Invest the officers not below the rank of an Inspector in the Kerala State Narcotic Control Bureau (State NCB) of the Excise Department with the powers of an officer-in-charge of a police station

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2026 ചസപറംബർ 10

10th September 2026

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No. 2461 വാലം 15 Vol. XV

1202 ചിങം 25 25th Chingam 1202 Thiruvananthapuram, Thursday

1948 ഭാ്ദം 19 19th Bhadra 1948

GOVERNMENT OF KERALAM

Taxes (G) Department

NOTIFICATION

G. O. (P) No. 78/2026/Taxes.

Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 9th September, 2026

24th Chingam, 1202.

S. R. O. No. 751/2026

In exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 53 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (Central Act 61 of 1985), the Government of Keralam hereby invest the officers not below the rank of an Inspector in the Kerala State Narcotic Control Bureau (State NCB) of the Excise Department with the powers of an officer-in-charge of a police station for the investigation of offences under the said Act.

By order of the Governor,K. R. JYOTHILAL, Additional Chief Secretary to Government. This is a digitally signed Gazette. Authenticity may be verified through https://compose.kerala.gov.in/

(This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport.) Sub-section (2) of section 53 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (Central Act 61 of 1985) empowers the State Government to invest certain officers with the powers of an officer-in-charge of a police station for the investigation of offences under the Act. The Government, as per the notification issued under G. O. (Ms.) No. 138/85/TD dated 7th November, 1985 and published as S.R.O. No. 1517/85 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 966 dated 8th November, 1985, have invested the officers of the Excise Department not below the rank of an Excise Inspector, with the powers of an officer-in-charge of a police station for the investigation of offences under the said act. As per G. O. (Ms.) No. 17/2026/TAXES dated 12th March, 2026 and G. O. (Ms.) No. 29/2026/TAXES dated 17th July, 2026, the Government have formed a special unit in the Excise Department named the Kerala State Narcotic Control Bureau (State NCB) by reorganising the existing enforcement machinery through the renaming and redeployment of officers and staff of the Excise Department.

Accordingly, Government have decided to invest all officers not below the rank of an Inspector in the Kerala State Narcotic Control Bureau with the powers of an officer-in-charge of a police station under sub-section (2) of section 53 of the Act for the investigation of offences under the said Act throughout the State of Keralam.

The notification is intended to achieve the above object.