(c) examine any person acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case; and
(d) require any bank or financial institution, notwithstanding anything contained in any other
law for the time being in force, to provide any information whatsoever.
32. Articles connected with narcotics.__(1) Whenever any offence has been committed which is
punishable under this Act, the narcotic drug, psychotropic substance or controlled substance,
materials, apparatus and utensils in respect of which, or by means of which, such offence has
been committed shall be liable to confiscation.
(2) Any narcotic drug, psychotropic substance or controlled substance lawfully imported,
transported, manufactured, possessed, or sold alongwith, or in addition to, any narcotic drug,
psychotropic substance or controlled substance which is liable to confiscation under sub‑section (1)
and the receptacles or packages, and the vehicles, vessels and other conveyances used in carrying
such drugs and substances shall likewise be liable to confiscation:
Provided that no vehicle, vessel or other conveyance shall be liable to confiscation unless it is
proved that the owner thereof knew that the offence was being, or was to be, committed.
33. Procedure for making confiscation.(1) In the trial of offences under this Act, whether the
accused is convicted or acquitted, the Special Court shall decide whether any article frozen or seized
in connection with such offence is liable to confiscation.
(2) Where any article seized under this Act appears to be liable to confiscation under section
32, but the person who committed the offence in connection therewith is not known or cannot be
found, the Special Court may inquire into and decide such liability, and may order confiscation
accordingly:
Provided that no order of confiscation of an article shall be made until the expiry of one month
from the date of freezing or seizure, or without hearing any person who may claim any right thereto
and the evidence, if any, which he produces in respect of his claim:
[Provided further that if any such article other than a narcotic drug, psychotropic substance or
controlled substance is liable to speedy and natural decay or in case of a vehicle, the Director
General, AntiNarcotic Force, or any other officer authorized by notification in the official Gazette by
the Federal Government, is of opinion that the sale of such article or vehicle is for the benefit of its
owner, he may, with the approval of the Special Court, after due notice to the owner and by public
auction, direct that the article or, as the case may be, the vehicle be sold in accordance with the rules
made under this Act and the sale proceeds shall be deposited in the National Fund for Drug Abuse till
the final judgment of the court.]
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1 Subs. by Ord. 66 of 2000,s.2.
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