Regn.No. KERBIL/2012/45073 dated 05-09-2012 with RNI Reg No.KL/TV(N)/634/2021-2023 മകരള സർകാർ Government of Kerala 2026
മകരള ഗസറ്
KERALA GAZETTE
അസാധാരണം
EXTRAORDINARY
ആധികാരികാേയി ്പസിദറ്റപടുതുനത
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തിരുവനനപുരം,
2026 ചസപറംബർ 10
10th September 2026
വ്ാഴം
നർേ
No. 2467 വാലം 15 Vol. XV
1202 ചിങം 25 25th Chingam 1202 Thiruvananthapuram, Thursday
1948 ഭാ്ദം 19 19th Bhadra 1948
GOVERNMENT OF KERALAM
Taxes (G) Department
ORDER
G. O. (P) No. 80/2026/Taxes.
Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 9th September, 2026
24th Chingam, 1202.
S. R. O. No. 754/2026
In exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 41 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (Central Act 61 of 1985), the Government of Keralam hereby empower all the officers in the Kerala State Narcotic Control Bureau (State NCB) of the Excise Department of and above the rank of Assistant Director to exercise the powers and to perform the duties specified in sub-section (2) of that section within the area of their respective jurisdiction.
By order of the Governor,
2 Explanatory Note(This does not form part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general purport.) Sub-section (2) of section 41 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (Central Act 61 of 1985) enables the State Government to empower officers to exercise the powers and to perform the duties specified in sub-section (2) of section 41 of the Act. The Government, as per order issued under G. O. (Ms.) No. 145/90/TD dated 22nd October, 1990 and published as S.R.O. No. 1729/90 in the Kerala Gazette No. 50 dated 18th December, 1990, have empowered all the officers in the Police Department of and above the rank of Superintendent of Police and all officers of the Excise Department of and above the rank of an Assistant Commissioner to exercise the powers and to perform the duties specified in sub-section (2) of section 41 of 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, 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 empower all officers of and above the rank of Assistant Director in the Kerala State Narcotic Control Bureau to exercise the powers specified in sub-section (2) of section 41 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
The order is intended to achieve the said object.