Section 12 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 applies to which of the…

Section 12 uses a general prohibition directed to a person engaging in or controlling the specified external trade, without creating a citizenship or private-business exemption. It remains subject to the Act's territorial and extraterritorial reach under section 1(2), and to previous Central Government authorisation; it does not claim unlimited jurisdiction over every transaction worldwide.