Amendment of Act I of 1878
2. The following amendments shall be made in the Opium Act, 1878 (I of 1878), namely:-
(1) throughout the Act, for the words “Deputy Commissioner of the District” and “Deputy Commissioner” the words “Deputy Controller” shall be substituted;
(2) in section 3, after the definition of “Magistrate”, the following new definition shall be inserted, namely:-
“Deputy Controller” means “the Deputy Controller of Narcotics and Liquor of the Civil Division;”.
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