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CAP. 134]
Dangerous Drugs
[1988 Ed.
(2) If a prescription prescribing a dangerous drug expressly states that it may, subject to the lapse of an interval or intervals specified in the prescription, be dispensed a second or third time, the drug thereby prescribed may, as the case may be, be supplied a second or third time after the specified interval or intervals but no more, but save as aforesaid a prescription shall not for the purposes of this Ordinance be taken as enabling the dangerous drug to be supplied more than once.
(3) A person dispensing a prescription prescribing a dangerous drug shall-
(a) at the time of dispensing the prescription, mark thereon the date on which it is dispensed and, in the case of a prescription which may be dispensed a second or third time, the date of each occasion on which it is dispensed; and
(b) retain and keep the prescription on the premises where it is dispensed
and so as to be at all times available for inspection.
(4) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000.
[cf. U.K. S.I. 1964/1811, reg. 15]
Supply of dangerous drugs to persons on behalf of another, otherwise than on prescription
32. (1) Where a dangerous drug, other than a dangerous drug specified in Part III of the First Schedule, is to be lawfully supplied to any person (hereinafter referred to as "the recipient") otherwise than by, or on a prescription lawfully given by, a registered medical practitioner, the person supplying the dangerous drug (hereinafter referred to as "the supplier") shall not deliver it to a person who purports to be sent by or on behalf of the recipient unless that person either-
(a) is authorized by or licensed under this Ordinance to be in possession of
that dangerous drug; or
(b) produces to the supplier a statement in writing signed by the recipient to the effect that he is empowered by the recipient to receive that dangerous drug on behalf of the recipient, and the supplier is reasonably satisfied that the document is a genuine document.
(2) A person to whom a dangerous drug is lawfully delivered in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (1) shall be deemed to be a person authorized to be in possession thereof, but for such period only as in the circumstances of the case is reasonably sufficient to enable delivery to the recipient to be effected.
(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000.
Withdrawal of authority conferred by section 22
[cf. U.K. S.I. 1964/1811, reg. 21]
33. (1) Whenever the Director is of opinion that it is in the public interest to do so, he may by order-
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