law: The Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000 
  15. Prohibition to
  
  develop, produce, acquire, etc., Toxic Chemical or Precursor.-
  No person shall- 
  a.     
  
    produce,
  
  acquire, retain or use Toxic Chemicals or Precursors listed in Schedule 1 in
  
  the Annex on Chemicals to the Convention, outside the territories of States
  
  Parties, and shall not transfer such Chemicals or Precursors outside the
  
  territory of India except to another State Party;
  b.    
  
    produce,
  
  acquire, retain, transfer or use Toxic Chemicals or Precursors listed in
  
  Schedule 1 in the Annex on Chemicals to the Convention without permission from
  
  the National Authority and unless- 
               
  
   i.        
  
    the
  
  Toxic Chemicals or Precursors listed in Schedule 1 in the Annex on Chemicals to
  
  the Convention are for the purposes to be applied to research, medical,
  
  pharmaceutical or protective purposes; and
  the
  
  types of Toxic Chemicals or Precursors are strictly limited to those that can
  
  be justified with reference to the purposes specified in sub-clause (i) and the
  
  quantities of such Toxic Chemicals or Precursors for such purposes at any time
  
  do not exceed the limits fixed by the National Authority;
  a.     
  
  
  b.     
  
  
  c.     
  
    transfer
  
  the Toxic Chemicals or Precursors listed in Schedule 1 in the Annex on
  
  Chemicals to the Convention to another State Party outside India except- 
               
  
   i.        
  
    for
  
  the purposes specified in sub-clause (i) of clause (b); and
              
  
   ii.        
  
    in
  
  accordance with the procedure set out in Part VI of the Verification Annex to
  
  the Convention: Provided that no Toxic Chemicals or Precursors referred to in
  
  clause (c) shall be re-transferred to any third State.