 bill no, 14:0 of 1190 the prevention of illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (amendment) bill, 1990 a billfurther to amend the prevention of illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act, 1988 be it enacted by parliament in the forty-first year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the prevention of illicit traflic in short narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (amendment) act, 1990 title 1%14 com 5 (2) it shall be deemed to have come into force on the 30th day of manceme'rlt,' july, 1990 , ; amend ment of section 10 of act 46 ot 1988 2 in the prevention of illicit tramc in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), in section 10, in sub-section (1), for the figures, letters and words "31st day of 10 july, 1990", the figures, letters and words "31st day of july, 1993" shall be substituted 3 (1) the prevention of dlicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psycho-repeal tropic substances (amendment) ordinance, 1990, is hereby repealed ~ ordfo! 1810 (2) notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken 15 under the principal act, as amended by the said ordinance, shall be deemed to have been don~ or t~~~ ~nder the prmcipal act as amended by thfa act i t : j _t - the prevention of illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act, 1988 provides for the preventive detention of persons in certain cases for the purpose of preventing them from engaging in the illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances 2 sub-section (1) of section 10 of the act provides that any person in respect of whom an order of detention is made any time before the 31st day of july, 1990, may be detained without obtaining the opinion of an advisory board for a lon'ger period than three months but not exceeding six months from the date of his detention, however, a comparative analysis of the figures in regard to seizures o'f narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances effected in the highly vulnerable areas during the last two years shows that the menace of illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances has not abated in any way in the said areas since the maximum damage to the society is caused by the drug traffickers operating in the highly vulnerable areas, the longer period of detention from one year to two years under section 11 of the act, of the traffickers, their associates and the links, is a necessary deterrent it wr!i, therefore, considered necessary to continue the provisions of se::tion 10 in respect of detention orders which may be passed even after 31-7-1990 3, accordingly, the prevention of illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psyohotropic substances (amendment) ordinance, 1990' (ord • of 1990) was promulgated by the president on the 30th july, 1990 to continue the provisions of section 10 of the act for a period of three years beyond 31st july, 1990 4 this bill seeks to replace the aforesaid ordinance, new dzlm; madhu dandav~t!;, ~e ~h augun, 1990  extract from the prevention of illicit trafnc in n abcotlc drugs and psychotropic substances act, 1988(46 of 1988) - - - - - 10 (1) no~withstanding anything contained in this act any person (including a foreigner) in respect of whom an order of detention is made under this act at any time before the 31st day 0'1 july, 1990, may be detained without obtaining, in accordance with ~he provisions of subclause (a) of clause (4) of article 22 of the constitution the opinion of an advisory board for a period longer than three months bu~ not exceeding six months from the date of his detention, where the order of detention has been made against such person with a view to preven~ng him from engaging in traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, and the central government or any officer o'f the central government, no"; below the rank of an additional secretary to that government specially empowered for the purposes of this section by that government is satisfied that such person engages or is likely to engage in illicit traftie in narcotic drugs and psychotropic subs""ances into out of, through or within any area highly vulnerable to such illicit traffic and makes a declaration to that effect within five weeks of the deten'tion of such person case8in which and circum stance under which persona may be detained for periods lon,er than three mantha without obtainin, the opinion of advisory board explanation 1-1n this sub-section "area highly vulnerable to such illicit traffic" means-(i) 'the indian customs waters; (ii) the customs airports; (iii) the metropolitan ci~ies of bombay calcutta, delhi, madras and the city of varanasi; (iv) the inland area one hundred kilometres in width from the coast of india falling within the territories of 'the states of andhra pradesh, goa, gujarat, karnataka kerala, m~harashtra, orlaaa tamil nadu ed west beftgal and 'he untoft territories of damd ed diu and pondicherry; (v) the inland area one hundred kilometres in wi<:rh from-(a) the india-pakistan border in the states of gujarat, punjab and rajasthan; '(b) the india-nepal border in the states of bihar, sikjdm, ut7ir pradesh and west bengal; (c) the india-burma border in the states of arunachal fradesh manipur, mizoram and nagalandj (d) the india-bangladesh border in the states of assam, meghalaya, tripura and west bengali (e) the india-bhutan border in the sta~ of arunachal pradesh, assam, sikkim and west bengal, (vi) such other area or customs station, as the central government may, having regard to the vulnerabili'ty of web area '01' eustoma station, as the case may be, to illicit traffic, by notification in tb official gazette, specify in ~s behalf e11>ianation 2-for the purposes of explanation 1, "customs station" has the same meaning as in clause (13) of section 2 of the custome act, 1962  ,  g20tl~ -  •• - '  a bill further to amend the prevention of illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act, 1988 tprof madhu dandavate minuter of finance) 