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. 2468 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. 81/2026/Taxes.
Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 9th September, 2026
24th Chingam, 1202.
S. R. O. No. 755/2026
In exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 42 and section 67 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (Central Act 61 of 1985), the Government of Keralam hereby empower all the officers of and above the rank of Inspector in the Kerala State Narcotic Control Bureau (State NCB) of the Excise Department to exercise the powers and to perform the duties specified in section 42 of the said Act throughout the State of Keralam and also authorizes the said officers to exercise the powers conferred upon them under section 67 of the said Act.
By order of the Governor,
2 Explanatory Note(This does not form part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general purport.) As per the order issued under G. O. (Ms.) No. 146/90/TD dated 22nd October, 1990 and published as S.R.O. No. 1730/90 in the Kerala Gazette No. 50 dated 18th December, 1990, the Government have empowered all the officers in the Police Department of and above the rank of Sub-Inspector of Police and all officers in the Excise Department of and above the rank of Excise Inspector to exercise the powers and to perform the duties specified in section 42 of the said Act within the area of their respective jurisdiction and also authorized the said officers to exercise the powers conferred upon them under section 67 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, 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 empower all officers of the Kerala State Narcotic Control Bureau (State NCB) of and above the rank of Inspector to exercise the powers and perform the duties specified under section 42 of the said act throughout the State of Keralam and to authorise the said officers to exercise the powers conferred under section 67 of the said Act.
The order is intended to achieve the said object.