Punjab Opium Confiscation and Rewards Rules, 1954 Published vide Punjab Notification No. 5685 E&T- 54/2503 da… — The Punjab Excise Act, 1914(Bare Act )

Punjab Opium Confiscation and Rewards Rules, 1954 Published vide Punjab Notification No. 5685 E&T- 54/2503 dated 1Oth December 1954 These rules may be cited as the Punjab Opium Confiscation and Rewards Rules, 1954, and shall come into force with immediate effect and shall extend to the whole of the State of Punjab. [All things is regard to which an order is passed under the provisions of the Opium Act of 1878) that they are confiscated shall be delivered to the Chief Judicial Magistrate of the District in which such order is passed:] 2. AIl confiscated opium shall be sent to the Ghazipur Opium Factory by goods train, freight to pay, in two lots on the Ist June and the Ist December, each year provided that the minimum quantity to be sent shall, as far as possible; be not smaller than 4,670 kilograms and where only a smaller quantity is available the opium need be despatched only once a year. The Government of Indian have agreed to bear the transport and packing expenses: The bill for packing charges may be presented separately to the Opium Agent; Ghazipur; who will reimburse to the Government of Punjab in due course through book transfer alongwith the value of the contraband opium at the rate applicable to "Inferior Opium Class B". [2A. In case of smuggling of opium wherein the opium seized--] (a) relates to illegal imports or exports which present any doubt in determining their origin, or (b) is suspected to relate to cases of international character and the quantity of opium thus seized is fifteen kilograms or more, or (c) though admittedly of India origin the quantity of opium thus seized is fifty kilograms or more, a sample of two kilograms of opium in each case shall be drawn at the time the opium is confiscated and shall be sent to the Chemical Examiner to Governme