Section 52 NDLEA Act

Section 52 of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act 1989 is about Interpretation. It provides as follows:

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
“Agency” means the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency established by section 1 of this Act;

“cannabis plant” means any plant of the genus of Cannabii;

“coca bush” means the plant or any species of the genus of Erythroylos;

“commercial carrier” means any person or any public, private or other entity engaged in transporting persons, goods or mails for remuneration, hire or any other benefit;

“confiscation” includes forfeiture or the permanent deprivation of property by order of a Federal High Court;

“freezing” or “seizure” means temporarily prohibiting the transfer, conversion, disposal or movement of property, asset or money or temporarily assuming custody or control of them on the basis of attachment by the Agency;

“narcotic drug” means any of the substances, natural or synthetic in the First Schedule of the single Convention of Narcotic Drugs 1961 and the Convention as amended by the 1972 Protocol amending the single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, as amended in the Second Schedule to this Act including the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 1989;
[Second Schedule.]

“opium poppy” means the plant of the species of Papaver somniferum;

“psychotropic substances” means any substances, natural or synthetic, or any natural materials specified in Schedules I, II, III and IV of the Convention on Drugs or Psychotropic Substances 1971.

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