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The Assam Dangerous Drugs Rules, 1937
The Assam Dangerous Drugs Rules, 1937
Sections
1. Short title.
Section 12. Definitions.
Section 23. Manufacture.
Section 34. Possession.
Section 49. Transmission.
Section 918. Sale.
Section 1822. Approval, authorisation, licences and passes.
Section 2227. Disposal of drugs and confiscated articles.
Section 2728. Issue of subsidiary orders.
Section 2829. Appeals.
Section 2930. Exemptions.
Section 30
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"content": "(a) \"The Act\" means the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930,\n(b) \"Collector\" includes the Chief Officer in-charge of the Revenue administration of the district or frontier tract for the time being and also any officer specially authorised by the Governor to exercise throughout the Province or in any specified area therein all or any of the powers of a Collector under these rules.\n(c) \"District Collector\" means the Chief Officer in-charge of the Revenue administration of a district or frontier tract.\n(d) \"Approved practitioner\" means-\n(i) any person registered as a medical practitioner under the Medical Act, 1858 and any Act of Parliament amending the same, or under any law for the registration of medical practitioners for the time being in force in any part of British India, or\n(ii) any person registered as a dentist under the Dentists' Act, 1878, and any Act of Parliament amending the same, or\n(iii) any person possessed of qualifications which render him eligible for registration as medical practitioner or dentist, as the case may be, under the Medical Act, 1858, the Dentists' Act, 1878, and any Act of Parliament amending the same Acts, or under any law for the registration of medical practitioners or dentists for the time being in force in any part of British India, and who is approved by order of the District Collector for the purpose of these rules, or of corresponding rules for the time being in force in any part of British India,\n(iv) any person practising veterinary medicine and surgery who has obtained the diploma of a recognised veterinary institution,\n(v) any other person engaged in medical, dental or veterinary practice and approved by order of the Excise Commissioner for the purpose of these rules:\n(e) The expression \"Dangerous Medicinal Drugs\" means-\n(i) coca leaf;\n(ii) cocal derivation;\n(iii) medicinal hemp;\n(iv) opium derivatives other than prepared opium; and\n(v) notified drugs as defined in sub-clause (h) of these definitions ;\n(f) \"Licensed chemist\" means a person who has obtained a licence under these rules for the sale on prescription of dangerous medicinal drugs, and for the manufacture of medicinal opium or of preparations containing morphine, diacetylmorphine or cocaine from materials which he is lawfully entitled to possess;\n(g) \"Licensed dealer\" means a person who has obtained a licence under these rules for the sale of dangerous medicinal drugs otherwise than on prescription, and for the manufacture of medicinal opium or of preparations, containing morphine, diacetylmorphine or cocaine from materials which he is lawfully entitled to possess;\n(h) \"Notified drugs\" means any narcotic substance other than coca derivatives, medicinal hemp and opium derivatives which the Central Government may have declared by notification in the Gazette of India made in insurance of a recommendation under Article 10 of the Geneva Convention, to be a notified drug;\n(i) \"Prescription\" means a prescription given by an approved practitioner for the supply of any dangerous medicinal drug to a patient;\n(j) \"Transmission\" means-\n(i) to import into Assam from any part of British India through British territory.\n(ii) to export out of Assam to any part of British India through British territory,\n(iii) to transport within the Province of Assam.",
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"content": "10.\n11.\n12.\n13.\n14.\n15.\n16.\n(1) he has obtained a pass from the Collector of the place of destination;\n(2) he uses only the parcel of post and has the parcel insured;\n(3) he furnishes with the parcel a declaration stating the names of the consignor and consignee, the contents of the parcel in detail, the number and date of the past covering the transmission, and such other particulars as may be prescribed from time to time by the Excise Commissioner;\n(4) he shows distinctly in his account books the name of the consignee and the quality of drugs sent.\n17.",
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"content": "19.\n(a) to a licensed dealer or licensed chemist;\n(b) to an approved practitioner;\n(c) to a person holding an import certificate under the Dangerous Drugs (Import, Export and Transhipment) Rules, 1933;\n20.\n(a) (i) The prescription shall be in writing and shall be dated and signed by the approved practitioner with his full name, address and qualification and shall show the name and address of the person for whose use (or for the use of whose animal) the prescription is given and the total amount of the drug to be supplied.\n(ii) In the case of a prescription given by a dentist the prescription shall be for dental treatment only and shall bear the words \"for local dental treatment only\".\n(iii) In the case of a prescription given by a veterinary prescription the prescription shall be for treatment of animals only and shall bear the words \"for treatment of animals only\".\n(b) A licensed chemist shall not dispense a practitioner unless he is acquainted with the signature of the approved practitioner by whom it purports to have been or is acquainted with the person or the family of the person for whose use, or for the use of whose animal, the prescription purports to be given, and has no reason to suppose that the prescription is not genuine.\n(c) A licensed chemist shall date and sign a prescription each time he serves it.\n(d) A licensed chemist shall not serve coca leaves or coca derivatives more than once on the same prescription and shall retain every prescription authorising the use of such drugs.\n(e) A licensed chemist shall not serve dangerous medicinal drugs other than coca leaves and coca derivatives more than once on the same prescription, unless it bears superscription by the approved practitioner, who prescribed it, stating that it is to be repeated and the intervals of time after which and the number of times (not exceeding three) that is to be repeated. In the absence of such a superscription, the prescription shall be retained by the licensed chemist after it has been served once.\n(f) A licensed chemist shall not serve any prescription presented for repetition before the interval specified in the superscription has elapsed since the prescription was last dispensed.\n(g) A licensed chemist shall keep every prescription on the premises where he dispensed it and shall produce it for inspection to the Collector or any other deputed for the purpose by the Collector, including an Excise Officer of and above the rank of Sub-Inspector, who may then destroy it, or shall destroy it himself after a period of two years, if no inspection has been made in the meantime.\n21.\n(b) Every licensed dealer shall file the counterfoils returned to him by the consignees of all passes and indents authorised under Rule 23 by virtue of which such drugs have been transmitted by him with this record.\n(c) This record and these passes and indents shall not be destroyed without the written permission of the Collector.",
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"content": "(b) The District Collector may approve any person possessed of the qualification specified in sub-clause (iii) of Clause (d) of Rule 2.\n23.\n24.\n25.\n(i) if such person has-\n(a) failed to pay any duty or fee payable by him, or\n(b) by himself or by any servant or person acting on his behalf committed any breach of the conditions of such licence or order or of these rules, or\n(c) been convicted of any offence under the Act, or under the law for the time being in force relating to excise revenue or of any criminal offence, or\n(ii) at the will of such officer;\n26.",
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"content": "31.\nAppendix\nAppendix\nForm D. D. 1\nForm D. D. 1\n[ See Rule 24]\nLicence granted to a dealer for the manufacture, possession and sale otherwise than on prescription of dangerous medicinal drugs\nLicence granted to a dealer for the manufacture, possession and sale otherwise than on prescription of dangerous medicinal drugs\nConditions\nConditions\n(1) to the manufacture of medicinal opium from opium which the licensee is lawfully entitled to possess;\n(2) to the manufacture of any preparation containing morphine diacetylmorphine or cocaine from morphine, diacetylmorphine or cocaine which the licensee is lawfully entitled to possess; and\n(3) to the possession and sale otherwise than on prescription of dangerous medicinal drugs.\n(a) opium derivatives other than prepared opium containing in the aggregate............ of either morphine or diacetylmorphine or both;\n(b) coca derivatives containing in the aggregate more than [........]\n(c) coca leaf up to [.....]\n(d) medicinal hemp up to........ in the case of extract and [......] in the case of tincture;\n(e) any other narcotic substance declared to be a manufactured drug up to To [.........]\n(1) only the parcel post shall be used;\n(2) the parcels shall be insured;\n(3) the parcels be covered by passes which shall, in the case of transmission to a district or frontier tract within the Province of Assam, be issued by the Collector of that district or frontier tract and in other cases by the proper authorities in the Province to which the parcels are addressed;\n(4) the parcels shall be accompanied by a declaration stating the names of the consignee and the consignor, the contents of the parcels in detail, the number and the date of the pass covering the transmission and the number of the licence held by the consignee; and\n(5) the consignee shall show distinctly in his account books the name of the consignor and the quantity of drugs sent to him from time to time by post.\n(a) to another dealer or chemists licensed under the rules made by the Governor of Assam under sub-section (2) of Section 8 of the Dangerous Drugs Act, or under the corresponding rules for the time being in force in any part of British India outside the Province of Assam;\n(b) to an approved practitioner for use in his practice;\n(c) to an approved practitioner in charge of a hospital or dispensary authorised in this behalf by the Collector for use in the hospital or dispensary:\n(a) in the case of powders or solutions or ointments, with the total amount thereof in each package or bottle and the percentage of the drug in the powder, solution or ointment; and\n(b) in the case of tables or other articles, with the amount of the drug in each article and the number of articles in each package or bottle.\nCollector\nForm D. D. 2\nForm D. D. 2\n[ See Rules 18 and 24]\nLicence granted to a chemist for the manufacture, possession and sale on prescription of dangerous medicinal drugs\nLicence granted to a chemist for the manufacture, possession and sale on prescription of dangerous medicinal drugs\nConditions\nConditions\n(1) to the manufacturer of medicinal opium from opium which the licensee is lawfully entitled to possess;\n(2) to the manufacturer of any preparation containing morphine, diacetylmorphine or cocaine from morphine, diacetylmorphine or cocaine which the licensee is lawfully entitled to possess; and\n(3) to the possession and sale on prescription of dangerous medicinal drugs.\n(a) opium derivatives other than prepared opium containing in the aggregate more than [........] of either morphine or dicetylmorphine or both;\n(b) coca derivatives containing in the aggregate more than [.......] of cocaine;\n(c) medicinal hemp more than [........] in the case of extract and [.......] in the case of tincture;\n(d) any other narcotic substance declared to be a manufactured drug more than [........]\n(1) only the parcel post shall be used;\n(2) the parcels shall be insured;\n(3) the parcels shall be covered by passes which shall, in the case of transmission to a district or frontier tract within the Province of Assam, be issued by the Collector of that district or frontier tract and in other cases by the proper authorities in the Province to which the parcels are addressed;\n(4) the parcels shall be accompanied by a declaration stating the names of the consignee and the consignor, the contents of the parcels in detail, the number and date of the pass covering the transmission and the number of the licence held by the consignee; and\n(5) the consignee shall show distinctly in his account books the name of the consignor and the quantity of drugs sent to him from time to time by post.\n(a) he shall sell the drugs in such quantity and for use of such person only as may be specified in the prescription;\n(b) he shall sell the drugs only once on a prescription, unless it bears a superscription by an approved practitioner stating that it is to be repeated and at what intervals of time and how many times it is to be repealed:\n(c) he shall, on the first sale on a prescription, take and keep a copy of it, and, on the occasion of each sale thereon, he shall enter on the prescription the date of the sale and shall also sign and seal it.\n(1) the prescription shall be in writing, shall be dated and signed by the approved practitioner with his full name and address and qualifications and shall specify the name and address of the person for whose use the prescription is given and the total amount of the drugs to be supplied on the prescription; provided that where the medicine to be supplied on the prescription is a preparatory medicine it shall be sufficient to state the amount of the medicine to be supplied;\n(2) a registered dentist shall give a prescription only for the purpose of dental treatment and shall mark it \"For local dental treatment only\"; and\n(3) a registered veterinary surgeon shall give a prescription only for the purpose of treatment of animals and shall mark it \"For treatment of animals only\".\nCollector\nForm D. D. 3\nForm D. D. 3\n[ See Rules 5, 6 and 21 (a)]\nForm of Accounts to be maintained by approved practitioners, chemists and dealers for sale of dangerous medicinal drugs\nForm of Accounts to be maintained by approved practitioners, chemists and dealers for sale of dangerous medicinal drugs\nDate\nBalance in hand\nQuantity received this day and whence received\nTotal to be accounted for\nQuantity sold this day\nQuantity\nWhence received\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\nOz Gr\nOz Gr\nOz Gr\nName of purchaser or preparation manufactured\nAddress of purchaser or amount of preparation\nLicenced dealer-Date of dent or Chemist's orders\nRemaining in store\nRemarks\nLicensed Chemist-Date of description and name of\n\t\t\t\tmedical practitioner who granted it\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\nOz Gr\nForm D. D. 4\nForm D. D. 4\n[ See Rule 17]\n(one ounce equals 437.5 granis avoirdupois)\nThis pass must be used within one month from the date of its issue.\nDuplicate .................................\nDuplicate\nNo..............................\n(One ounce equals 437.5 grains avoirdupois)\nThis pass must be used within one month from the date of its issue. Triplicate ................................. No..............................\nTriplicate .................................\nTriplicate\nNo..............................\n(To be sent to the authority of the exporting district.)\n(One ounce equals 437.5 grains avoirdupois)\nThis pass must be used within one month from the date of its issue.\nQuadruplicate .................................\nQuadruplicate\nNo..............................\n(One ounce equals 437.5 grains avoirdupois)\nThis pass must be used within one month from the date of its issue.\nThe duplicate shall be returned by the consignor after the\n\t\t\t\tdespatch of the consignment to the Collector\nThe duplicate shall be returned by the consignor after the\n\t\t\t\tdespatch of the consignment to the Collector\nThe duplicate shall be returned by the consignor after the\n\t\t\t\tdespatch of the consignment to the Collector\nThe duplicate shall be returned by the consignor after the\n\t\t\t\tdespatch of the consignment to the Collector\n(here enter district/ frontier tract)\n(here enter district/ frontier tract)\n(here enter district/ frontier tract)\n(here enter district/ frontier tract)\nThe bulk of the consignment shall not be broken in transit\nThe bulk of the consignment shall not be broken in transit\nThe bulk of the consignment shall not be broken in transit\nThe bulk of the consignment shall not be broken in transit\n(Place) (Date) Collector\n(Place) (Date) Collector\n(Place) (Date) Collector\n(Place) (Date) Collector\nFrom overleaf to be filled up, signed and dated by the\n\t\t\t\tconsignor and this duplicate to be returned to the Collector.\nFrom overleaf to be filled up, signed and dated by the\n\t\t\t\tconsignor before the consignment leaves his premises.\nNo......\nAdvice of consignment of dangerous medicinal drugs.\n(Here enter the kind of drug allowed to be imported/exported/\n\t\t\t\ttransported):\n(1) medicinal hemp, (2) medicinal opium, or (3) morphine,\n\t\t\t\tdiactylmorphine (officinal or non-officinal preparations) as the\n\t\t\t\tcase may be. They should be entered on the licence and the\n\t\t\t\tduplicate and triplicate copies thereof also.\nThe drugs specified below have this day, the....... 19....,\n\t\t\t\tbeen despatched by..... (mode of conveyance) in charge of.....\n\t\t\t\tin..... (state number and description of packages) Description\n\t\t\t\tQuantity or Packages of drugs weight.\nDetails of consignment........\nThe drugs specified below have this day the..... 19.... been\n\t\t\t\tdespatched by..... (mode of conveyance)in............. (state\n\t\t\t\tnumber and description of packages) Description Quantity\n\t\t\t\tPackages of drugs or weight Copy forwarded to the for\n\t\t\t\tinformation.\n(Date)\nSignature of consignor\n(Place)\nSignature of consignor\nForwarded to the Collector\nForm D. D. 5\nForm D. D. 5\n[ See Rule 23]\nOrder under Rule 23 of the rules made by the Governor of Assam under sub-section (2) of Section 8 of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930, authorising an approved practitioner in managing or supervising charge of a hospital or dispensary to possess and transmit dangerous medicinal drugs\nOrder under Rule 23 of the rules made by the Governor of Assam under sub-section (2) of Section 8 of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930, authorising an approved practitioner in managing or supervising charge of a hospital or dispensary to possess and transmit dangerous medicinal drugs\nI. This he do not transfer this order to any other person.\nII. That he use dangerous medicinal drugs for medicinal purposes only and only in the premises for which this order is granted and that he do not use dangerous medicinal drugs in any other place without a separate order.\nIII. The he do not sell dangerous medicinal drugs to any one.\nIV. That he do not obtain dangerous medicinal drugs from a licensed chemist on his own prescription, but that he obtain all dangerous medicinal drugs to be possessed under this order from a dealer licensed under the rules made by the Governor of Assam under sub-section (2) of Section 8 of the Dangerous Drugs Act or under corresponding rules for the time being in force in any part of British India outside Assam.\nV. That if he desire to import or transmit dangerous medicinal drugs from any place in British India to the premises named herein he obtain on each occasion on which he desires so to import or transport dangerous medicinal drugs the counter-signature of the Civil Surgeon/Superintendent of the Civil Veterinary Department on his indent for the same.\nVI. That he do not store any dangerous medicinal drugs to be used under this order in any premises other than those named herein.\nVII. That he keep an account of all dangerous medicinal drugs received and used by him that he at all times afford facility for the inspection of such account and of his stock of dangerous medicinal drugs by the Collector, the Civil Surgeon, the Superintendent of Excise or any officer authorized by the Collector or the Civil Surgeon, to inspect the same.\nCollector",
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"Short Title": "The Assam Dangerous Drugs Rules, 1937",
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