Supervision, treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts
34.—(1) The Director may require any person whom he reasonably suspects to be a drug addict to be medically examined or observed by a Government medical officer or a medical practitioner.
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(2) If, as a result of such medical examination or observation under subsection (1) or both the urine tests conducted under section 31(4)(b), it appears to the Director that it is necessary for any person examined or observed, or who supplied the urine specimen for the urine tests —
(a)
to be subject to supervision, the Director may make a supervision order requiring that person to be subject to the supervision of an officer of the Bureau for a period not exceeding 2 years; or
(b)
to undergo treatment or rehabilitation or both at an approved institution, the Director may make an order in writing requiring that person to be admitted for that purpose to an approved institution.
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(2A) If, as a result of any hair test conducted under section 31A on specimens of hair, it appears to the Director that it is necessary for any person who supplied his specimens of hair to be subject to supervision, the Director may make a supervision order requiring that person to be subject to the supervision of an officer of the Bureau for a period not exceeding 2 years.
[Act 30 of 2012 wef 01/05/2013]
(3) Every person who is admitted to an approved institution under this section shall be detained in the institution for a period of 6 months unless he is discharged earlier by the Director or the Review Committee of the institution.
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(3A) Where a person who is admitted to an approved institution under this section is transferred from that approved institution to one or more other approved institutions or to one or more community rehabilitation centres, the combined period of his detention in all the approved institutions and community rehabilitation centres shall not be less than 6 months unless he is discharged earlier by the Director or the Review Committee of the approved institution or community rehabilitation centre.
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(4) If the Review Committee of an approved institution or a community rehabilitation centre is of the opinion that an inmate of that institution or centre whose period of detention therein is about to expire requires further treatment or rehabilitation or both, the Committee may, by order in writing, direct that the inmate be detained in the institution or centre for a further period or periods not exceeding 6 months at any one time.
[Act 30 of 2012 wef 28/04/2014]
(4A) The Director may, under such circumstances as may be prescribed, extend the period for which a person is subject to supervision under subsection (2)(a) or (2A) for a period not exceeding 2 years.
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[Act 30 of 2012 wef 01/05/2013]
(5) No person in respect of whom an order has been made under subsection (2)(b) shall be detained in an approved institution or institutions or a community rehabilitation centre or centres for a period of more than 3 years after his admission to any approved institution pursuant to that order.