FUND FOR CONTROL OF DRUG ABUSE 7A. National Fund fo. ti. ities financed under the Fund. CHA. TER. III PROHIBITION, CONTROL AND REGULATION 8. Prohibition of certain operations. 8. . Prohibition of certain activities relating to property der. ved. from offence. 9. Power of Central Government to perm. t, . The NDPS Act replaced the Opium Acts of 1857 and 1878 and the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1930. It aligns domestic law with the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961) and the Convention on Psychotropic Substances (1971). The NDPS Act prohibits any individual from engaging in any activity consisting of the production, cultivation, sale, purchase, transport, storage, and/or consumption of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance. The statutory control over narcotic drugs was being exercised under The Opium Act, 1852, The Opium Act, 1878 and The Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930. The
