NDPS Act 1985 and Toxicology Regulatory Framework: Foundations (UGC-NET Unit IV)

UGC-NET Forensic Science Unit IV drill on the regulatory framework around toxicology at the foundations level. Covers the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 (definitions in Section 2, the general prohibition in Section 8, the punishment sections 18, 20, 21, 22 and 27, the presumption sections 35 and 54, the search of person safeguard in Section 50 read with Vakil Singh and Baldev Singh, sampling under Section 52A, search and seizure under Sections 41 to 43, cognisable and non-bailable nature under Section 37, and the no-bail rigour of Section 32A), the small and commercial quantity thresholds for heroin, cocaine and cannabis, the role of the Narcotics Control Bureau under the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Poisons Act 1919, the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 with Schedules H and X, FSSAI under the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, the Bombay Prohibition Act 1949 in Gujarat, state Excise Acts, CDSCO under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Indian Pharmacopoeia, and the ICMR research framework. Easy-band questions calibrated for first-pass UGC-NET preparation and quick concept refresh.