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(1) No one shall- (a) import into [India], (b) export from [India] or (c) tranship any dangerous drug, other than prepared opium, save in accordance with rules made under sub-section (2) and with the conditions of any licence for that purpose which he may be required to obtain under those rules. (2) The Central Government may make [rules] permitting and regulating the import into and export from [India] and the transhipment of dangerous drugs, other than prepared opium, and such rules may prescribe the ports or places at which any kind of dangerous drug may be imported, exported, or transhipped, the form and conditions of licences for such import, export or transhipment, the authorities by which such licences may be granted, the fees that may be charged therefor, and any other matter requisite to render effective the control of the Central Government over such import, export and transhipment. Subs. by Act 62 of 1956, Sec.2 and Schedule, for "the State". For the Dangerous Drugs (Import, Export and Transhipment) Rules, 1933, and the Central Charas (Import by Land) Rules, 1935, see Gazette of India, Pt.I, p.III and ibid., 1935 Pt.I, p.1074.