The ASSAM OPIUM (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1933
###### l <'F 1933)
 ASSAl\1 .\Cr ! OF 1933

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_<llltlllo_ _"l'.ltit_ _Of'"'_ _!ct,/8iU_

\VlwlC.h it is c..xpcdtCI • to amr1ul tlac Opntlll

t\ct I of :\r.ls lu7U, in its applic. ti ll o A~ am Jot l [1]J\' purpo e,

1878.

hereinafter appt".uing .

It i~ herd>> cnactt· a
1. T bis Act 111•~} II the . \ "Ill Opium ~hur t ulle

(Amcudmt"ul' \ct, I!J~3.

t\cl I or 2. In sc<·tiou !) ,f tlu

1878. .d.ter .dcncd <t:. Ll•e 1wn• ,

_(ii)_ I HI I y e:.-..,\C'Il<}

hl Olh' \' .l C \\j \\hiclt lllolV

c.:xtcnllo u1 1 til u~a HI ru ''-'"· <•t willt

hoth' It: h· II I h'ititutnl the

\\Ore! kh mav , xtt!ud to t we• } car:.,

01 with tine or with both'

Hid

(iii) for the \\0 ds ''l>ix
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3. J\l'tcr CtiJn 9 of tlt lu>t:rtiuu of

ing new section :;h lll I c 1 ' rl<'w ~.-,tiuua

A \\I I . II' 9.\, 911. 9C.
a. H• 'er .avmg b" COIH _c_ " c.: n· 91>. •m, and

9

cc punbhahlc unrlct· se uon 9 i ag.uu l.'uilt) ,.J au 'IF.

offence under that :-;~cuon sl1 ll b1! subject for c·vet v t!.nhnnced
such t.HhSl:·(' c>~l ull~nce to i.nnruonolcllt ,. whit h may ilflcr puni)hmc!lt prevJ·

extend to lour yt·ars Ct' to un_. uua _convic_
lion.

9.13. (1) Wlu ne cr .my 1 ·r• lll tli wnviclt'U ol an Security for

ollenr~ puni,ltahk under !cctiQn 9 nne! the Court 1_abs0 11 taining .
convictiug him tB ol opin o 1 tt..u il is \Lt:'-'c~:;ary to ' ! cu1r.nml$•

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requ1l'C sue 1               - rsun to cx.:cntc n 011 or a st·untng tain offencca.

from commis~iou or suc.h c.Ucnce, the Court may, at
the time of pl~~ing t;ntcuce on ... uch pc1son, tJI'dcr
###### him to execute n J,ond for s n proportionate to hb

mcan.s, with or '· ithout surcucs !<.or abstaining from the

comruhsion of ,uch o!Teuccs during such period, not
cxcccdmg thrc~' years, a· it 1hinkll fit to fix

                   - For ~tatcmenls of oh"- L, n'ld Rca 011                   - _stt .ISJmll_ _Ga:::;clf•_

1932 uf Sl:lc< t Committee
1 [J'art ] [\·, ] [pAge ] [59, ] [fo; ] [Repo ]

_su lt.<t1'111l_ C~t~. ltl32. l'll't , I' ,'S 73 -7u, for I'rocadiug~

in <.:ounc.il. _sa .lum_ Gt:~dle 1932, Part n tlagca 808-82$-836,

U22• m _iJss11111_ _Ga;.fllt ~93~, Put VI,_ page U1,


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###### 72 AssAM 0Ptuu (AMMLNnMENT} Ac-r

2. The bond shall be.. u tht: form contained in Act V of

th~ ~chedulc and the provisJOll'> of t be Code of Cri- [1898]•

mma1 Procedure, 1898, shall, io so far as they are

applicable, apply to all matlers connected with ~uch

lx>nd a.ncl the non-1!xtculiolt tht~rcof as if it were a

L>ond to keep 1hc peace orcleccll to be executed under Act v or

M!Ction 106 of that Code. 189U

(3} H the conviction i'l l.Cl astd• on appeal ot·

otherwise, the L>ond Ml cxecutcd ~hall become void.

\4 J An order under th il> scctiou may also be made

by an ApFellatc Court, or bv the High Court when

t'xereising its powers of revi.,ion.

l'uni,h- 9C. \Vhoevcr, hc1ng the uwner or Ot;cupic•· or

# - t• cut for having the usc of any hou~c, room, enclosure, space

allowiul!'

prcmi~, to vessel, vehicle or place, .knowingly pennits iL to be
be u~d for usecl for the commi,sion hy any other person of an
the com- offrnce punishable under section CJ sh til be liable to

mission of the punishment proviclt:d in that sectton

an offence.

Impurl, 9D. ( I) \\'hen au> optum ha<> lJC(;o importr-d

c."tP n r 1,

Lran~port, manufac- rxporperson ted, oo tr.msported account of or any S<lld oth or i1 r person, poss~d and by 1.uch any
turc. sale other person knows or has rca"'ons to believe that such

or pos..-;es- import, ex'}lort, transport or sale wa s, or t hat such

sion by on pos,easion is oo his arcount, that opium shall, for tlte

pcf'.on one
account of pu•pose of this Act, be deemed to have been imported,
auothcr. exported, transp•·rted or st ld b\, or to be in posses-

sion of such other person.

(2) Nothing in sub-se , ion 1) sh.Lll .. bsolvc auy

person who imports. xpools, t au~port, _:;ells_ or has

possc\Sion opium on account ol anotbr.r JWr~on from

liability to a.ny 1 untshmcnt under this Acl for unlawful
import, export, transports, $ale or po~~~sion of opium.

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Abclm'!llll 9E. Whoever attempt to commit an offence and in

such attempt does any act towards the commission of

the offence punishable under section 9 or section 9C

shall be liable to punishment provided for t he offence.

9F. Whocvel' abets an offence punishable uodet

_1\ct_ XLV

this Act shall, whether ~uch offence be or be not com-

of 1868.

mitted in consequence of such abetment, and notwith-
standing anything contained in section 116 of the

Indian Penal Code, be punished with the punishment
provided for the off~nce.

Amend- 4. In section 14 of the principal Act,-

ment or sec;..
lion 14 of (i) for the word-; "bclwt.x-n sunri:.e anti sunset'[1 ]
Act I or

there shall be :substituted the worc.l "whe-

1870.

ther by day or b)· night.u, and


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###### Asa.us OPIUM ,AMMZNJJ3.tENT Aar

_(i1)_ in clause (c) after the wonl ''opium"

where it occurs for the second tune the
following word<; shall be added, namely:-

###### "and any document or oth~r article wl1ich
 Eastern he ha~ rea:.on to believe may furnish evi-
Betlfjal aoJ dence of the comn:ission or an offence

Ass.m ,\n

punishable under thio: Act or under the

1910.

Act II of Eastern Bengal and .\ssam Exci!>e Act, 1910

193U. or under the D:~.ngcrous Drug:) .\cl, 1930''.

5. In ~ocction 15 of the principal Ae1-- .'\mendment
of -ection 15

(1) aft a the word "up tum" at the end of clau~e of Act I < f
(a) there shaU be added the following !887.
words, namely :-

            - and any doc umcnl or other article which he

ha-; reason to believe may fm nbh evidence

###### of the rommission an oifenc~ punishable
 Kastern
Benp1 and under this \ct. or under the Ea.;tcrn Ben~al

Assam Act I and A'sam Exci~r. Act, 19l0, or under the

1910. Dangerous Dtu~s Act, 1930;" and
Act II of

1930.

_(ii)_ in cl ·, ~c (d) for the \,·orJs ''if such per~on

has upnun in hi:. po:)Session" the words ''if
the search confia ms :mda b I it.:f'' ~hall be

,ubstituted.

6. Aftea 'cclttiU 20 ul the priudpk At:t the follow- 1n~erliun ol

ing new secti ll1 shall be in 'Jetted, n<.uur.ly :·- new stctioo.

l'owcr to

"20.\. (I) fhe [State C.nvcrnmcnt]:l. tn. y imcst in\"el-t E."-

any oflic-er nr the Exdse J)ep LrlffiCIIt, not helow the d:;e officer

rank of Sub-[ nspcctm· or any cla~:. ol stll h olliccr. with v.ith po-

wcra of an

the powt:t.., uf an oiJi.ccr in ch \rge uf n poli;:e :.tation 0 m c e r
for the iwcnig.ttion of ollcnces under this Act. m·c h arge

or a pulice

~tation .

(2) Any confcs~ion m.adc to or -whiht in the custo-

dy of any ofhcl:r inwstcd 1111d ·r .,uh-sertion ( 1) with
the power of an oHlcer in-char~ of n police station
shall be decmecl to be a ccnf~~ion made to on whilst

###### in the custody of polir e o11iccr".

7. At the cm.l of llw pa incipal Act. t.hc following
schedule shall be in..crtcd, namely:-

1 ~uiJo titull ,1 h> tl•·· ,\ . 0. l'l:iO for l'ro\"inoal Oo,ernrncnt

whiCh wa> lOUb\htuteil h} the ,\. 0 . 1!137 for L.O".


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SCHEDULE

DONO TO AR:>TAtN FRO\! nrE l"..OM\UISION OP OFFENCBS

UNDER THE AssAM OPIUM (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1932

_(Sc.,_ Section 98)

WHEREAS I

(nante ), inhabit< nt of

(place) have be<.n called upon to enter into a bond to
abstain from the commi~~ion of ao offe .. c;: under :.ec-

tion !J of the Indian Opium Act, l878, for the tum
###### of

I hereby bind myself not to commit any such

offence during the said term and, in case of my making
ckf.'lult thcreh, I hereby bind myself to forfeit to

[Government] ! the sum of rupees

_day_ _of_ 19

_(Signature)."_

(Wl.cre a bond with secunttcs h to be executed,

_add-)_ We do hereby dt:dare our,clves sureties for
the abovcnarned that he will ab,tai n from the

coi'T'mi,siort of an offence u dcr scctio,n 9 of the Ind ian

Opium Act, 187 8, durin!{ the ~td term; and , in
caae of hi11 making dt-fault, therein, we bind ourseh es,
jointly and severally. to f lrfcit to roove                                      - ment] l.
the sum of rupees

_Dat1d_ _tilis_ _da;•_ 19

_(SignaltJTI)"_

1 Sub1itutcd by tbe A. 0. 19!!0 for 'Hit Ml\iaty the kios.

E mpcror of lndaa•.


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