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Central Act · India · Chapter Iv — Offences And Penalties

Section 27A Punishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 · Edition: Archived India Code central text with the 2021 amendment to section 27A

Whoever indulges in financing, directly or indirectly, any of the activities specified in sub-clauses (i) to (v) of clause (viiib) of section 2 or harbours any person engaged in any of the aforementioned activities, shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than ten years but which may extend to twenty years and shall also be liable to fine which shall not be less than one lakh rupees but which may extend to two lakh rupees:

Provided that the court may, for reasons to be recorded in the judgment, impose a fine exceeding two lakh rupees.]

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Judgments on Section 27A

LOK 2026 (2) Ker. 108 · High Court of Kerala

Imran @ Hamsath Ikthiyar @ Irshad v. State of Kerala

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) - Sections 22(c), 27A and 29 - While communication of the grounds of arrest is a mandatory constitutional and statutory requirement, the specification of the quantity of contraband seized is necessary only in respect of those…