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Law of RA “On Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic (Psychoactive) Substances”

1. The use of the prohibited substances shall be authorized only in the cases stipulated by Articles 31, 32 and 33 of this law.

2. The traffic of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances shall be authorized only for the medical purposes, pursuant to the medical prescription, as well as for the purposes stipulated by Articles 31, 32 and 33 of this law.

3. The limitations in the traffic of the precursors shall be established by the Republic of Armenia legislation and the international treaties of the Republic of Armenia.

4. The traffic in the analogues of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances shall be prohibited in the Republic of Armenia.

1. The quotas for the production, stocking, import and export of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances shall be set by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

2. The limitations established for the stocking of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances as per paragraph 1 of this Article shall not refer to the stocking of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances confiscated from the illicit traffic.

1. The cultivation of the new narcotic drugs and Psychotropic (Psychoactive) substances shall be authorized only for the purposes stipulated by this law.

2. The cultivation and the state registration of the new narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances used for medical purpos es shall be carried out pursuant to the procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

3. The cultivation of the new narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances shall be undertaken only according to the state orders and shall be dele gated to the scientific research organizations under the availability of a license for the specified activity. If such cultivated narcotic drug or psychotropic (psychoactive) substance is assumed to be used for medical purposes, then its clinical trial shall be undertake n in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.

1. The production of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances included in the list of the narcotic drugs for the purposes defined by this law shall be carried out within the scopes of the national quotas, under the availability of the license for the production of the specific narcotic drugs and Psychotropic (Psychoactive) substances.

2. The manufacturing of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances included in the list of the narcotic drugs for the purposes defined by this law shall be undertaken under the availability of a license for the manufacturing of the specific narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances.

3. The production and manufacturing of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances included in the list of the psychotropic (psychoactive) substances for the purposes defined by this law shall be undertaken irrespective of the form of ownership, under the availability of the license for the production and manufacturing of the specificpsychotropic (psychoactive) substances by the organizations.

4. The organizations producing narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances in the Republic of Armenia shall be subject to state registration in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Armenia and the international treaties of the Republic of Armenia.

5. The organizations manufacturing narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances shall be subject to state registration in compliance with the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.

The processing of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances for the purpose of extracting preparations contained in the lists of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances, as well as the extraction of the substances from them, that are not considered to be narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances, shall be undertaken in the procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia, under the availability of a license for the mentioned type of the activity.

1. The stocking of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances shall be undertaken by organizations, as per the procedure defined by the Government of the Republic of Armenia, in specially equipped p remises and under the availability of a license for the mentioned type of the activity.

2. The stocking of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances in any quantities, for the purposes other than stipulated by this law, shall be prohibited.

1. The export and import of the narcotic drugs, the psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their preparations included in the lists of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances sh all be undertaken by license issued by the public administration competent authority entrusted by the Government of the Republic of Armenia and filled in pursuant to the sample form established by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND).

When drawing up the import or export license for the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances, the public administration authority entrusted by the Government of the Republic of Armenia must be guided with the quotas approved by the UN International Narcotics Control Board (NCB).

There is no export license required in the event of natural disasters and emergency situations.

The license may not be given to another person.

2. The requests for the import and export of the narcotic drugs and Psychotropic (Psychoactive) substances shall be concurred with the pubic administration competent authority entrusted by the Government of the Republic of Armenia on a form established by the UN acting conventions for the issuance of the import and export licenses.

The application for the export and import authorization shall contain the name, naming, address of the importer or the exporter, as well as the name of the consignee, the international non -proprietary name for each substance, or lacking such a name, the name of the substance mention ed in the lists and schedules of the international conventions, the pharmaceutical form, if a preparation, the commercial name, if any, the quantity of each substance or preparation, concerned to which a relevant action is taken, the period, within which it must be effected, as well as the type of the transport used or the form of transportation and the point of the passage of the frontier on the national territory.

The application for the export authorization shall be accompanied by an import license (certificate, permit) issued by the administration of the importing country or region.

3. The forms of the licenses shall be approved by the public health authority of the Republic of Armenia and the State Customs Committee under the Government of the Republic of Armenia, upon the recommendation of the public administration competent authority entrusted by the Government of the Republic of Armenia .

The export and import licenses shall contain such information, which are included in the request furnished for getting a license, including the name of the competent organization, which has qualified for that.

The license must contain the following information:

1) The name and the address of the place of location or the residence of the importer or exporter,

2) the names of the narcotic drugs and Psychotropic (Psychoactive) substances (if any, the international non -proprietary name),

3) the quantity of the imported/exported substances and the substance that lacks water in base, and, if in the form of a preparation, the pharmaceutical form, the doze of the controlled substance in its contents,

4) the date of expiry of the license,

5) the seal of the public administration competent authority entrusted by the Government of the Republic of Armenia, and the signature of t he director.

The export license shall also contain information about the issuance number and the endorsement date of the import license (the other country’s identical document).

The export license shall contain also the issuance number and date of the import license (the other country’s identical document), the name of the authorizing competent
entity, which testify that the import of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances concerned is authorized.

4. One copy of the import license shall be provided to the importer, and the other, to the competent authority of the exporting country for the purpose of drawing up a license (the other country’s identical document for the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances, a copy of which is sent to the importing country customs services, and the other, to the public administration competent authority entrusted by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

In addition to the copies of the licenses furnished to the Customs Services of the Republic of Armenia and the public administration competent authority entrusted by the Government of the Republic of Armenia, a copy of the license shall accompany the consignment, and the other copy shall be sent to the competent authority of the importer country. After having undertaken the import, the competent authority of the importing country shall return the last copy of the export license, on which a reference, verifying the quantity actually imported, shall be made.

The export license shall be drawn up on t he basis of the import license ( the other country’s identical document) which shall be issued by the competent authority of the importing country.

The ratified copy of the export license ( the other country’s identical document) shall be attached to each group of consignment and the competent authority shall send the copy of that license (the other country’s identical document) to the competent authority of the importing country or region (administration).

5. If the actually exported consignment quantity of the narcotic drugs and the psychotropic (psychoactive) substances is lesser than that declared in the export license, then the competent organization of the exporting country shall make a note about that fact in a relevant document and in all the official copies of the latter.

6. When the consignment enters the territory of the Republic of Armenia or when the date mentioned in the import license expires, the competent organization shall send to the competent authority of the exporting country (administration) the above-stated license, whereby mentioning the actually imported quantity of each narcotic drug and psychotropic (psychoactive) substance.

7. The commercial documents, i.e. the invoice, bill of lading, customs, transportation, and other shipment documents, shall contain information about such names of the plants, substances and their preparations, by which they are represented in the lists of the international conventions, if any, also the commercial names, the consignments quantities exported from the national territory and subject to import to that territory, if known, the name and address of the exporter, importer, as well as the consignee. The invoices must carry the stamp with the number and the date of issuance of the license ratified by the public administration authority entrusted by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

8. The export from the territory of the Republic Armenia or the import of the consignment into that territory by the address of the bank or the post-office shall be prohibited.

9. The export of the consignment from the Republic of Armenia territory to the address of the bonded warehouses shall be prohibited, except for those cases when the Government of the importing country shall mention in the import certificate the authorization to import such consignment.

The import of the consignment to the territory of the Republic of Armenia by the address of the customs bonded warehouses shall be prohibited except for those cases when the competent organization states in the import certificate the authorization to import such consignment.

Each withdrawal from the bonded warehouse shall require an authorization of the organizations having jurisdiction over the customs warehouse. The sending of the consignment abroad under the purposes of this Ar ticle shall be viewed as a new export. The plants, substances and preparations held at the bonded warehouse may not be subject to any action that changes their nature, while the packaging may not be changed without the permission of the authorities having jurisdiction over the customs warehouse.

10. The narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances entering the territory of the Republic of Armenia or exported thereof without the accompanying import or export license issued in the manner defined, which are in consistent with the license, shall be held by the competent authorities till the time an evidence about their authorized dispatch or a court ruling about their confiscation is furnished.

11. The transit dispatch of the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors through the territory of the Republic of Armenia shall be authorized, unless otherwise stipulated by law.

12. The provisions of the previous paragraph shall not apply in the case of the consignment transportation to another country by aircraft. If the aircraft has to make an interim or forced landing in the territory of the Republic of Armenia, then the consignment shall be viewed as exported to the country of destination, if for certain reasons, it is unloaded.

1. The right to carriage of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances within the territory of the Republic of Remain shall be reserved to organizations that posses s a licensee for such type of activity.

2. The protection of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances shall be ensured by the organizations that perform their carriage.

3. The procedure for the carriage of the narcotic drugs and Psychotropic (Psychoactive) substances within the territory of the Republic of Armenia, as well as for the drawing up of the documents required for that, shall be established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

4. The natural persons shall be permitted to carry the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances received for the medical purposes pursuant to Article 22 of this law under the availability of the documents issued by the pharmaceutical organization, and proving the legality of receiving the narcotic drugs and the psychotropic (psychoactive) substances.

1. The delivery of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances by post, including their international delivery, shall be prohibited.

2. The delivery of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances in the form of the humanitarian aid shall be prohibited, except for those cases, when the narcotic drugs or psychotropic (psychoactive) substances in emergency situations are sent to a specific area pursuant to the Government decision.

The distribution, release and sale of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances shall be undertaken by the entities, in t he procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia, under the availability of a license endorsed for the mentioned type of activity.

The acquisition of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances for the purposes of production, manufacturing, processing, sale, use, including the medical purposes shall be undertaken by the entities pursuant to this law, under the availability of the license endorsed for the mentioned type of activity.

1. The release of the narcotic drugs and the psychotropic (psychoactive) substances to natural persons shall be carried out only in the public health pharmaceutical entities under the availability of the license endorsed for the specified type of activity. The lists of the medical and pharmaceutical personnel, as well as the institutions and entities, who are reserved with the right to release e the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances to citizens, shall be established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

2. The narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances designated in the lists of the narcotic drugs and Psychotropic (Psychoactive) substances s hall be released for medical purposes by prescriptions.

3. The procedure for the release of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances to the natural persons shall be established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

4. The public health authority of the Republic of Armenia shall determine the maximum periods of the designation of the specific narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances included in the lists of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances, as well as the quantity of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances, which may be released by a single prescription.

5. In the case of the designation of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances included in the lists of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances, the therapist shall be obliged, through the examination of the patient find out the need for the future designation and make relevant records in the medical document.

6. The health system pharmaceutical institutions and entities shall be prohibited to release an y narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances included in the list of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances by a prescription that has been endorsed more than ten days ago.

1. The narcotic drugs and the psychotropic (psychoactive) substances shall be released by subscriptions of special form.

2. The forms of the specified prescriptions, the procedure for their registration, recording and maintenance, as well as t he rules for their drawing up shall be established by the public health authority.

3. The handing of the prescriptions containing designated narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances without the relevant medical instructions, or with the violation of the rules required for their drawing up shall be prohibited and shall entail a liability pursuant to the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.

1. The internal and external packaging and labeling of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances used for the medical purposes must be in compliance with the requirements of this law, the laws and other legal acts on pharmaceuticals of the Republic of Armenia.

2. The external packaging of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances must exclude the possibility of withdrawing the narcotic drug and the psychotropic (psychoactive) substance from the package, without detriment to the wholeness of the mentioned package.

3. The internal packaging of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances used for the medical purposes must be highlighted with a double red-marked plies.

4. In the event of the non compliance of the internal and external packaging and the labeling of the narcotic drugs and the psychotropic (psychoactive) substances used for the medical purposes with the requirements of the paragraphs 1-3 of this Article, the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances shall be subject to extermination pursuant to the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.

1. The narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances, as well as the instruments and equipment used in their manufacturing, the future use of which has been recognized as inappropriate, shall be subject to extermination, pursuant to the procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

2. The extermination of the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors shall be carried out in the cases, if:

1) their expiry date has passed,

2) the narcotic drug or the psychotropic (psychoactive) substance has been exposed to chemical to physical effect, as a result of which it has become useless and the recover y or processing of which is no longer possible,

3) the unused narcotic drug has been returned by the kin of the late patient,

4) the circumstance of the preparation as being a narcotic drug or psychotropic (psychoactive) substance is not possible to be found out,

5) the narcotic drugs or psychotropic (psychoactive) substances confiscated from the illicit traffic may not be used for medical, scientific and other purposes, as well as other cases established by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.

The public administration authorities entrusted by the Government of the Republic of Armenia for the campaign against the illicit traffic of the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors and the legalization of the property and proceeds generated as a result of that, shall cooperate with the similarly functioning authorities of foreign states and international organizations, pursuant to the international treaties.

1. Any function during the undertaking of the activity related to the traffic of the precursors, in which case the quantity of the ingredient is exposed to modification, shall be recorded in a special ledger. The ledgers shall be kept for ten years after the last records has been made in them.

2. The procedure for the keeping and maintenance of the ledgers shall be established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

3. The legal persons undertaking activities related to the traffic of the precursors shall be obliged to report on a monthly basis about their activities to the competent authorities.

4. In those cases, when there are sufficient grounds to assume that one of the ingredients of the precursors is designed for the illicit production of the narcotic drugs or psychotropic (psychoactive) substances, upon the applications of the authorities specified in paragraph 1 of Article 38 of this law, the activities of the organizations related to the traffic of the mentioned ingredient may be terminated for up to three months.

1. The narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances included in the lists of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances may be used for medical purposes.

2. The use of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances authorized for the medical purposes shall be governed by the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Armenia on pharmaceuticals not in conflict with this law.

3. The public health authority shall establish the procedure and the terms for the use the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances designed for medical purposes.

4. The control over the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances in the pharmaceutical entities and health institutions shall be undertaken by the procedure established by the public health authority.

5. The treatment of drug addiction with the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances included in the list of the narcotic drugs shall be prohibited in the Republic of Armenia.

6. Pursuant to the procedure established by the public health authority, it is permitted to authorize the import (export) of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances, included in the list of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances, in limited quantities, kept in the pharmacy -bags of the international aircraft and railway trains for emergency aid purposes.

7. The authorization stipulated by paragraph 6 of this Article must have a mentioning about the authority or authorities responsible for the stocking and use of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances, as well as the terms for getting, registering, stocking and releasing them, and shall stipulate the procedure for accountability on their use.

8. The control over the use of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances in the mentioned pharmacy -bags shall be assumed by the public heal th authority, as well as the authorities enforcing the interdiction of the traffic of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances.

1. The patient that is on a transit visit in the Republic of Armenia territory, for the treatment purposes, may carry with himself narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances that are included in the lists of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances, in compliance with the procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

2. If the individual specified in paragraph 1 of this Article stays in the Republic of Armenia territory and needs to acquire additional narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances for the purpose of continuing his treatment, the release of it shall be carried out by the prescription issued in the Republic of Armenia, pursuant to the regulations for the medical aid to be provided to the foreign citizens.

1. The list of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances used for the veterinary, as well as hunting purposes shall be established by the competent authorities in health and agriculture.

2. The terms and procedure for the use of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances in veterinary shall be established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

The use of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances for scientific and academic purposes shall be permitted by the organizations having a license for specified types of activities.

Any expert examination with the use of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances shall be authorized to the legal persons under the availability of the licenses for engagement in such activities.

The expert examination and other such functions in the expert examination divisions of the General Attorney office, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia, the Police, the National Security, and Customs authorities shall be undertaken without any license.

The authorities that undertake operative -investigation activities, to disclose any offenses relating to the illicit traffic of the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors, in the manner defined by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia, shall have the right to undertake con trolled transportation and test purchases of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances.

The legal persons that have a license for the activities relating to the traffic of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances shall be obliged, pursuant to the procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia, to furnish to the public administration authority entrusted by the Government, quarterly reports on the license terms and requirements, as per the procedure defined by the Government.

1. The legal persons possessing a license for the activities relating to the traffic of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances shall be obliged on a quarterly basis to conduct an inventory registration of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances under the possession of these persons and design a balance sheet containing the costs of the substances and commodities.

2. The data on the variations in the balance sheet or the information about the noncompliance of the balance sheet data with the findings of the inventory shall be notified to the competent authorities within three days after their detection.

Any function during the implementation of the activities related to the traffic of the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors, during which the quantities and the conditions are changed, shall be subject to registration in special ledgers. The ledgers shall be maintained after the last records f or the period of ten years. The Government of the Republic of Armenia shall establish the procedure for keeping and maintaining the ledgers.

The use of the narcotic drugs or psychotropic (psychoactive) substances without the medical prescription shall be prohibited in the Republic of Armenia.

1. The interdiction of the illicit traffic of the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors, in the procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia, shall be undertaken by the General Attorney office, Police, National Security, Customs and Health Authorities of the Republic of Armenia within the scopes of their jurisdictions.

2. The interdiction activities of the illicit traffic of the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors shall be coordinated by the competent authorities responsible for addressing the problems relating to the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors.

3. The interdiction of the illicit traffic of the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors shall be undertaken pursuant to the target programs.

The funding of the target programs against the illicit traffic of the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substance s and their precursors shall be undertaken by the state budget and the other sources of funding not prohibited by legislation.

1. The inquiries of the judges, prosecutors, as well as investigators and the inquiry officials related to the licit and illicit traffic of the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors, shall be undertaken by official individuals, within three days after receiving such inquiries, excluding the days off and the holidays.

2. The information through such inquiries shall be furnished by the bank and the credit organizations pursuant to the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.

1. There are limitations established for the patients suffering drug addiction in the Republic of Armenia for the protection of the citizens’ health, their rights and legal interests, the security and defense purposes of the state, regarding the professional and more risk-bound activity.

2. The official individuals of the authorities mentioned in paragraph 1 of Article 38 of this law and the management of the legal persons, in the manner defined by the legislation, within their jurisdiction, shall dismiss individuals under narcotic addiction from any type of professional and risk -bound jobs.

3. The list of the certain types of professional and risk-bound activities, the limitations for the engagement in which have been set and which are stated in paragraph 1 of this Article, shall be established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

1. The advertisement and prorogation of the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors, the activities of the natural or legal persons targeted at the dissemination of the information about the forms of the use of the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors, the manufacturing methods, places of getting, using and acquiring them, as well as the publication of the literature and dissemination of that through the mass media,
the dissemination of such information through the computer networks or other actions for the purpose of their dissemination, shall be prohibited.

2. It is prohibited to propagate t he advantages of the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors over one another.

3. The commercials on the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances included in the lists of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances may be exclusively undertaken in professional literature for the medical and pharmaceutical personnel. The dissemination of the pharmaceuticals containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic (psychoactive) substances for the purposes of commercials shall be prohibited.

4. The violation of the norms under this Article shall lead to a liability pursuant to the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.

5. In the event there are evidences about the habitual violations detected by the organization as per paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of this Art icle, upon the recommendation of the
authorities mentioned in paragraph 1 of Article 38 of this law, the activity of the legal persons specified may be suspended for three months or may be terminated by the court ruling.

6. Upon the request on the termination of the activities of the organization on the grounds specified in paragraph 5 of this Article, an application may be furnished to the court by the authorities specified in paragraph 1 of Article 38 of this law.

1. The searches, collection, provision and dissemination of the information about the cultivation, development, production, processing, manufacturing of the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances, their precursors and their analogues, the methods, mechanisms, computer software, scientific-practice manuals and materials; illicit acquisition of data on the technical possibilities of the instruments and equipment, application, acquisition, stocking, sale, dispatch for sale, carriage, transit transportation, forms of use, and concealing of the traces, places and locations; the disguise, concealing, hiding; the actions aimed at the decrease of the efficiency of the detection forms and methods, and the technical capacities for the equipments detecting those actions; the forms, methods and mechanisms for the planting, cultivation, collection and use of the plants containing narcotic drugs and psychotropic (psychoactive) substances, as well as the consulting on that regard, shall be prohibited and shall impose a liability pursuant to the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.

2. The searches, collection and use of information specified in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be authorized to only the public administration authorities entrusted by the
Government of the Republic of Armenia, for the purposes of implementation of activities against the illicit traffic of the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors.

1. The narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors confiscated during the illicit traffic, as well as the instruments and equipment that have been used in their manufacturing, shall be confiscated in the manner established by law. They shall be destroyed in the procedure established by the Government.

2. The narcotic drugs, psycho tropic substances and their precursors mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article, as well as the instruments and the equipment, the future use of which has been recognized by the confiscating authority as inappropriate, shall be destroyed in the manner defined by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.

3. The property that has been obtained as a result of the illicit traffic of the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors or is used for the purpose of the mentioned activities shall be subject to confiscation pursuant to the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.

1. Under the availability of the sufficient data on the violations of the activities of the traffic in narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors, the officials of the General Attorney, Police, National Security, Customs and Border Services of the Republic of Armenia shall have the right, within the scopes of their jurisdiction, to:

   1) check the compliance of the procedure for the production and manufacturing of the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors with the regulations established, if needed, to take samples for their comparative analysis;

  2) to seal the relevant premises and require to furnish documents and provide explanations,

  3) to give mandatory assignments to the entities having an authorization for the types of activities related to the traffic of the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors for the elimination of the violations detected.

2. The officials of the pre-investigation and post-investigation authorities, the investigators or the prosecutors, in the event of the availability of the offense, may:

- to enter the areas used for the purposes of entrepreneurship and other activities (except for the areas of the foreign diplomatic representations and consulates and their official transportation) to make an examination in the presence of the owner of the property or his representative or his authorized persons, and in the event of their absence, also the representatives of the public administration or local self-government authorities, including also the transportation means, to confiscate by protocol the necessary documents directly pertaining to the fact of the violation, samples the raw material and products, to seal the archives of the documents, money, commodities and substances,

- to require and to get information and explanations from the officials and their persons of substantive liability about the fact of violation,

- to require making re inspections, inventory assessments, other testing actions,

- to suspend the actions of t he persons having committed legal violations.

3. In the event of detection of any violations related to the traffic of the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors, the legal persons that undertake the specified activities, shall be obliged, within the scopes of their jurisdictions, to take measures for their elimination, while in the event of the administrative offenses and crime, to provide the necessary materials to the relevant authorities.

4. The officials specified in para graph 1 of this Article, shall be obliged to take measures for the prevention of the administrative violations and criminal offenses relating to the traffic of the narcotic drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors and to expose the offenders to a liability.

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