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Section 12: Restrictions over external dealings in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
No person shall engage in or control any trade whereby a narcotic drug or psychotropic substance is obtained outside India and supplied to any person outside India save with the previous authorisation of the Central Government and subject to such conditions as may be imposed by that Government in this behalf.
Source: official text of The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.