Amendment
of Ordinance
No. 22 of
1923, s. 9.
Amendment
of Ordinance
No. 22 of 1923, s. 10.
Insertion in Ordinance No. 22 of 1923, of new sections 14, 15 and 16.
revocation of any such licence or authority, shall lie in the absolute discretion of the Superintendent, who may impose any condi- tions that he may think fit upon the granting of any such licence or authority.
9. Section 9 of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1923, is amended as follows :-
(a) The words ", or the keys of any box, drawer or other receptacle whatsoever contain- ing any drug to which this Ordinance applies,' are inserted immediately after the words "Ordinance applies" in the third line of sub- section (1) thereof.
(6) The words ", including any baggage receipt or any document or thing intended to serve the purpose of a baggage receipt," are inserted immediately after the words "Ordi- nance applies" in the fourth line of sub-section (2) thereof.
(e) The following sub-section is added at the end thereof :—
(3) The presumptions provided for in this section shall not be deemed to have been rebutted by proof that the accnsed never had physical possession of the drug in question.
10. Section 10 of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1923, is repealed and the following section is substituted therefor :-
Superin- tendent's certificate. Schedule.
10. (1) A certificate in the form of the Superintendent's Certificate set out in the Schedule, signed by the Superintendent, if it purports to relate to any drug to which this Ordinance applies, or to any substance referred to in section 15, shall in any proceeding be conclusive evidence as to the facts stated therein.
(2) Any such certificate purporting to be sigued by the Superintendent shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been signed by the Superintendent.
11. The following sections are inserted in the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1923, immediately after section 13 thereof :-
Coca leaves.
Cannabis saliva.
14. The provisions of this Ordinance shall apply in the case of coca leaves as if for the expressions "drug to which this Ordinance applies", or "drug", there were substituted the expression "coca leaves".
15-(1) No person shall cultivate the pint known as cannabis sativa.
(2) No person shall have in his possession any specimen or any quantity of the plant known as cannabis sativa or any portion of such plant.
(3) No person shall, whether on his own behalf or on behalf of
any other person, whether such other person be in the Colony or not, buy, sell, supply, procure, or offer to supply or procure, from, to or for any other person, whether such other person be in the Colony or not, or in any way deal in or with or offer to deal in, or pretend to deal in, or import or export, or do any act preparatory to or for the purpose of importing or exporting,
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Power to exclu le
certain
from the Ordinance.
15 and 16
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the plant know as cannabis sativa, or the resin obtained from the said plant or from any part of the said plaut, or any préparation of which the resin forms the base, or any preparation or mixture containing the said resin, whether the goods in question be in the Colony or else- where, and whether they be ascertained or appropriated or in existence or not, and whether it be intended that they should be imported into the Colony or not: Provided that this sub-section shall not apply to the extracts and tinctures of Indian het referred to in section 5 (1).
16. If the Governor in Council thinks fit to declare that a finding with respect to any
preparations preparation containing any of the drugs to which this Ordinance applies has in pursuance of Article 8 of the Geneva Convention been communicated by the Council of the League of Geo. 5, c. 74, Nation to the parties to the said Convention, the provisions of this Ordinance shall as from such date as may be specified in the declara- tion cease to apply to the preparation specifieì therein.
A. 5.
12. The form of import certificate set out in the Amendment Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1923, is of Ordinance
No. 22 of Amended as follows;—
1923, (a) The words “International Opium Convention, Schedule,
Import 1925" are substituted for the words Inter- Certificate, national Opium Convention, 1912" in the two places where the latter expression occurs in the said form.
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(2) The words "solely for medicinal or scientific purposes at the end of the said certificate are repealed and the following words, with the marginal notes specified below, are substituted therefor :--
(a) In the
case of coca
leaves.
(b) In the
case of the
drugs to
which Chapter III
of the
Convention
applies.
(1) for legitimate purposes (a);
or
(2) solely for medicinal or scientific purposes (b).
13. The following form of Superintendent's Certificate Addition of
Superin-
is added to the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Ordi- form of nance, 1923 :—
I,
SUPERINTENDENT'S CERTIFICATE.
tendent's Certificate to
the Schedule
to Ordinance
No. 22 of
1923.
[s. 10.]
Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1923.
(Assistant) Super-
intendent of Imports and Exports, hereby certify that ou (late)...
I received personally from (name or description of officer)
............ .................a sealed packet
(or as the
.which I found to contain
case may be marked (if any special mark)
(quantity and nature of drag).
and that on (date).............
I personally
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