(1) No sort of beer, wine, spirituous liquor, opium or other narcotics drugs or psychotropic substances shall be sold on board by any person nor shall any person belonging to the ship sell articles of any other description to any other person belonging to the ship without the written sanction of the Commanding Officer and all loans, transfers, gifts or barters of spirits, intoxicating drinks, opium or other narcotics drugs or psychotropic substances are hereby prohibited on board.
(2) Tradesman shall not be permitted to board the Indian Naval Ship to sell their goods or obtain orders and where the exclusion of a particular tradesman from boarding one of the Indian Naval Ship would cause real inconvenience to the ship’s company, the circumstances shall be reported to the Administrative Authority for consideration.
(3) The Administrative Authority may at its discretion permit the sale of newspapers on board.
(4) The distribution in ships of circulars or advertisement for the promotion of raffles is hereby prohibited.
EXPLANATION:- For the purpose of this regulation words narcotic drugs “and” “psychotropic substances” shall carry the meaning assigned to these words in the Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances Act 1985 (61 of 1985).