Section-31A Death penalty for certain offences after previous conviction

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Section-31A Death penalty for certain offences after previous conviction

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 31, if any person who has been convicted of the commission of , or attempt to commit, or abetment of, or criminal conspiracy to commit, any of the offences punishable under section 15 to section 25 (both inclusive) or section 27A, is subsequently convicted of the commission of, or attempt to commit, or abetment of, or criminal conspiracy to commit, an offence relating to,-

(a) engaging in the production, manufacture, possession, transportation, import into India, export from India or transhipment, of the narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances specified under column (1) of the Table below and involving the quantity which is equal to or more than the quantity indicated against each such drug or substance, as specified in column (2) of the said Table:

Table   

Particulars of narcotic drugs/psychotropic substances		Quantity
(1)		(2)
(i)	Opium  ..........................		10 kgs.
(ii)	Morphine..........................		1 kg.
(iii)	Heroin ..........................		1 kg.
(iv)	Codeine..........................		1 kg.
(v)	Thebaine..........................		1 kg.
(vi)	Cocaine..........................		500 grams
(vii)	Hashish..........................		20 kgs.
(viii)	Any mixture with or without any neutral material of any of the above drugs...........................		1,500 grams
(ix)	LSD, LSD-25(+)-N, N-Diethyllysergamide (d-lysergic acid diethylamide)		500 grams
(x)	THC (Tetrahydrocannabinols, the following Isomers: 6a (10a), 6a(7), 7, 8, 9, 10.9 (11) and their stereochemical variants)		500 grams
(xi)	Methamphetamine (+)-2-Mehtylamine-I-Phenylpropane		1,500 grams
(xii)	Methaqualone (2-Methyl-3-0-tolyl-4(3h-)-quinazolinone)		1,500 grams
(xiii)	Amphetamine (+)-2-amino-I-phenylpropane		1,500 grams
(xiv)	Salts and preparations of the psychotropic substances mentioned in (ix) to (xiii)		1,500 grams;

(b) financing, directly or indirectly, any of the activities specified in clause (a), shall be punishable with death.

(2) Where any person is convicted by a competent court of criminal jurisdiction outside India under any law corresponding to the provisions of section 15 to section 25 (both inclusive), section 27A, section 28 or section 29, such person, in respect of such conviction, shall be dealt with for the purposes of sub-section (1) as if  he had been convicted by a court in India.]

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