Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
55. Police to take charge of articles
seized and delivered.
An officer-in-charge of a police station shall take charge of
and keep in safe custody, pending the orders of the Magistrate, all articles
seized under this Act within the local area of that police station and which
may be delivered to him, and shall allow any officer who may accompany such
articles to the police station or who may be deputed for the purpose, to affix
his seal to such articles or to take samples of and from them and all samples
so taken shall also be sealed with a seal of the officer-in-charge of the
police station.