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Section 8: Possession of manufactured drugs by approved practitioner

The Tamil Nadu Narcotic Drugs Rules, 1985State Rules of Tamil Nadu · 1985

(1) No approved practitioner shall for the purpose of sale, possess any quantity of any manufactured drug:

Provided that such practitioner may, for use in his practice, possess such quantity of such manufactured drug as specified in the permit ND/RC:

Provided further that the Collector may, by special order, authorise any such practitioner to possess a larger quantity of such drugs.

(2) No approved practitioner shall for the purpose of sale, possess any quantity of cocaine derivatives:

Provided that such practitioner may, under special permit issued in this behalf by the Collector, in Form ND/RC possess for use in his practice any manufactured drug containing such quantity of cocaine in the aggregate, as may be specified in the special permit.

Explanation: For the purpose of this rule, the expression ―use in his practice‖ means only the actual direct administration of the drug in injections, surgical operations or other emergent cases by or in the presence of an approved practitioner.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Tamil Nadu Narcotic Drugs Rules, 1985
Section8
Marginal notePossession of manufactured drugs by approved practitioner
JurisdictionState of Tamil Nadu
StatusIn force as published by the source

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