Clause 8

by deleting subsection (2) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(2) If as a result of such examination or observation or as a result of a urine test it appears to the Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau that it is necessary for any person 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 such purpose to an approved institution.(2A) The Director may, by writing under his hand, delegate to the Deputy Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau the power vested in the Director under subsection (2) of this section, either absolutely or subject to such conditions as he may specify, but no such delegation shall prevent the Director from exercising such power.”;

by inserting immediately after the word “treatment” wherever it appears in subsections (3) and (4) thereof the words “and rehabilitation”; and

by inserting immediately after subsection (4) thereof the following subsections: —“(5) Every person who has been admitted to an approved institution under this section shall be detained in the institution for a period of six months unless he is earlier discharged by the Director or the Review Committee of the institution.(6) If the Review Committee of an approved institution is of the opinion that an inmate 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 for a further period or periods not exceeding six months at any one time:Provided that no person in respect of whom an order has been made under subsection (2) of this section shall be detained in an approved institution or institutions for a period of more than two years after his admission to any approved institution pursuant to such order.(7) The provisions of subsections (5) and (6) of this section shall apply to every person who is an inmate of an approved institution at the commencement of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Act, 1977, but any period during which such person has spent in an approved institution before the commencement of that Act shall be taken into account for the purpose of determining whether or not he should be discharged.”.