law: The Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000 
  Chapter IV
  
  Registration of Persons as Producers, Users, Etc.
  18. Registration of
  
  persons engaged in production, etc., of any Toxic Chemical or Precursor.-
  1.     
  
    Every
  
  person who is engaged in the production, processing, acquisition, consumption,
  
  transfer, import, export or use of any Toxic Chemical or Precursor listed in
  
  any of the Schedules 1 to 3 in the Annex on Chemicals to the Convention or,
  
  engaged in the production of any Discrete Organic Chemical including Discrete
  
  Organic Chemicals containing elements of phosphorous, sulphur or fluorine shall
  
  make, within thirty days from the commencement of this Act, an application for
  
  registration of his name, as a producer, processor, acquirer, consumer,
  
  transferor, importer, exporter or user of any Toxic Chemical or Precursor or,
  
  as the case may be, as a producer of any Discrete Organic Chemical including
  
  Discrete Organic Chemicals containing elements of phosphorous, sulphur or
  
  fluorine, to such registration authority as the Central Government may, by
  
  notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf.
  2.     
  
    No
  
  person, who after the commencement of this Act, desires to produce, process,
  
  acquire, consume, transfer, import, export or use any Toxic Chemical or
  
  Precursor listed in any of the Schedules 1 to 3 in the Annex on Chemicals to
  
  the Convention or, desires to produce any Discrete Organic Chemical including
  
  Discrete Organic Chemicals containing elements of phosphorous, sulphur or
  
  fluorine, shall commence business unless such person has applied to the
  
  registration authority specified under sub-section ( ) for registration of his
  
  name as a producer, processor, acquirer, consumer, transferor, importer,
  
  exporter or user of any Toxic Chemical or Precursor or, as the case may be, as
  
  a producer of any Discrete Organic Chemical including Discrete Organic
  
  Chemicals containing elements of phosphorous, sulphur or fluorine.
  3.     
  
    The
  
  form of application to be made to the registration authority under sub-section
  
  (1) or sub-section (2), the particulars to be contained in such application
  
  form, the manner in which such application shall be made, the fee payable on
  
  such application, the form of certificate of registration, the procedure to be
  
  followed in granting or cancelling certificate of registration shall be such as
  
  may be prescribed.
  4.     
  
    On
  
  receipt of the application referred to in sub-section (1) or sub- section (2),
  
  the registration authority shall, if the application is in the prescribed form,
  
  register the name of the applicant and grant him a certificate of registration.
  
  
  5.     
  
    The
  
  certificate of registration granted in pursuance of this section shall be valid
  
  for a period specified therein and may be renewed from time to time for such
  
  further period and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed.