excise.
- The licensee shall file and preserve for one year the said accounts, passes and copies of the prescriptions against which he sold medicines containing opium and shall produce them for inspection along with the stock of medicines containing opium held by him in balance at any time when the Chief Officer of Excise or any other officer duly empowered in this behalf calls upon him to do so.
- Except with the permission of the Chief Officer of Excise, the licensee shall not sell, transfer or sublet the privileges conferred upon him by this licence nor shall he admit any person as his partner in the business of his licence.
- This licence may be suspended or cancelled in accordance with the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930.
- In case this licence is cancelled during the currency of the period for which it is granted or is not renewed on its expiry, the licensee shall forthwith hand over the whole of the unused stock of medicines containing opium to the Chief Officer of Excise. The licence shall also hand over to the Chief Officer of Excise all accounts, passes and prescriptions in original which he is required to keep and preserve under this licence.
| Granted this...........day of.............20. | |
| Seal of the | |
| Chief Officer of Excise | Chief Officer of Excise |
Form O. P. III
[See Rule 5 (2)]
Permit No..........
Permit for the possession of opium for personal consumption in the territory of Tripura
(A)(1) Permit holder's name..........
(2) Father's/Husband's name............
(3) Religion or caste............
(4) Apparent age ...............
(5) Address in full..............
(6) Occupation...........
(B) Purpose for which the permit is granted.............. (for eating opium)
(C) Reference to medical certificate-
(1) Name and address of the Medical Board which granted the certificate...............
(2) Date of certificate..............
(3) Drug recommended.................
(4) quantity recommended per month...............
(5) Personal identification marks of the permit-holder as verified by the Medical Board........1.......2......3........
This permit is granted under and subject to the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930 and the rules, regulations and orders made thereunder to.......... of.......... (hereinafter referred to as "the permit-holder"), on payment of a fee of Rs........... authorising him to buy, possess, transport and consume opium subject to the following conditions, namely.
Conditions
- This permit shall remain in force from........... to............ (both days inclusive).
- The permit-holder shall as soon as possible present this permit before the local Inspector or Sub-Inspector of Excise for his counter signature and in any case not later than one month from the receipt of this permit.
- (1) The permit-holder shall not purchase during any one month opium exceeding........... tolas:
Provided that this quantity may be reduced during the currency of the permit according to the orders of the Chief Commissioner.
(2) The permit-holder shall not possess at any one time more than half tola of opium.
- (1) The permit-holder shall not obtain his supplies of opium from any place except from a depot established under Rule 9 of the Tripura Opium Rules, 1959.
(2) The permit-holder shall get the details of the purchase entered on the reverse of the permit by the officer-in-charge of the depot, before he removes from the depot the opium purchased by him.
(3) No opium other than opium obtained under this permit shall be transported, possessed or consumed by the permit-holder.
- The opium purchased under this permit shall neither be used by any person other than the permit-holder nor shall it be used for any purpose other than the purpose for which this permit is granted.
- The privileges of purchase, transport and possession of opium granted under this permit shall extend only so far as they are incidental to its consumption in accordance with this permit.
- The permit shall be non-transferable and may be suspended or cancelled in accordance with the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930.
- In case the permit is cancelled during its currency or is not renewed on its expiry, the whole of the unconsumed stock of opium shall forthwith be surrendered to the Chief Officer of Excise.
Granted this.............. day of............20.
Signature or left hand thumb-impression of the permit-holder..............
Signature and designation of authority granting the permit
Countersigned by Inspector and Sub-Inspector of Excise
Date......
(Reverse of the permit)
Details of purchases of opium made by the permit-holder
from.................to..................
| Date | Total quantity of opium permitted to be bought in the current month | Quantity of opium purchased | Running total of quantity of opium purchased since the first of the current month | Difference between the quantity allowed in the current month and the running total [Col. (4)] | Signature of the officer-in-charge of the depot and the name of the depot |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Form O. P. IV
[See Rule 6 (2)]
Permit No............
Permit for the possession of opium to be used for administering it to cattle or domestic animals on medical grounds
Permit is hereby granted under and subject to the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930, and the rules, regulations and orders made thereunder, to............ of............ (hereinafter referred to as "the permit-holder") on payment of a fee of Rs............... authorising him to buy, transport, possess, and use opium for its administration to his cattle/domestic animals specified in the schedule hereto annexed on medical grounds at his place situated at...........in the district of.......... subject to the following conditions, namely :
Conditions
- This permit will remain in force from.......... to.........(both days inclusive)
- The privileges of purchase, transport and possession of opium granted under this permit shall extend only so far as they are incidental to its use in accordance with the conditions of this permit.
- The permit-holders shall not possess opium in excess of......... tolas at any one time. He shall not keep opium at any place other than the one specified above. The opium shall be kept in a box securely locked, the keys of which shall be kept in his custody.
- The permit-holder shall not during the currency of his permit purchase opium exceeding............ tolas :
Provided that this quantity may be reduced during the currency of the permit if the Chief Officer of Excise or the authorised officer deems it necessary.
- (1) The permit-holder shall not obtain his supplies of opium from any place except from a depot established under Rule 9 of the Tripura Opium Rules, 1959 :
Provided that the permit-holder may, in any special case be permitted to obtain opium from any other place with the previous approval of the Chief Commissioner.
(2) The permit-holder shall get the details of the purchase entered on the reverse of the permit by the officer-in-charge of the depot, before he removes from the depot the opium purchased by him.
(3) No opium other than opium obtained under this permit shall be transported, possessed or used by the permit-holder.
- The opium purchased under this permit shall be used by the permit-holder solely for administering it to the cattle/domestic animals of the permit-holder in accordance with the recommendation of the Veterinary Surgeon or Assistant Veterinary Surgeon.
- The permit-holder shall immediately intimate to the Chief Officer of Excise, the reduction, if any, in the number of his cattle/domestic animals requiring administration of opium and get the quota of opium in his permit reduced accordingly.
- The permit-holder shall surrender the permit and the unused stock of opium to the officer-in-charge of the depot specified on the reverse of this permit, in case the cattle/domestic animals requiring the administration of opium no longer require it or cease to exit, as the case may be.
- The permit shall be non-transferable and may be suspended or cancelled in accordance with the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930.
- In case the permit is suspended or cancelled during its currency or is not renewed on its expiry, the whole of the unused stock of opium shall be forthwith surrendered to the officer-in-charge of the depot from which the opium was purchased under Cl. (1) of condition 5.
Granted this........... day of..........20.............
Signature and designation of authority granting the permit
Schedule
(Here specify cattle/ domestic animals)
Reverse of the Permit in Form O. P. IV
Details of purchases of opium made by the permit-holder...............from............. from the depot............ at.............
| Date | Total quantity of opium permitted to be bought in the current month | Quantity of opium purchased | Running total of quantity of opium purchased since the first of the current month | Difference between the quantity allowed in the current month and the running total [Col. (4)] | Signature of the officer-in-charge of the depot and the name of the depot |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Form A
[See Rule 12-A (2)]
Pass for import of medicine(s) containing opium
(Counterfoil)
(For Office use)
Serial No.............date...........20...........
Mr./Messrs [.................] is/are hereby authorised to import the undermentioned medicine (s) containing opium from Mr/Messrs [.................]
| Exact description of the medicine | Total quantity of medicine to be imported | Total quantity of opium contained in the medicine to be imported | Packages | |
| No. | Gross weight | |||
This pass is granted under and subject to the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930 and the rules made thereunder and subject to the following conditions:
(1) The consignment shall not be broken in transit.
(2) This pass shall remain in force up to and including...20........
Signature and Designation of the Officer issuing the pass
Form A
[See Rule 12-A (2)]
Pass for import of medicine(s) containing opium
(Duplicate)
(To be forwarded to the Inspector or Sub-Inspector of Excise in charge of the place of import)
Serial No...........Date.................20.
Mr./Messrs [.....................] is/are hereby authorised to import the undermentioned medicine(s) containing opium from Mr./Messrs [.......................]
| Exact description of the medicine | Total quantity of medicine to be imported | Total quantity of opium contained in the medicine to be imported | Packages | |
| No. | Gross weight | |||
This pass is granted under and subject to the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930 and the rules made thereunder and subject to the following conditions :
(1) The consignment shall not be broken in transit.
(2) This pass shall remain in force up to and including......20.....
Signature and Designation of the Officer issuing the pass
Form A
[See Rule 12-A (2)]
Pass for import of medicine(s) containing opium
(Triplicate)
(To be forwarded to the Excise Authority of the place of export).
Serial No...........Date.............19..............
Mr./Messrs [.......................] is/are hereby authorised to import the undermentioned medicine (s) containing opium from Mr./Messrs [.......................]
| Exact description of the medicine | Total quantity of medicine to be imported | Total quantity of opium contained in the medicine to be imported | Packages | |
| No. | Gross weight | |||
This pass is granted under and subject to the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930 and the rules made thereunder and subject to the following conditions :
(1) The consignment shall not be broken in transit.
(2) This pass shall remain in force up to and including.....20...
Signature and designation of the Officer issuing the pass
Form A
[See Rule 12-A (2)]
Pass for import of medicine(s) containing opium
(Quadruplicate)
(To be handed over to the applicant to accompany the consignment)
Serial No....................Date...............19.
Mr./Messrs [........................] is/are hereby authorised to import the undermentioned medicine(s) containing opium from Mr./Messrs [........................]
| Exact description of the medicine | Total quantity of medicine to be imported | Total quantity of opium contained in the medicine to be imported | Packages | |
| No. | Gross weight | |||
This pass is granted under and subject to the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930 and the rules made thereunder and subject to the following conditions :
(1) The consignment shall not be broken in transit.
(2) This pass shall remain in force up to and including...20.......
Signature and Designation of the Officer issuing the pass
Form B
[See Rule 13 (2)]
Pass for export of medicine(s) containing opium
Counterfoil
(For office use)
Serial No............Date............20......
Mr./Messrs [................] is/are hereby authorised to export the undermentioned medicine(s) containing opium to [................]
| Exact description of the medicine | Total quantity of medicine to be exported | Total quantity of opium contained in the medicine to be exported | Packages | |
| No. | Gross weight | |||
This pass is granted under and subject to the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930, and the rules made thereunder and subject to the following conditions :
(1) The consignment shall not be broken in transit.
(2) This pass shall remain in force up to and including.....20.....
Signature and designation of the Officer issuing the pass
Form B
[See Rule 13 (2)]
Pass for export of medicine(s) containing opium
(Duplicate)
(To be forwarded to the Inspector or sub-inspector of Excise of the place of export)
Serial No..........Date............20........
Mr./Messrs [.......................] is/are hereby authorised to import the undermentioned medicine(s) containing opium to Mr./Messrs [...........................]
| Exact description of the medicine | Total quantity of medicine to be exported | Total quantity of opium contained in the medicine to be exported | Packages | |
| No. | Gross weight | |||
This pass is granted under and subject to the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930 and the rules made thereunder and subject to the following conditions :
(1) The consignment shall not be broken in transit.
(2) This pass shall remain in force up to and including......20.....
Signature and Designation of the Officer issuing the pass
Form B
[See Rule 13 (2)]
Pass for export of medicines(s) containing opium
(Triplicate)
(To be forwarded to the Excise Authority of the place of import)
Serial No..................Date................20....
Mr./Messrs [.................] is/are hereby authorised to import the undermentioned medicine(s) containing opium to Mr./Messrs [.................]
| Exact description of the medicine | Total quantity of medicine to be exported | Total quantity of opium contained in the medicine to be exported | Packages | |
| No. | Gross weight | |||
This pass is granted under and subject to the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930, and the rules made thereunder and subject to the following conditions:
(1) The consignment shall not be broken in transit.
(2) This pass shall remain in force up to and including.20...
Signature and designation of the Officer issuing the pass
Form B
[See Rule 13 (2)]
Pass for export of medicine(s) containing opium
(Quadruplicate)
(To be handed over to the applicant to accompany the consignment)
Serial No.....................Date..................20.............
Mr./Messrs [.........................] is/are hereby authorised to export the under mentioned medicine(s) containing opium to Mr./Messrs [....................]
| Exact description of the medicine | Total quantity of medicine to be exported | Total quantity of opium contained in the medicine to be exported | Packages | |
| No. | Gross weight | |||
This pass is granted under and subject to the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930 and the rules made thereunder and subject to the following conditions :
(1) The consignment shall not be broken in transit.
(2) This pass shall remain in force up to and including.......20.....
Signature and designation of the Officer issuing the pass
Form C
[See Rule 14 (3)]
Pass for transport of opium/medicine(s) containing opium
(Counterfoil)
(For office use)
Serial No............Date.......20........
Mr./Messrs [......................] is/are hereby authorised to transport to [..............] [....................] the undermentioned drugs
| Exact description of the drug | Total quantity of drug to be transported | Total quantity of opium contained in the medicine containing opium* | Packages | |
| No. | Gross weight | |||
* To be filled in when medicine containing opium, is to be transported.
This pass is granted under and subject to the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930, and the rules made thereunder and subject to the following conditions :
(1) The consignment shall not be broken in transit.
(2) This pass shall remain in force up to and including......20.......
Signature and designation of the Officer issuing the pass
Form C
[See Rule 14 (3)]
Pass for transport of opium /medicine(s) containing opium
(Duplicate)
(To be forwarded to the Inspector or Sub-Inspector of Excise of the place of transport)
Serial No..........Date...........20....
Mr./Messrs [.....................] is/are hereby authorised to transport [.....................] from [............] the under mentioned drugs :
| Exact description of the drug | Total quantity of drug to be transported | Total quantity of opium contained in the medicine containing opium* | Packages | |
| No. | Gross weight | |||
* To be filled in when medicine containing opium, is to be transported.
This pass is granted under and subject to the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930 and the rules made thereunder and subject to the following conditions :
(1) The consignment shall not be broken in transit.
(2) This pass shall remain in force up to and including......20...........
Signature and Designation of the Officer issuing the pass
Form C
[See Rule 14 (3)]
Pass for transport of opium/medicine(s) containing opium
(Triplicate)
(To be forwarded to the Inspector or Sub-Inspector of Excise of the place of destination)
Serial No...........Date......20.........
Mr./Messrs [..................] is/are hereby authorised to transport to [.................] [......................] from the undetermined drugs :
| Exact description of the drug | Total quantity of drug to be transported | Total quantity of opium contained in the medicine containing opium | Packages | |
| No. | Gross weight | |||
This pass is granted under and subject to the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930, and the rules made thereunder and subject to the following conditions :
(1) The consignment shall not be broken in transit.
(2) This pass shall remain in force up to and including............20......
Signature and designation of the Officer issuing the pass
Form C
[See Rule 14 (3)]
Pass for transport of opium/medicine(s) containing opium
(Quadruplicate)
(To be handed over to the applicant to accompany the consignment)
Serial No.........Date..........20.........
Mr./Messers [...................] is/are hereby authorised to transport to [.................] [.....................] from the undermentioned drugs :
| Exact description of the drug | Total quantity of drug to be transported | Total quantity of opium contained in the medicine containing opium* | Packages | |
| No. | Gross weight | |||
* To be filled in when medicine containing opium, is to be transported.
This pass is granted under and subject to the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930, and rules made thereunder and subject to the following conditions :
(1) The consignment shall not be broken in transit.
(2) This pass shall remain in force up to and including.........20.......
Signature and designation of the Officer issuing the pass
Form D
[See Rule 21 (ii)]
Form of Authority
I hereby appoint................to buy, possess and transport opium on my behalf on my permit No..........
Identification marks of the agent
- .......................
- .......................
Signature or thumb impression of the agent
Signature of thumb impression of the person giving the authority
Signature or thumb impression of the agent taken in the presence of the Chief Officer of Excise or the officer authorised to grant the permit.
Approved
Signature of the Chief Officer of Excise or Officer authorised to grant the permit.
Place...........
Date...........