NDPS Act 27AChapter IV · Offences and Penalties
Section 27A · Punishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders
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1[27A. Punishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders.-- Whoever indulges in
financing, directly or indirectly, any, of the activities specified in sub-clauses (i) to (v) of 2[ clause (viiib) of section 2] or harbours any person engaged in any of the aforementioned activities, shall be punishable with
rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than ten years but which may extend to twenty
years and shall also be liable to fine which shall not be less than one lakh rupees but which may extend to
two lakh rupees:
Provided that the court may, for reasons to be recorded in the judgment, impose a fine exceeding two lakh rupees.]
Provided that the court may, for reasons to be recorded in the judgment, impose a fine exceeding two lakh rupees.]
The offence at a glance
- Maximum punishment
- 20 years
- Statutory minimum
- 10 years
- Fine
- ₹2,00,000
- Cognizable
- Cognizable
- Bailable
- Non-bailable
- Compoundable
- Not compoundable
- Triable by
- Court of Session
- Cognizable — Police may arrest without a warrant
- Non-bailable — Bail is at the court's discretion
Under this Act's own provision
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