Section 13: Transport of Opium on behalf of infirm and invalid persons
The Punjab Opium Prohibition Rules, 1959State Rules of Punjab · 1914
Any person may, without any permit, purchase, possess and transport opium on behalf of an infirm or invalid person, who is physically unfit to purchase, possess and transport opium, provided that -
(a) the infirm, or invalid person holds a permit in form O.P.1;
(b) the person purchasing, possessing and transporting opium on behalf of the infirm or invalid person possesses a written authority in Form O.P. 6 from the infirm or invalid person to do so on his behalf, and the Chief Medical Officer has given his prior approval to such authorisation.