Drugs (Control) Act, 1950
15. Procedure. —
(1) No person other than a police officer of
or above the rank of an Inspector of Police or an officer not below the rank of
an Inspector of Police authorized in this behalf by the Central Government by
notification in the official Gazette, shall investigate any offence under this
Act.
(2) No prosecution for any offence punishable
under this Act shall be instituted except with the previous sanction of the
district Magistrate.