1989 Ed.]

Pharmacy and Poisons

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36. Forfeiture

(1) Any magistrate may, on application by the Crown, order to be forfeited any pharmaceutical product or medicine or any substance or article consisting of or containing any poison with respect to which any offence under this Ordinance has been committed, whether any person has been convicted of such offence or not, and upon the making of any order of forfeiture such substance or article shall be deemed to be the property of the Crown free from all rights of any person. (Amended 58 of 1986 s. 11)

(2) In any proceedings on application under subsection (1), any statement or other indication of the nature of any substance or article written upon or attached to any substance, article or container shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be a true description of the substance or article or of the contents of the container, as the case may be.

37. Ordinance not to apply to traditional

Chinese medicines

Nothing in this Ordinance shall apply to the sale, manufacturing, dispensing or compounding of traditional Chinese medicines as listed in the Chinese Herbal Materia Medica (B) or which are made from herbs customarily used by the Chinese people.

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