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The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985

§36CApplication of Code to proceedings before a Special Court

Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), (including the provisions as to bail and bonds) shall apply to the proceedings before a Special Court and for the purposes of the said provisions, the Special Court shall be deemed to be a Court of Session and the person conducting a prosecution before a Special Court, shall be deemed to be a Public Prosecutor.

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Official text: India Code (official)

Official India Code text: The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (61 of 1985), English PDF (bitstream 123456789/1791/5/a1985-61.pdf, 719,612 bytes, sha256 ef1b3991…) fetched directly from indiacode.nic.in (Akamai edge, DNS via dns.google) on 2026-07-29. The same handle also carries a Hindi edition (H1985-61.pdf) — the English 'a'-prefixed file is the one ingested. Extracted via pdftotext 26.07 -bbox and @nexlex/ingest inline parser. Automated parse; footnotes/amendment history excluded; spot-verified; full clause-level proofread pending.

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