Amendment of Act 16 of 1955

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..... n section 2, - (i) after clause (a), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely :- '(aa) "coca derivative" means - (i) crude cocaine, that is, any extract of coca leaf which can be used, directly or indirectly, for the manufacture of cocaine; (ii) ecgonine, that is, laevo-ecgonine having the chemical formula C9 H15 NO3 H2O, and all the derivatives of laevo-ecgonine from whic .....

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..... inal use; (ii) prepared opium, that is, any product of opium obtained by any series of operations designed to transform opium into an extract suitable for smoking, and the dross or other residue remaining after opium is smoked; (iii) morphine, that is, the principal alkaloid of opium having the chemical formula C17 H12 NO3, and salts, and its derivatives;'; (iii) for clause (e), the followin .....

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..... coca derivative, or opium, or derivative of opium, or Indian hemp and shall include any other substance, capable of causing or producing in human beings dependence, tolerance and withdrawal syndromes and which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be a narcotic drug or narcotic;'; (c) the Schedule shall be amended in the manner specified in the Sixth Sch .....

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