Regulation 7 - Transport of controlled substance in Schedule-A - Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Regulation of Controlled Substances) Order, 2013

7. Transport of controlled substance in Schedule-A .- (1) No consignment of controlled substance in Schedule-A shall be moved from one place to another place, within India, except when it is accompanied by a consignment Note in Form-G. (2) The consignment Note shall be prepared in triplicate and the original and duplicate copies of the consignment Note shall be sent along with the consignment to the consignee, who shall return the duplicate copy to the consignor for retention after endorsing on the original and duplicate copies the particulars of quantity received by him. (3) In case of non-receipt of duplicate copy by the consignor, duly endorsed by the consignee acknowledging the receipt of the consignment of controlled substance, the consignor shall report loss or disappearance of the consignment in the manner provided in sub-clause (8) of clause 4 within forty-five days from the date of dispatch of the consignment. (4) In the case of any consignment of controlled substance in Schedule-A is imported into India, such consignment from the port of entry to any warehouse or factory or business establishment or premises of the importer or consumer, as the case may be, shall be accompanied by a Bill of Entry. (5) The consignment Note or the Bill of Entry, as the case may be, shall be preserved for a minimum period of five years by the consignor and the consignee or importer, as the case may be. (6) No transporter shall carry any consignment of controlled substance in Schedule-A without a consignment Note or Bill of Entry. (7) The transporter shall produce the consignment Note or Bill of Entry, as the case may be, when required by an officer empowered under section 42 of the Act. (8) (a) Whenever controlled substance in Schedule-A are transported by motorised tankers or otherwise by packages, all the inlets and outlets of such tankers or packages, as the case may be, shall be sealed with tamper-proof seals each of which shall have identifiable description and such seal shall be affixed at the premises of the consignor and removed at the premises of the consignee. (b) The description of tamper-proof seal affixed on such tankers or packages shall be entered on the consignment Note or Bill of Entry of each consignment. (c) No person shall use or possess any tamper-proof seal which has identifiable description on it identical to another tamper-proof seal. (9) Whenever a consignment of controlled substance in Schedule-A is transported from the area which comes within the jurisdiction of a Zonal Director of the Narcotics Control Bureau to an area which comes within the jurisdiction of another Zonal Director of the Narcotics Control Bureau, the consignor shall send a quarterly report to the latter Zonal Director in Form-H. Explanation.1. For the purpose of this clause, the expression Bill of Entry shall have the same meaning as defined in the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) . Explanation.2.- For the purpose of this clause, the jurisdiction of a Zonal Director of Narcotics Control Bureau shall be the area as specified in the Appendix.