Conventions against Illict Traffic in Nacotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 2008 · As enacted · Part II · The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psyciiotropic' Substances
19. Duties of Authority
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The Authority shall ensure-
that persons seeking to import or export the substances specified in Table I and Table II· of the
First Schedule to the Act do so in terms of a valid licence in the manner prescribed, taking into consideration the requirements of the respective industries;·
the taking of such·measures·as are necessary for the registration of the premises from which the licensee·
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will carry on the activities relating to the import or export of the substances. specified in Table I and ·
Table II of the First Schedule to the Act;
that the substances specified in Table I and Table II of the First Schedule to the Act are used only for the purposes they are imported or exported;
that any. illicit manufacture of any narcotic drug or psychptropic substances using the substances specified in Table I and Table II of the First Schedule to the Act. be duly reported and appropriate action taken to punish the offenders;
that every importer or exporter of any of the substances specified in Table I and Table II of the
First Schedule to the Act submit to the Authority, quarterly returns reflecting the import., export, use, manufacture and distribution of such substances;
.<!) that details of all suspicious transactions in relation to any of the substances specified in Table I Table II of the First Schedule to the Act arc notified·to.the
Authority without delay by persons connected with the manufacture, import or export of any of such substances;
that proper records of matters prescribed are maintained and that such activities and records are monitored in the manner prescribed.
All substances in table I and Table· 11 10 be imponed or exported on a licence.
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No person shall import or export any sub$tance specified in Table I and Table Il of the First Schedule to the
Act.. except under the authority of a licncce issued in that behalf in terms of the Import and Export Act, No. l of 1969, on appJication made in that behalf in the prescribed manner.
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The Controller of Imports and Exports shall, on receipt of an application for·a licnece for lhe import or export of any substance specified in Table J and Table II of the First Schedule to the Act; refer such application_ to the Authority for an endorsement to the effect that the substances and the quantities in respect of which the application is being made are in keeping
. with the requirements of the respective industry.
The Authority shall forward its endorsement within ten days of the application being referred lo it. The endorsement shall be based on the·actual requirements of the respective industries, verified on the basis of the quarterly
.returns submitted to it by Åvery importer or exporter.
the Controller of Imports and Exports shall thereupon grant or for reasons stated refuse to grant, the licence to which lhe applicati<;>n and endorsement rela1es.
An·y person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction after trial on indictmenl l>efore 1he High Court, be punished with imprisonment f0r a term not less than three years and not exceeding five years.
l,,spcction of records.
21: (I) The Authority shall have the power to enter and inspect at all reasonable hours ofter due notice, the premises where the licensee will carry on the activitiÆ relating to the ·import or
. export, use, manufacture and distribu1ion of 1he substances specified in Table l and Table II of the First Schedule to the Act, and inspect any equipment being used, or books, documents or other records kept, relating IO the same.
Any person who resists or obstructs the Authority in the course ofcÇrrying out its duties in terms of subsection ( 11
shall be guilty of an offence and shall on convidion after trial on indictment before lhe High Court, be punished with imprisonment for term nol less than one month and not exceeding three years.
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