14. Prohibition on aiding, abetment or association in narcotic offences. No one shall, with or
outside Pakistan, participate in associate or conspire to commit, attempt to commit, aid, abet,
facilitate, incite induce or counsel the commission of an offence punishable under this Act.
Explanation. __ For the purpose of this section, a person shall be deemed to have associated with,
conspired aided, abetted, facilitated, incited, enduced or counselled an offence within the meaning of
this section if he does anything in a place beyond Pakistan which__
(a) would constitute an offence if committed within Pakistan; or
(b) under the laws of such other place, is an offence relating to narcotic drugs, psychotropic
substances or controlled substances having all the legal or analogous conditions required
to constitute it as an offence punishable under this Act.
15. Punishment for contravention of section 14. Whoever participates in, associates, conspires
to commit, attempts to commit, aids, abets, facilitates incites, induces or counsels the commission of
an offence in contravention of section 14 shall, whether such offence be or be not committed in
consequence of such participation, association, conspiracy, aid, abetment, facilitation, incitement,
inducement or counselling, and notwithstanding anything contained in section 116 of the Pakistan
Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860), be punishable with the punishment provided for the offence such
lesser punishment as may be awarded by the court.
16. Punishment for offence for which no punishment is provided. Whoever contravenes any
provision of this Act or any rule or order made, or any licence, permit or authorisation issued
hereunder, for which no punishment is separately provided in this Chapter, shall be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to five
thousand rupees, or with both.
17. Obstructions to officers. Whoever hinders or obstructs any officer in the performance of his
functions under this Act or willfully furnishes to such officer any information which is, to his
knowledge or belief, false in material particulars shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a
term which may extend to three years, or with fine or with both.
18. Limit of fine, etc. Where for any offence under this Act no amount of minimum fine has been
fixed, the Special Court shall impose a fine keeping in view the quality and quantity of the narcotic
drug, psychotropic substance or controlled substance involved in the commission of such offence.
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