 bui no 97 of 1988 the prevention of illicit traffic in naitcotic drugs and psychotropic substances bill, 1988 a billto  p r o v id e  fo r d e te n tio n  in  c e rta in  cases fo r th e  p u rp o se of preven tingfj illic it traffic in  n a rc o tic  d ru g s a n d  p sy c h o tro p ic  su b sta n c es a n d for m a tte r s  c o n n e c te d  th e r e w ith  :whereas illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances poses a serious thjeat to the health and welfare of the people and the activities of persons engaged in such illicit traffic have a deleterious effect on the national economy;5 and whereas having regard to the persons by whom and the man­ner in which such activities are organised and carried on, and having regard to the fact that in certain areas which are highly vulnerable to the illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, such acti­vities of a considerable magnitude are clandestinely organised and carried 10 on, it is necessary for the effective prevention of such activities to provide for detention of persons concerned in any manner therewithb e it enacted by parliam ent republic of india as follow's: —in the thirty-ninth year of the1 (1) this act may be called the prevention of illicit traffic 15 narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act, 1988in(2) it extends to the whole of india except the state of jammu and kashmirshort title, extent and commen­cement(3) it shall be deem ed to have come into force on the 4th day of july,2 in  this act, unless the context otherw ise requires,—(a) "appropriate g overnm ent" m eans, as respects a detention order m ade by th e c entral g overnm ent or by an officer of the 5 c entral g overnm ent, or a  person detained under such order, th e c entral g ovenm ient, and as respects a detention order m ade by a s tate gfovernment or by an officer of a state g overnm ent, or a person detained under such order, the state g overnm ent;(b) "custom s airport" m eans any airport appointed under clause 10(a) of section 7 of the custom s act, 1962 to be a custom s airport; 52 of 1962,(c) "detention order" m eans an order m ade under section 3;(d) "foreigner" has the same m eaning as in the foreigners act,1946; 31 of 1946,(e) "illicit traffic", in relation to narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, m eans—(i) cultivating any coca p lan t or gathering any portion of coca plant;(ii) cultivating the opium  poppy or any cannabis plant;(iii) engaging in the production, m anufacture, possession, 20 sale, purchase transportation, warehousing^ concealm ent, use or conkim ption, im port inter-state, export inter-state, im port into india, export from  india or transhipm ent, of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances;(iv) dealing in any activities in narcotic drugs or psychotropic ^5 substances other than those provided in sub-clauses (i) to (iii); or(u) handling or letting any prem ises for the carrying on of any of the activities referred to in sub-clauses (i) to (iv), o th er than those perm itted under the narcotic d rugs and psychotropic substances act, 1985, or any rule or order made, or any condition of 61 of 1985any licence, term  or authorisation issued, thereunder and includes—-(1) financing, directly or indirectly, any of the aforem en­tioned activities;(2) abetting or conspiring in the furtherance of or in support of doing any of the aforem entioned activities; and(3) harbouring persons engaged in any of the aforem en­tioned activities52 of 1962(f) "indian custom s w aters" has the same m eaning as in clause (28) of section 2 of the customs act, 1962;40(g) "s tate g overnm ent", in relation to a union territory, m eans th e a dm ini^rtator thereof;(h) w ords and expressions used herein b u t not defined, and defined in the narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act, 1985, have the m eanings respectively assigned to them  in th at actpowex tomakeordenidetaininifcertainpenona3 (1) the central government or a state government, or any officer of the central government, not below the rank of a joint secretary to that government, specially empowered for the purposes of this section by that government, or any officer of a state government, not 5 below the rank of a secretary to tiiat government, specially em­powered for the purposes of this section by that government, may, if satisfied, with respect to any person (including a foreigner) that, with a view to preventing him from engaging m illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, it is necessary so to do, make an order 10 directing that such person be detained i(2) when any order of detention is made by a state government or by an officer empowered by a state government, the state government shall, within ten days, forward to the central government a report in respect of the order1 5 (5) for the purposes of clause (5) of article 22 of the constitution, thecommunication to a person detained in pursuance of a detention order of the grounds on which the order has been made shall be made as soon as may be after the detention, but ordinarily not later than five days, and in exceptional circumstances and for reasons to be recorded in writing, not 20 later than fifteen days, from, the date of detentionexecutionat6et0titkvn4 a detention order may be executed at any place in india in the man^ ner provided for the execution of warrants of arrest under the code of criminal procedure, 19735 every person in respect of whom a detention order has been made25 shall be liable— ipower to vegulate place and condi tio:is of detention(a) to be detained in such place and under such conditions in cliiiling condftions as to iisainfenance, interviews or communication w ith others, discipline and punishment for breaches of discipline, as the appropriate government may, by general or special order>30 specify; and(b) to be removed from one place of detention to another place of detention, whether within the same state or in another state by order of the appropriate government:! provided that no order shall be made by a state govemnient under 35 clause (b) for the removal of a person from one state to another state except with the consent of the government of that other state6 where a person has been detained in pursuance of an order of de­tention under sub-section (1) of section 3 which has been made on two or more grounds, such order of detention shall be deemed to have been40 made separately on each of such grounds and accordingly—(a) such order shall not be deemed to be invalid or inoperative merely because one or some of the grounds is or are(i) vague,'(ii) non-ex'stent, (hi) not relevant(iv) not connected not proxim ately connected w ith such person, or ( !(i;) invalid for any other reason w hatsoever, and it is not therefore possible to hold that the g overnm ent or officer m aking such order w ould have been satisfied as provided in sub- 5 section (1) of section 3 w ith reference to the rem aining ground or grounds and m ade the order of detention;(b) the g overnm ent or officer m aking the order of detention shall be deem ed to have m ade the order of detention under the said sub-section (1) after being satisfied as provided in th at sub-section 10 w ith reference to the rem aining ground or grounds7 no detention order shall be invalid or inoperative m erely by reason—(a) th at the person to be detained thereunder is outside the lim its of th e territo rial jurisdiction of the g overnm ent or the offi- 15 cer m aking the order of detention; ordetention orders not to be in­valid or inopera­tive on certaingrounds(b) th at the place of detention of such person is outside the said limits j8 (1) if the appropriate g overnm ent has reason to believe that a person in respect of whom  a detention order has been m ade has abscond- 20 ed or is concealing him self so that the order cannot be executed, th at g overnm ent m ay— j ,bowers in relation tpabscond> ingpetsom,(a) m ake a report in w riting of the fact to a m etropolitan m agistrate or a m agistrate of the first class haying jurisdiction in the place w here the said person ordinarily resides; and thereupon 25 the provisions of sections 82, 83, 84 and 85 of the code of crim inal procedure, 1973 shall apply in respect of the said person and his 2 of 1974 property as if the order directing that he be detained w ere a w arran t issued by the m agistrate;(b) by order notified in the official gazette direct the said 30 person to appear before such officer, at such place and w ithin such period as m ay be specified in the order; and if the said person fails to comply w ith such direction^ he shall, unless he proves th a t it w as not possible for him  to comply therew ith and th at he had, w ithin the period specified in the order, inform ed the officer ^5 m entioned in the order of the reason w hich rendered compliance therew ith impossible and of his w hereabouts, be punishable w ith im prisonm ent for a term  w hich m ay extend to one year, or w ith fine, or w ith both(2) n otw ithstanding anything contained in the code of crim inal 40 procedure, 1973, every offence under clause (b) of sub-section (1) 2 of 197"-shall be cognizable9 for the purposej of sub-clause (a) of clause (4) and sub-clause (c) of clause (7) of article 22 of the constitution,—adtifidry board(a) the central government and each state government shall, 45 ' whenever necessary, constifote one or more advisory boards each of which shall consist of a chairman and two other persons posses­sing the qualifications specified in sub-clause (a) of clause (4) of article 22 of the constitution;(b) save as otherw ise provided in section 10, the appropriate 5 g overnm ent shall, w ithin five weeks from the date of detention ofa person under a detention order, make a reference in respect thereof to the advisory board constituted under clause (a) to enable the a dvisory board to make the report under sub-clause (a) of clause(4) of article 22 of the constitution;10 (c) the advisory board to which a reference is made underclause (b) shall after considering the reference and the materials placed before it and after calling for such further information as it m ay deem necessary from the appropriate government or from any person called for the purpose through the appropriate govem- 15 m ent or from  the person concerned, and if, in any particular case,it considers it essential so to do or if the person concerned desires to be heard in person, after hearing him  in person, prepare its report specifying in a separate paragraph thereof its opinion as to w hether or not there is sufficient cause for the detention of the 20 person concerned and subm it the same w ithin eleven weeks fromthe date of detention of the person concerned;(d) when there is a- difference of opinion among the members form ing the advisory board, the opinion of the m ajority of such m em bers shall be deemed to be the opinion of the board;25 (e) a person against whom  an order of detention has been madeunder this act shall not be entitled to appear by any legal practitioner in any m atter connected w ith the reference to the advi­sory board and the proceedings of the advisory board and its r ^ o r t, excepting that part of the report in which the opinion of 30 the advisory board is specified, shall be confidential;(/) in every case w here the advisory board has reported that tliere is in its opinion sufficient cause for the detention of a person, the appropriate g overnm ent may confirm the detention order and continue the detention of the person concerned for such period as 35 it thinks fit and in every case w here the advisory board has re­ported that there is in its opinion no sufficient cause for the deten­ tion of the person concerned, the appropriate government shall revoke the detention order and cause the person to be released forthw ith ' ' " !10 (i) n otw ithstanding anything contained in this act, any p er­son (including a foreigner) in respect of w hom  an order of detention is m ade under this a ct at any tim e before th e 31st day of july, 1990, m ay be detained w ithout obtaining, in  accordance w ith th e pro­visions of sub-clause (a) of clause (4) of article 22 of the constitution, 5 th e opinion of an a dvisory b oard for a period longer than th ree m onths but not exceeding six m onths from  the date of his detention, w here the order of detention has bean m ade against such person w ith a view  to preventing him  from  engaging in illicit traffic in  narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, and th e c entral g overnm ent or any officer a lo the c entral g overnm ent, not below the rank of an a dditional secretary, to th a t g overnm ent, specially em pow ered for the purposes of this sec­tion by th a t g overnm ent, is satisfied th at such person engagjes or is likely to engage in illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic sub­stances into, out of, through or w ithin any area highly vulnerable to such 15 illicit traffic and m akes a declaration to th a t effc'ct w ithin five w eeks of the detention of such personcases in which and cir­cumstan­ces under which persons may be detained for periods longer than three months without obtaining the opinion of advisory boardexplanation 1—in this sub-section, "area highly vulnerable to such illicit traffic" m eans—(i) the indian customs w aters;(ii) the custom s airports;(hi) the m etropolitan cities of bombay, calcutta, delhi, m adrasand th e city of v aranasi;(iv) the inland area one hundred kilom etres in w idth from  the coast of india falling w ithin the territories of th e s ta t^  of a ndhra 25 pradesh, goa, g ujarat, k arnataka, k erala, m aharashtra, orissa, tam il n adu and w est bengal and the union territories of d am an and diu and pondicherry;(u) the inland area one hundred kilom etres in w idth from —(a) the india-pakistan border in the states of g ujarat, pun- 30 jab  and r ajasthan;(b) the india-n epal border in the states of bihar, sikkim, u ttar p radesh and w est bengal;(c) th e india-b urm a border in  the states of a runachal pradesh, m anipur, m izoram, and n agaland; 35(d) th e india-bangladesh border in the states of assam, m eghalaya, tripura and w est bengal;(e) the india-b hutan border in  the states of a nm achal pradesh, assam, sikkim  and w est bengal,(vi) such other area or customs station, as the c entral g overn­m ent m ay, having regard to the vulnerability of such areas or custom stations, as the case m ay be, to illicit traffic, by notification in the official gazette, specify in this behalfexplanation 2—for the purposes of explanation 1, "custom s station" has the sam e m eaning as in clause (13) of section 2 of the customs act, 1962 ,45(2) in the case of any person detained under a detention order to w hich the provisions of sub-section (1) apply, section 9 shall have effect subject to the following modifications, nam ely: —(i) in clause (b), for the words "shall, within five weeks", the w ords "shall, w ithin four m onths and two weeks" shall be substi­tuted; /(ii) in clause (c),—5 (a) for the w ords "the detention of the person concerned",the w ords "the continued detention of the person concerned" shall be substituted;(b) for the words "eleven weeks", the words "five months and three weeks" shall be substituted;10 (wi) in clause (f), for the words "for the detention", at both theplaces w here they occur, the words "for the continued detention" shall be substitutedmaxi­mum pe­riod t)f detention11 the m axim um  period for which any person may be detained in pursuance of any detention order to which the provisions of section 10 15 do not apply and which has been confirmed under clause (f) of section 9 shall b^ one year from the date of detention, and the maximum period for w hich any person m ay be detained in pursuance of any detention order to which the provisions of section 10 apply and which has been confirmed under clause (f) of section 9, read w ith sub-section (2) of 20 section 10, shall be two years from  the date of detention:provided th at nothing contained in this section shall affect the pow er of appropriate g overnm ent in either case to revoke or modify the detention order at any earlier time12 (1) w ithout prejudice to the provisions of section 21 of the0 of 1897 25 g eneral clauses act, 1897, a detention order may, at any time, be revoked or modified—revoca­tion of detention orders(a) notw ithstanding that the order has been made by an officer of a state government, by that state government or by the central governm ent;30 (b) notw ithstanding that the order has been made by an officerof the central governm ent or by a state government, by the c entral governmentthe revocation of a detention oi'der shall not bar the making of another detention order under section 3 against the same persontemporary release of persons detained35 13 (1) the central governm ent may, at any time, direct that anyperson detained in pursuance of a detention order made by that gov­ernm ent or by an officer subordinate to that government or by a state governm ent or by an officer subordinate to a state government, may be released for any specified period either w ithout conditions or upon 40 such conditions specified in the direction as that person accepts, and may, at any time, cancel his release(2) a  state governm ent may, at any time, direct that any person detained in pursuance of a detention order made by that government or by an officer subordinate to that government may be released for 45 3ny specified period either w ithout conditions or upon such conditions specified in the direction as the person accepts, and may, at any time, cancel his release(3) in directing the release of any person under sub-section (i) or sub-section (2), the government directing the release may require him '0 to enter into a bond with sureties for the due observance of the condi­tions specified in the direction(4) a ny person released under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall surrender him self a t th e tim e and place, and to the authority, specified in  the order directing his release, or cancelling his release, as the case m ay be(5) if any person fails w ithout sufficient cause to surrender h im sd f 5 in the m anner specified in sub-section (4), he shall be punishable w ith im p ri^ n m e n t for a term  w hich m ay extend to tw o years, or w ith fine, or w ith both 1(6) if any person released under sub-section (1) or sub-section(2) fails to fulfil any of the conditions im posed upon him  under th e said 10 sub-secfion or in the bond entered into by him , the bond shall be de­clared to be forfeited and any person bound theieby shall be liable to pay the penalty thereof i(7) n otw ithstanding anything contained in any other law  and save as otherw ise provided in this section, no person against whom  a deten- 15 tion order m ade under this act is in force shall be released w hether on bail or bail bond or otherw ise- ^14 no suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the c entral g overnm ent or a s tate g overnm ent and no suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person for anything in good faith done 20 or intended to be done in pursuance of this actprotec­tion of action taken in good faith15 in  section 3 of the conservation of foreign exchange and p re­vention of sm uggling a ctivities act, 1974', to sub-section (i), the follow­ing proviso shall be added, nam ely: —amend­ ment of act 52 of 1974"provided th at no order of detention shall be m ade on any of the 25 groimds specified in this sub-section on which an order of detention m ay be m ade under section 3 of the prevention of illicit traffic in j & kn arcotic d rugs and psychotropic substances act, 1988 or under ordinanci section 3 of the jam m u and k ashm ir prevention of illicit traffic in 1 of 1988n arcotic drugs and psychotropic substances ordinance, 1988"16 (j) the prevention of illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances ordinance, 1988, is hereby repealed, repeal and savimg(2) n otw ithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the said o rdinance shall be deem ed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this act 35in  recent years, india has been facing a problem of transit traffic in illicit drugs the spillover from such traffic has caused problems of abuse and addiction this trend has created an illicit demand for drugs w ithin th e country which m ay result in the increase of illicit cultivation and m anufacture of drugs although a num ber of legislative, adminis­trative and other preventive measures, including the (deterrent penal provisions in the narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act, 1985, have been taken by the government, the transit traffic in illicit drugs had not been completely eliminated it was, therefore, felt that a preventive detention law  should be enacted w ith a view to effectively im m obilising the traffickers the conservation of foreign exchange and prevention of smuggling activities act, 1974 provides for preventive detention in relation to smuggling -of drugs and psychotropic substances, but it cannot be invoked to deal w ith persons engaged in illicit traffic of drugs and psychotropic substances w ithin the country it was, therefore, felt th at a separate legislation should be enacted for preventive detention of persons engaged in any kind of illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psy­chotropic substances accordingly, the president prom ulgated the prevention of illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic sub­stances ordinance, 1988 on the 4th july, 1988 the ordinance provided for the following, among other things, nam ely:—(i) the central governm ent and the state governments have been em powered to make orders of detention with respect to any person (including a foreigner) if they are of opinion that it is neces­sary so to do w ith a view to preventing him from com m itting illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances the expression "illicit traffic" has been defined to include cultivation of any coca plant or gathering any portion of coca plants, cultivating the opium poppy or any cannabis plant, or engaging in the production, m anu­facture, possession, etc, of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances(ii) any person in respect of whom an order of detention is m ade under the ordinance at any tim e before the 3lst july, 1990 m ay be detained w ithout obtaining the opinion of an advisory board for a period not exceeding one year from the date of his deten­tion if the detaining authority is satisfied that such person is engaged, or is likely to engage, in illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psycho­tropic substances in any area highly vulnerable to such illicit traffic the o rdinance also defined the expression "area highly vulnerable to such illicit traffic"(iii) the o rdinance also specifically provided th a t an order of detention under th e c onservation of foreign exchange and p reven­tion of sm uggling a ctivities act, 1974 cannot be issued on any ground on w hich an order of detention could be m ade under the ordinance2 the bill seeks to replace the aforesaid ordinancen e w  d elh i; 'the 10th august, 1988a jit  kum ar pa n ja  presedents recommendation under article 117 of the con st rrunon  o f  i n d i a[copy of letter dated the 12th a ugust, 1988 from  shri a jit k um ar p anja, m inister of s tate in the d epartm ent of revenue in the m inistry of finance to the secretary g eneral, lok sabha]the president, having been inform ed of the subject m atter of th e pro­posed bill to provide for detention in certain cases for the purposes of preventing illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and for m atters connected therew ith, recom m ends under clause (3) of article 117 of the constitution, consideration of the bill in lok sabhaunder clause 5(a) of the bill, the central government has power to regulate the conditions of detention of persons detained in pursuance of an order of the central governm ent or an officer of the central gov­ernm ent clause 9(a) of the bill provides inter alia for the constitution of advisory boards by the central government2 the provisions of the bill, in so fax as they relate to the central governm ent, w ill be adm inistered, to begin with, by the existing adminis­trative m achinery handling the w ork relating to conservation of foreign exchange and prevention of smuggling activities act however, in view of the heavy additional wormoad, a separate wing in the m inistry of finance (departm ent of revenue) is being created some expenditure of a recurring nature from out of the consolidated fund of india w ill be involved w ith respect to the facilities which will have to be provided in accordance with the conditions of detention en­ visaged by clause 5 (a) of the bill to persons detained in union territories w hich do not have their own consolidated funds but the quantum  of this expenditure cannot be estim ated as that will depend upon the num ber of persons who may be so detained from time to time further some expenditure of a recurring nature will have to be incurred in connection w ith the advisory boards but it is not possible at this stage to m ake an accurate estim ate of the expenditure which may be involved it is, however, estim ated that the recurring expenditure on the wing in the m inistry of finance, the provision of facilities aforementioned and in connection w ith the advisory boards is not likely to exceed rupees ten lakhs per year the non-recurring expenditure on account of building and office equipm ent of the wing referred to above is not likely to exceed rupees thirty lakhs3 the provisions of the bill do not involve any further expenditure of a recurring or non-recurring nature i memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 5 (a) of the bill provides th a t every person in respect of whom  a detention order has been m ade shall be liable to be detained in such place and under such conditions, including conditions as to m aintenance, discipline and punishm ent for breach of discipline, as the appropriate g overnm ent m ay, by general or special order, specify2 clause (vi) of e xplanation i of section 10 em powers the c entral g overnm ent to specify, by notification in the official gazette, such area or custom s station as area highly vulnerable to illicit traffic3 the m atters to be specified in  an order under clause 5(a) of thfe b ill are m atters of detail and it is not practicable to provide for them  in the bill it is also not possible to visualise th e area or custom s station w hich m ay become highly vulnerable to illicit traffic in fu tu re and the guidelines subject to w hich th e pow er to notify areas or custom s station under e xplanation i m ay be exercised have been spelt o u t in th e e xplana­tion itself4 the delegation of legislative pow er is, therefore, of a norm al charactermemorandum explaining the modifications contained in the bill to replace the prevention oj illixnt traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances ordinance^ 1988the prevention of illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances bill, 1988, which seeks to repeal and replace the prevention of illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances ordinance, 1988, proposes to make the modifications as set out in paragraphs 2 and 3, apart from modifications of a consequential or drafting nature, in the provisions contained in the said ordinance2 in clause 10(1) of the bill [which corresponds to section 10(1) of the ordinance] the maximum period of detention without obtaining the opinion of an advisory board is six months as against one year in the ordinance this has been done to bring the period in consonance with the period specified in sub-clause (2) in the explanation to clause 10(1), in clause (i), the reference to the coastal states have been omitted so as to widen the scope of the indian customs waters further a new sub-clause (vi) has been added to the explanation so as to empower the central government to specify, by notification in the official gazette, any other area or customs station to be area vulnerable to illicit traffic3 in clause 15 of the bill [which corresponds to section 15 of the ordinance] it has been provided that no order of detention shall be made on any of the grounds specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the conservation of foreign exchange and prevention of smuggling activi­ties act, 1974 on which an order of detention may be made under section 3 of the jamrtiu and kashmir prevention of illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances ordinance, 1988 this is because the jammu and kashmir ordinance closely follows the central ordi­nance and the same had been promulgated a day after the central ordi­nance was promulgated as the conservation of foreign exchange and pr^^ve^fttidti of smuggling activities act, 1974 applies to the state of jammu and kashmir also, it is necessary to provide that no order of detention shall be made on any of the grounds specified in section 3(1) of that act on which an order of detention may be made under section 3 of the jammu and kashmir ordinance4 other modifications contained in the bill are of clarificatory and consequental in nature e xtract from  the c onservation of f oreign e xchange and p revention of s muggling a ctivities a ct, 1974 (52 of 1974)power tomake orders detaining certain persons3 (1) the c entral g overnm ent or the state g overnm ent or any officer of the c entral g overnm ent, not below the ran k  of a joint secretary to th at g overnm ent, specially empow^ered for the purposes of this sec­tion by th at g overnm ent, or any officer of a s tate g overnm ent, not below  the rank of a secretary to th at g overnm ent, specially em pow ered for the purposes of this section by th a t g overnm ent, m ay, if satisfied, w ith respect to any person (including a foreigner), that, w ith a view  to prevent­ing him  from  acting in any m anner prejudicial to the conservation or augm entation of foreign exchange or w ith a view to preventing him  from —(i) sm uggling goods, or(ii) abetting the sm uggling or goods, or(in) engaging in transporting or concealing or keeping sm uggled goods, or(iv) dealing in sm uggled goods otherw ise than by engaging in transporting or concealing or keeping sm uggled goods, or(v) harbouring persons engaged in sm uggling goods or in abetting the sm uggling of goods, it is necessary so to do, m ake an order directing th a t such person be detained a billto provide for detention in certain cases for the purpose of preventing illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and for m atters connected therew ith(shri a jit panja^ minister of state in the department of revenue in the m inistry of finance)